Export earnings in October amounted to USD 2.84 billion, registering a growth of 6.42 per cent and marking a strong return of bigger shipments of apparel with a growth of 41.36 per cent from the previous month. Explaining the reason behind the 41.36 per cent growth rate in the readymade garments (RMG)…

A three-day international on machinery, components, chemicals and accessories for leather, footwear and leather goods will begin in the capital on November 16 to bring global technology to the doorsteps of the local industry to help it flourish, reports UNB. ASK Trade & Exhibitions Pvt Ltd is going…

As a new entrant, Hero will have to keep pursuing the Nigerian market despite a significant shrinkage in size, says Pawan Munja, reports Business Standard. India’s largest two-wheeler maker, Hero MotoCorp, is working on consolidating its position in some of the overseas markets with significant…

Income tax fair began at all tax office of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) across the country yesterday to facilitate taxpayers to file tax return, reports BSS. The income taxpayers who could not file return during the recently concluded the income tax fair will be able to submit return at this…

AFP, SINGAPORE: From a stalled Indonesian rail project to an insurgency-threatened economic corridor in Pakistan, China’s push to revive Silk Road…

AFP, NEW YORK:  Iconic American industrial behemoth General Electric, which has lost investor confidence amid bad investment decisions, is preparing to slice up its empire again, selling major business segments and laying off thousands. Hammered by financial markets, with its market capitalization…

Stocks opened the week upward trends yesterday as major indices of both Dhaka and Chittagong Stock Exchanges rose up on higher transactions, reports BSS. The day’s trade value at DSE increased to Tk 983.49 crore from Thursday’s Tk 870.54 crore and the daily trade also rose to 28.06 crore…

AP, DUBAI: The biennial Dubai Air Show opened yesterday with the world’s biggest defense companies promoting their fighter jets, drones, armored vehicles and missiles amid heightened tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Airlines also are taking part, but missing from the trade show this year…

AFP, MANILA: Hong Kong and Southeast Asian nations signed a free trade deal yesterday, in what one minister described as a “clear vote” against protectionism, as the United States withdraws into its “America First” rhetoric. The city, a special administrative region of China,…

AFP, BEIJING:  Chinese online shoppers spent a record $25 billion on this year’s “Singles Day” promotion run by e-commerce giant Alibaba, up nearly 40 per cent from last year, figures yesterday. At the peak, 256,000 payments were being processed per second on Saturday, the firm…

Xinhua, BEIJING:  The Hekou Port on the China-Vietnam border has been the scene of an almost ceaseless flow of goods crossing the border this year. When a truck carrying 30 tonnes of coke pulled away from the checkpoint Tuesday, the port chalked up a record 5 million tonnes of cargo this year,…

Salem Azad Chowdhury has been elected president of Regulatory Affairs Society Bangladesh (ARAB) for period of 2017-2020, a press statement said yesterday.…

AFP, BARCELONA:  Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy yesterday urged businesses not to abandon Catalonia after hundreds of firms moved their legal headquarters away as uncertainty over the region’s independence drive drags on. On his first visit to Catalonia since his government took direct…