Jeff Bezos is officially the richest person on the planet thanks to the success of Amazon—but his bold vision extends to space and even time itself,…

Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith yesterday said the implementation rate of Annual Development Programme (ADP) is expected to reach 93 per cent in the current fiscal year (FY18) as the government's expenditures for development are very well than the previous fiscal (FY17), reports BSS. "Implementation…

SNV Netherlands Development Organisation yesterday launched the Phase-II of Working with Women Project to leverage a collaborative approach for improving the health and wellbeing of garment workers in Bangladesh, reports BSS. Funded by the Netherlands Embassy, the Working with Women Project-II will…

Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu yesterday said the government has a plan to set up a shipbuilding and recycling industry on 150 acres of land at Tetulbaria in Taltoli upazila close to Payra seaport, reports BSS. "We have a plan to set up a shipbuilding and recycling industry at Tetulbaria…

Financial Integrity and Customer Services Department (FICSD) of Bangladesh Bank (BB) yesterday introduced mobile app to ease the procedure of filing complaints of clients, reports BSS. BB governor Fazle Kabir launched the app during the unveiling ceremony of FICSD's annual report for fiscal 2016-17…

French President Emmanuel Macron will be putting his investment banking chops to use in coming weeks as his government prepares a new wave of state asset…

The United States is working to exempt ally Australia from its newly unveiled foreign steel and aluminum tariffs, President Donald Trump said Friday, tying the effort to a security agreement, reports AFP from Washington. Major US trading partners have condemned Trump’s decision to impose the punitive…

Stocks on the country's both bourses – Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) -- opened the week down yesterday as indices…

French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday pledged hundreds of millions of dollars for solar projects in developing countries, as world leaders met in India to promote greater investment in renewable energy, reports AFP from New Delhi. Macron, who in December warned that the global shift to a green…

President Donald Trump renewed his demand Saturday that the European Union halts its trade barriers to US products in order to spare his allies new steel and aluminum tariffs, reports AFP from United States. The American president made his comments after crunch talks in Brussels between EU negotiators…

The Libyan labor minister said on Saturday that his ministry is working on a roadmap to support the private sector to provide more employment opportunities for young people, reports Xinhua from Tripoli. Al-Mehdi Al-Amin made the remarks at the ongoing Libya's Third Startups Expo, a micro enterprise…

China’s commerce minister said yesterday that Beijing and Washington are still holding economic talks as he warned that a trade war would harm both nations, reports AFP from Beijige. President Xi Jinping’s top economic advisor, Liu He, held trade discussions with US officials at the White…

A 1923 Leica camera fetched a world record 2.4 million euros ($2.9 million) at auction on Saturday in Vienna, the city’s Westlicht museum said, reports AFP from Vienna. The minimum price had been set at 400,000 euros but the Leica 0-series no. 122, one of a 25-strong series of prototypes made…

German energy giant EON plans to take over Innogy, the renewables subsidiary of competitor RWE, in a complex deal valued at around 20 billion euros ($25 billion), both companies said Sunday, reports AFP from Berlin. The in-principle agreement involving asset swaps is part of a major restructuring of…