Prince Charles has called for a "blue economy" to promote the sustainable use of ocean resources and save Australia's Great Barrier Reef,…

The Savings Week-2018 (April 7-13) begins in the country tomorrow in a bid to create more awareness among the people about savings and further enhance the quality of services by the Department of National Savings, reports BSS. The Department of National Savings under the Internal Resources Division…

Expatriate Bangladeshis sent US $10,761.29 million remittance in the first nine months of the current fiscal 2017-18, which is 17.04 per cent higher than…

AFP, SKUN: While a plate piled high with hairy, palm-sized tarantulas is the stuff of nightmares for some, these garlic fried spiders are a coveted treat in Cambodia, where the only fear is that they may soon vanish due to deforestation and unchecked hunting. Taking a bite out of the plump arachnids…

AP, Paris: France opened an international conference yesterday devoted to helping debt-ridden Lebanon bring in funds and lay the groundwork to ensure the money is well spent in a country hit hard by the Syrian war next door. Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri outlined his country's grim situation…

AN integrated project for excavating a marine canal along the borders with Qatar is set to be carried out with investments by a consortium of nine Saudi…

As the global economy rises up, there is growing concern about the employer branding among the domestic as well as the international corporate edge regarding…

Antonios Chalkiopoulos’s story is typical of many Greeks. After studying in London, he returned to Athens in 2002 and worked in software engineering, reports BBC. “Then the crisis happened,” he says. “I decided to go back to the UK and seek new opportunities.” Since Greece’s…

Afp, GYOR: If you listen closely amidst the whirring of machines in the Borsodi Muhely factory in Gyor, you might just make out what's been powering…

AFP, BEIJING: China said Friday it is ready to pay "any cost" in a trade war after US President Donald Trump threatened an additional $100 billion in tit-for-tat tariffs on Beijing. "If the US side disregards opposition from China and the international community and insists on carrying…

AFP, BEIJING: Bibles have been pulled from Chinese online retailers in "recent days", merchants told AFP on Friday, as Communist authorities ramp up control over religious worship. The clamp down on "illegally published books" also comes as the Vatican and Beijing negotiate a historic…

AFP, HONG KONG: stocks drifted lower Friday as traders digested hawkish comments from US President Donald Trump on a brewing trade war and with an eye on all-important US jobs data due out later in the day. After opening higher, Tokyo finished in the red, losing 0.4 percent while Seoul and Sydney also…

AFP, OTTAWA: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau signalled Thursday he saw a strong chance of reaching a deal with the US and Mexico to revamp the…

AFP, FRANKFURT AM MAIN: German industrial output fell sharply in February, official data showed Friday, in the latest sign that Europe's booming top economy lost some steam at the start of the year. Industrial production slipped 1.6 percent month-on-month following a meagre 0.1-percent rise in January,…