A five-day long housing fair titled ‘REHAB Fair 2017’ will begin at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre on Thursday, reports UNB. The Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB) will host the fair, the biggest such event in this sector, to help consumers find flats…

Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu has sought more Japanese investment for setting up automobile industries in Bangladesh. Amu said Honda has started working to set up a motorcycle production unit in country jointly with the industries ministry, reports BSS. “Japan can go for joint venture with…

Stocks opened the week down yesterday as all indices on the country’s both bourses—Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange…

AFP, BEIJING: China and Britain look forward to a “new period of historic opportunity” to deepen cooperation post-Brexit, officials said Saturday, as they accelerated plans to connect the London and Shanghai stock markets. Visiting British finance minister Philip Hammond has been cozying…

AFP, TOKYO: Uber may be shredding business models for taxi firms the world over but it is struggling to make inroads into Japan, where risk-averse passengers prefer to stick to their high-quality traditional taxi service. Japan, with its wealthy customer base and megacities like Tokyo, should represent…

Xinhua,TEHRAN: Iran will put its largest oil field, Azadegan, on tender to finalise a deal for its development study by summer 2018, Financial Tribune daily quoted Iran’s Petroleum Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh as saying on Saturday. “A deal will be concluded by summer next year if the…

AFP, WASHINGTON:  President Donald Trump said Saturday that the sweeping tax overhaul set to be adopted next week in Congress would be a “great” gift for the middle class. Passage of the measure would mark a massive win for a leader who has yet to notch any major legislative victory…

The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined seven factories Tk 43.38 lakh for polluting the environment in Savar and Gazipur, reports UNB. Following hearing at the DoE headquarters in the city, its Director (Monitoring and Enforcement) slapped the fine on the factories on different charges,…

Japanese labour market for Bangladeshi workers will be opened up as Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Nurul Islam yesterday said trained workers would be send to Japan soon, reports BSS. “Japan has showed interest to recruit skilled workers from Bangladesh and a MoU will…

Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon yesterday said the government will hold international tourism fair from next year to promote both inbound and outbound Bangladesh tourism, reports BSS. “So far, no tourism fair is organised by the government efforts. We have decided to organise…