International and local experts have been engaged to provide high-end management and IT training to 500 managers of country's IT firms to boost the ICT sector, reports BSS. Experts are from Victoria University of Australia, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), New Delhi and Indian Institute of…

iPay Systems Limited, the first digital payment platform in Bangladesh, is going to commercially launch its activities in the country today, which will…

Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed said many issues in the world trade would be settled after the implementation of the decisions taken in WTO meeting in Doha, reports BSS. “Full implementation of the decisions taken at the ministerial conference in Doha is needed to make the World Trade Organization…

Association of Mobile Telecom Operators of Bangladesh (AMTOB) claimed that the mobile network operators (MNOs) did not receive any technical directive regarding number porting yet for the much awaited mobile number portability (MNP) service, a press statement said yesterday. Mobile network operators …

Asian markets recovered some of the losses suffered in a morning sell-off Tuesday but investors remain on edge ahead of a key Federal Reserve policy meeting, reports AFP from Hong Kong. News of a massive data breach at Facebook fuelled fears of a regulatory crackdown on the technology sector, sparking…

Stock markets closed yesterday with downward trend mainly due to price fall in large-cap securities, reports BSS. The falling major sectors were textile…

The pound rose Monday after Britain and the EU reached a landmark deal on a two-year transition after Brexit that will buy businesses and citizens time to adjust to life after the divorce, reports AFP from London. World stock markets jittered, meanwhile, in a Facebook-led tech sell-off and ahead of…

Britain's annual inflation rate slowed in February as food and transport costs rose by less than one year ago, official data showed on Tuesday, reports AFP from London. "The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) 12-month rate was 2.7 per cent in February 2018, down from 3.0 per cent in January 2018,"…

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang called on the United States Tuesday to not act "emotionally" and to avoid a trade war, as President Donald Trump considers new punitive measures against Beijing, reports AFP from Beijing. After announcing tariffs on global steel and aluminium imports, Trump is now…

The US State Department has a $500,000 contract with the British analysis firm facing allegations it misused Facebook user data and offered to dig dirt on its international clients' election opponents, reports AFP from Washington. A State Department official told AFP on Monday the agency's Global…