A survey, conducted by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), found that some 12.1 per cent people across the country use electricity for cooking purpose, reports UNB. According to the survey, the rate is 7 per cent in the rural area, 20 per cent in municipal area and 27.5 per cent in city corporation…

Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) is set to arrange the ‘BEPZA International Investors Summit 2018’ at Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) in the capital tomorrow, reports BSS Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate the conference, said a…

Bangladesh has imported over 13,400 tonnes of rice from Myanmar through the Maungtaw Trade Zone during the 10 months of the 2017-2018 fiscal year, reports…

AFP, HONG KONG: Asian equities reversed early losses yesterday and built on last week’s rallies, while the the euro was boosted by hopes Chancellor Angela Merkel will be able to form a new German government. While a shutdown of the US government looks unlikely to be resolved immediately, analysts…

Stocks maintained upward trend yesterday as major indices of both Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges were found finishing upward trend with higher transactions…

AFP, KATHMANDU: The World Bank yesterday approved a $300 million loan for Nepal as the impoverished nation struggles to raise money to rebuild almost three years after an earthquake killed thousands and flattened homes. Nearly 9,000 people died when a 7.8-magnitude quake struck in April 2015, destroying…

AFP, RAMALLAH: Palestinian mobile firms in the occupied West Bank hope to finally be able to offer 3G service to customers beginning today, years after much of the rest of the world began using it. Talks on 3G mobile have long dragged on, with Israel having previously blocked Palestinian mobile companies’…

AFP, DUBAI: Dubai-owned mammoth port operator DP World has formed a $3-billion joint investment platform with India’s government-backed National Investment and Infrastructure Fund, a statement said yesterday. The platform will invest in ports, terminals, transportation and logistic businesses…

AFP, PARIS: Facebook said yesterday that it will train 65,000 French people in digital skills in free schemes to help women set up businesses and the long-term unemployed get back to work. The internet giant also announced that it will pour an additional 10 million euros ($12.2 million) into artificial…

Häfele, the German company that offers furniture fitting and hardware solutions, recently launched its stellar design showroom in Dhaka, a press statement said.       The inauguration ceremony took place at Hafele Design Center in the capital on Sunday.   At the launching…

A weeklong Small and Medium Entrepreneur’s (SME) Commodity Fair-2018 begins tomorrow at Khulna Circuit House ground in the city, reports BSS. The information was disclosed yesterday at a press conference arranged by Fair-2018 Sub-Committee at Khulna Circuit House Conference Room with Deputy Commissioner…