The government has taken initiatives to develop the country’s human resources by setting a target to generate employments for one crore people aiming to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), reports BSS. “Skilled human resource and employment are essential to achieve SDGs. We…

Bangladesh Bank (BB) received 75 project proposals involving about US $35.29 crore till June 30 from export-oriented companies to facilitate long-term financing under the World Bank funded Financial Sector Support Project (FSSP), reports BSS. “We have already sanctioned 43 proposals with $19.28…

Bangladesh Bank (BB) will maintain its cautionary stance in the new monetary policy statement (MPS) which will be announced at the end of the current month (July), reports BSS. “We will not make any major change to the policy while announcing the MPS for the first half of the financial year 2017-18…

AFP, BANGALORE: Indian IT giant Infosys said yesterday that artificial intelligence was key to future profits as it bids to satisfy clients’ demands…

Next month will mark 10 years since Australia and China inked a co-production film treaty, which has brought the two countries eight major movies that are estimated to generate tens of millions of dollars, reports Xinhua. The original idea for the agreement came about as a way for the Australian film…

AFP, LONDON: EasyJet has applied for a new air operator’s certificate in Austria to continue flying in the European Union after Brexit regardless…

Some 20-odd Chinese and US enterprises on Thursday signed agricultural transaction contracts worth 5.012 billion US dollars, under which Chinese enterprises will import 12.53 million tons of soybean and 371 tons of pork and beef from the US companies, reports Xinhua. Nearly 100 officials and enterprise…

Myanmar exported over 22,000 tonnes of white rice and parboiled rice mainly to Europe, Asia and Africa in the last week of June, official media reported yesterday. The country earned 6.5 million US dollars from the export to these countries through sea-borne trade during the period, reports Xinhua.…

Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and Industry announced yesterday morning its GDP grew 2.5 per cent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2017, the same pace of growth as in the previous quarter, reports Xinhua. On a quarter-on-quarter seasonally adjusted annualised basis, the economy expanded 0.4…