AFP, PARIS: The aircraft industry descends on Paris Monday for the world’s biggest airshow, a prime battleground for bitter rivals Boeing and Airbus,…

AFP, HAVANA:  US President Donald Trump says tightening restrictions on American business and tourism in Cuba will help the island’s people…

AFP, MADRID:  The Spanish state may only retrieve 28 per cent of the multi-billion-euro aid granted to banks during the crisis, the central bank…

The government is set to sign two separate loan agreements on June 21 for construction of Chittagong-Cox's Bazar Railway Line, reports BSS. "A total of two contracts would be signed between Bangladesh government and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) worth of US$ 300 million at Sher-e-Bangla…

Chinese tech giant Huawei will scale up investment in broadband infrastructure and skills transfer in order to hasten Kenya’s digital revolution, executives said at a briefing in Nairobi on Friday, reports Xinhua. Dean Yu, the CEO of Huawei Kenya said his company aims to solidify its position…

Singapore is looking for investment in a bigger way in Bangladesh as the world is beginning to take notice of "very strong economic opportunities in Bangladesh", says a Singaporean diplomat, reports UNB. "There's strong interest, there's growing interest," Head of Singapore…

AFP, ATHENS: As Greece's government on Friday welcomed a long-delayed bailout agreement, analysts warned the deal throws responsibility back on the struggling country to pull itself out of crisis. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said the agreement -- hammered out by the International Monetary…

The official website of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Division was restored yesterday afternoon, several hours after it was hacked, reports UNB. Public Relations Officer (PRO) of ICT Division Abu Naser said the website was restored around 4:30 pm. Authorities of ICT Division noticed…

In a bid to arrest its economic slowdown, China has eased restrictions on foreign investment in its free trade zones, removing 27 items across eight sectors including mining, manufacturing and banking, on which foreign investment was barred, reports BSS. In manufacturing, foreign companies are allowed…

Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange reversed its downturn on Friday, as the US  dollar weakened, reports Xinhua. The most active gold contract for August delivery rose 1.9 US dollars, or 0.15 per cent, to settle at 1,256.50 dollars per ounce. After the US Federal…