The deadline of public consultation over a draft directives prepared by Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) for mobile telecom operators…

Bangladesh is going to request Qatar to employ more skilled and trained workers from Bangladesh, the Foreign Ministry said yesterday. Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali will make the request during his upcoming visit to the oil rich Gulf nation from May 6 to 8, said a press release. While in Doha,…

Inflow of remittance continued to maintain an upward trend in April as the country received US$1,092.64 million up 1.9 per cent or US$15.12 million from March, according to Bangladesh Bank (BB), reports BSS. In March, the country received US$1,077.52 million. Of the US$1,092.64 million, private commercial…

HATIL, country’s one of the leading furniture brands, has opened its first showroom at Kathmandu in Nepal recently, the company said in a press…

AFP, SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook on Wednesday reported that its quarterly profit surged as its ranks of monthly users closed in on two billion, but warned…

AFP, HONG KONG: The dollar built on the previous day's gains yesterday after the Federal Reserve opened the door for another US interest rate hike next month, while Seoul outperformed most other Asian markets to end at a record high. After a closely watched meeting the US central bank gave a broadly…

AFP, SAN FRANCISCO: Apple chief Tim Cook on Wednesday announced Apple is creating a fund to get more people in the US to do "advanced manufacturing,"…

AFP, HONG KONG: HSBC said yesterday that pre-tax profit fell 19 per cent in the first quarter but the bank's chief described them as "a good set of results" after a turbulent 2016. The Asia-focused giant has been on a recovery drive over the past two years to streamline the business and…

Stocks ended the week yesterday upward with rising trend of major indices at Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges on higher transactions, reports…

AFP, LONDON: Global gold demand fell 18 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier as US investors abandoned the precious metal after Donald Trump's election win, industry figures showed Thursday. After a "really good" first quarter of 2016 for gold demand, the first three months…

AFP, SOCHI, Russia: Russia and Turkey have agreed to lift nearly all remaining trade restrictions imposed in the aftermath of Ankara's downing of a Russian warplane in 2015, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday. "You asked when we can speak about the lifting of the restrictions that emerged…

Xinhua, YANGON: India will invest in producing bean-based foodstuff in Myanmar for sale in the local market as well as for export to India, official media reported yesterday. The business deal under a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between the Southern India Chamber of Commerce and Industry…

AFP, LONDON: Net profit at Royal Dutch Shell increased more than sevenfold in the first quarter as oil prices recovered from heavy declines, the energy giant said yesterday. Profit after tax came in at $3.538 billion (3.247 billion euros) in the three months to March, compared with $484 million in the…

AFP, FRANKFURT: German luxury carmaker BMW yesterday said it was “confident” of achieving its objectives for 2017, as it reported a leap in profits in the first three months. Net profit at the group grew 31 percent year-on-year to 2.15 billion euros ($2.34 billion) between January and March,…

AFP, NAIROBI: A lack of foreign currency means petrol pumps are running dry across Burundi, the government has admitted, as the country struggles with a serious two-year-old political crisis. Long queues have been quickly forming in the capital Bujumbura where petrol is only available at some of the…