State Minister for Posts and Telecommunication Tarana Halim yesterday said Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Limited (BTCL) brought 1,200 unions under optical fibre network for ensuring Internet facility through broadband across the country, reports BSS. “The government is working to bring…

A South Korean initiative to promote global startup ideas by recruiting talented entrepreneurs has been rolled out in Bangladesh. The project called K-startup…

Delivery of goods at Chittagong port suspended for seven hours due to disruption of server (ASYCUDA software of NBR) at Chittagong Customs House from 12:30am to 7am yesterday.  As a result, a long trail back of truck and covered vans were created at Chittagong port’s inside and outside. The…

AFP, NEW DELHI: Indian buffalo meat exports plunged more than 10 per cent in April, new trade figures show, with traders blaming a campaign to protect…

AFP, TALLINN: European Central Bank policymakers are expected to hint Thursday at exiting their easy-money policy and offer a sunnier economic outlook for the eurozone, although analysts forecast only inching steps in coming months. Most observers predict the bank's 60-billion-euro ($67.4 billion)…

AFP, BEIJING: China yesterday posted a forecast-busting surge in exports and imports in May, signalling improvement in the world's number two economy,…

AFP, HONG KONG: Most Asian markets slipped yesterday, with energy shares hit by a plunge in oil prices, while investors await Britain's election result…

Stocks ended the week yesterday mixed with rising trend of major indices at Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges despite lower transactions, reports BSS.…

AFP, PARIS: S&P Global Ratings on Wednesday cut Qatar's credit rating by one notch to AA- and put it on watch for further downgrades after Gulf Arab states severed ties. "We believe this will exacerbate Qatar's external vulnerabilities and could put pressure on economic growth and fiscal…

AFP, BRUSSELS: Growth in the eurozone accelerated in the first quarter of 2017 as the economy brushed off the unknowns of Brexit and fraught elections in France, data showed yesterday. The EU's Eurostat statistics agency said growth in the eurozone landed at 0.6 per cent in the January to March…

AFP, BERLIN: United Arab Emirates carrier Etihad has broken off talks with German travel group TUI to jointly create a leisure airline, both companies said yesterday. Abu Dhabi-based Etihad and troubled Air Berlin, of which Etihad is a majority owner, had last October announced plans to form a…

AFP, MANILA: A major Philippine bank shut down online access and its cash machines for a second day yesterday because of a glitch that drained some accounts…

The country’s mobile phone subscribers rose by nearly 8 crore in the last eight years since 2009 as per statistics placed by State Minister for Posts and Telecommuni-cations Tarana Halim in Parliament yesterday, reports UNB. The number of mobile phone subscribes increased to 13.30 crore as of…

Local agro-based Industry PRAN started mango collection and pulping activities with a purchasing target of 60,000 metric tons this season, reports BSS. Deputy General Manager of PRAN Agro Limited Factory in Natore Hazrat Ali made the announcement at a view exchange meeting with local journalists at…

Nearly 96,000 enterprises in Vietnam have owed a total of over 49,000 billion Vietnamese dong (nearly 2.2 billion US dollars) in taxes, the country's tax agency said yesterday, reports Xinhua. Of the enterprises, 86 per cent have owed taxes for over three months, the General Department of Taxation…