Visiting French special envoy and former director general of World Trade Organization (WTO) Pascal Lamy yesterday expressed his optimism that Bangladesh will support France to host the World Expo-2025 considering “extremely vibrant” relations between the two countries, reports BSS. “In…

Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed yesterday said Bangladesh will graduate from the least developed countries (LDCs) in March this year, reports BSS. “Bangladesh has already complied with the three criteria to become a developing country,” said the minister after a view exchange meeting with…

Assistant High Commissioner of India based in Rajshahi Dr Shree Abhijeet Chattopadhyay in Rangpur yesterday said India is keen to expand bilateral trade and commerce with Bangladesh, reports BSS. “The Prime Ministers of India and Bangladesh are working together to further cementing the friendly…

Stocks witnessed sluggish trading on the first day of the week yesterday as most indices on the country’s both bourses - Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE)…

Known as “Miss Bitcoin” on Japanese social media, Mai Fujimoto says she invests all of her savings in the virtual currency that has proved…

AFP, PARIS: Depending on who you ask in Europe, China’s colossal East-West infrastructure programme is either an opportunity or a threat—and when French President Emmanuel Macron visits next week, Beijing will be watching to see how keen he is to jump on board. Since China launched the New…

Ranendra Nath Mandal has been promoted to the post of general manager of Sonali Bank Limited, a press statement said. Earlier, he was appointed as deputy…

AFP, KHARTOUM: Police fired tear gas on Saturday at groups of students protesting in a central Sudanese town against soaring bread prices, witnesses said, as opposition parties called for anti-government demonstrations. Bread prices almost doubled on Friday across Sudan after flour manufacturers raised…

Akkas Uddin Mollah has been elected as chair-man of the board of directors of Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited, the bank said in press statement yesterday.…

Tabarak Hossain has been promoted to the post of additional managing director of Prime Bank Limited, the bank said in a press statement yesterday. Prior…