The mobile number portability (MNP) license will be handed over today to the selected joint venture firm Infozillion BD Teletech Consortium Limited for offering the much-awaited service in the country. Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) Chairman Dr Shahjahan Mahmood will hand…

National Income Tax Day-2017 will be observed today across the country aiming to create awareness among the people for payment of income tax regularly, reports BSS. President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have issued separate messages on the occasion wishing a success of the day. The…

The government has reset the spectrum conversion fees for two bands to enjoy the technology neutrality in mobile telecommunication.  “In case…

The Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase yesterday approved four proposals, including one for hiring a private firm to supply 900 workers for the 2D seismic survey and another for importing 25,000 tonnes of fertiliser from Saudi Arabia, reports UNB. The committee gave the approval to the proposals at…

Stock markets witnessed flat yesterday when daily transactions declined on lower demand, reports BSS. The day’s trade value at DSE declined to Tk…

AFP, VIENNA: Oil prices dipped on Tuesday in nervousness ahead of a meeting of crude producers at OPEC headquarters in Vienna to discuss extending output…

XINHUA, YANGON: Trade between Myanmar and European Unions member countries reached 1.2 billion US dollars in the first half of fiscal year 2017-2018, official Global New Light of Myanmar reported yesterday. In accordance with the statistics of the Ministry of Commerce, Myanmars export to EU member countries…

AFP, WASHINGTON:  Privacy rights in the digital age face a crucial test yesterday when the Supreme Court hears a case over police use of a person’s location data from cellphone towers. Civil liberties advocates from both the right and the left have called for the US high court to agree that…

AFP, MEXICO CITY:  Mexico’s president named US-trained policymaker Alejandro Diaz de Leon to head the central bank Tuesday, a figure analysts said would likely continue the hawkish policies of widely respected incumbent Agustin Carstens. Carstens, who led the Bank of Mexico for nearly eight…

AFP, PARIS:  The world economy should see growth accelerate next year, the OECD said Tuesday as it released updated forecasts, but warned that conditions for a sustainable expansion are not yet in place. With the United States, China and the eurozone all expected to continue economic growth next…

AFP, LONDON: A UK lobby group representing the country’s key car sector is demanding a Brexit transitional deal with no time limits, its president said in a speech on Tuesday. Tony Walker, president of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), said uncertainty over Britain’s…

AFP, WASHINGTON:  The United States on Tuesday stepped up its trade confrontation with China, ordering an investigation into imports of aluminum sheet worth hundreds of millions of dollars a year. For the first time since 1991, the Commerce Department said launched the investigation on its own…