AFP, NEW YORK: Wall Street stocks surged to fresh records Friday and boosted other equity markets after US lawmakers took a key step toward enacting the tax reform plan sought by President Donald Trump. Investors were cheered by a party-line 51-49 vote in the Senate for a federal budget plan that permits…

AFP, LONDON: Higher food prices, grounded flights and City job losses: catastrophic predictions of Britain crashing out of the EU with no deal in place…

AFP, WASHINGTON: The United States does not intend to disrupt European business deals with Iran, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in comments published Friday. Tillerson, speaking one week after President Donald Trump refused to certify the Iran nuclear deal and left its fate to the US Congress,…

Stocks continued correction phase for second straight trading week amid decreased market participation with the key indices declining in the two days and gaining in the rest three sessions, reports UNB. The daily average turnover was Tk 573.60crore which was 924.50 in the previous week, witnessed 38…

The flow of remittances into the country is expected to enhance further in the upcoming days as the global online payment system of PayPal has already launched its cross border payment service “Xoom” in the country, reports BSS. “Any PayPal account holder can easily send money to Bangladesh…

Xinhua, MÉXICO CITY:  Mexico believes the three parties to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) can reach a deal to update the terms of the accord, despite their current differences, Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo said on Friday. “We have room to reach an understanding,”…

Xinhua, NEW YORK:  Oil prices rose on Friday, as tensions in the Middle East continued to provide support in the market. The Iraqi military said on Friday the Kurdish Peshmerga forces used German rocket in fighting against Iraqi federal forces at a disputed area in the oil-rich province of Kirkuk.…

AFP, COLOMBO: Sri Lanka plans to restrict imports of tuk-tuks in a bid to reduce road accidents and congestion, the country's transport minister said Friday. Almost a fifth of road fatalities in Sri Lanka are caused by the ubiquitous three-wheel taxis, known locally as "trishaws", which…

AFP, WASHINGTON: The US budget deficit grew to $666 billion in just-ended fiscal year 2017, according to official data released Friday, after lawmakers took a step toward enacting $1.5 trillion in tax cuts. The deficit climbed 13.6 per cent from a year ago, or by $80 billion, with much of the nearly…