A searing report released last week by Rainforest Action Network (RAN) lambasts PepsiCo for what it calls the “reckless destruction” of both…

The market for tobacco products may get a boost of up to Tk. 30,000 crore in the 2016-17 fiscal year on the basis of surcharge from their legal sales.…

The Biman Bangladesh Airlines will operate at least one Dhaka-Cox's Bazar flight with its wide-bodied Boeing 737-800 aircraft weekly from now on as runway of the country's premier tourist beach town airport has been extended and widened for large aircraft to give a boost to tourism sector, reports…

A Singaporean Telecommunication Company is working to connect Bangladesh with Myanmar and few others East Asian countries through undersea cable for bandwidth sharing, reports BSS. To this end, Chairman and Managing Director of Blueberry Telecom, Cassidy NG would arrive in Dhaka today to finalise…

The World Trade Organization upheld Australia’s right to impose plain-package label restrictions on the sale of tobacco products, dealing a blow to the cigarette industry, according to two people close to the situation, reports The Japan News. A WTO dispute-settlement panel backed Australia’s…

AFP, NEW DELHI: India on Friday gave greater powers to the central bank to intervene in cases of bad loans, seeking to tackle a mountain of debt that experts say is holding back the economy.  The move authorises the Reserve Bank of India to order banks to take specific measures to deal with bad…

The U.S. dollar declined against most major currencies on Friday despite positive nonfarm payroll report from the country, reports Xinhua. U.S. total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 211,000 in April, beating market estimates, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 4.4 per cent, said…