The National Board of Revenue (NBR) collected a total of Tk 403.16 crore as income tax arrears during celebration of 'Halkhata' that marks the beginning of the Bangla calendar year, reports BSS. The revenue authorities celebrated the centuries-old tradition of 'Halkhata' for the second…

Industries Secretary Muhammad Abdullah yesterday said a Standard Authority will be formed in the country and it will start its operation by 2019 in a bid to follow unique international standard in all the laboratories, testing and certification institutions of the country, reports BSS. “This Standard…

Stocks witnessed upward trend yesterday with rising trend of all the indices at Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges on higher activities of large-cap securities, reports BSS. The rising major sectors were insurance and food and allied. A total of 141 securities moved up due to higher activities. The…

US authorities issued an order yesterday barring US exports of sensitive technology to Chinese telecom giant ZTE because of false statements made during…

Britain is hoping this week’s Commonwealth summit will prise open greater trade with its historic network as it prepares to quit the European single market under Brexit, reports AFP from London. The UK is pouncing on the organisation’s analysis showing the advantages of trade between Commonwealth…

Most Asian markets fell yesterday after a US-led strike on Syrian targets fuelled fresh concerns over the tinderbox Middle East, though analysts said investors were hopeful the crisis would not escalate, reports AFP from Hong Kong.   The US, Britain and France carried out attacks at the weekend…

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said yesterday that she hoped to begin talks "in the coming months" on forging a free-trade agreement with the European Union, the country's biggest trading partner after Australia, reports AFP from Paris. "I believe an EU-New Zealand…

Shares in British advertising giant WPP briefly slumped yesterday after chief executive and founder Martin Sorrell resigned over the weekend reports AFP from London. The stock dived more than 4.0 per cent in opening deals after Sorrell stepped down on Saturday, but swiftly regained composure to stand…

Asian rivals China and Japan yesterday pledged a “new starting point” for bilateral ties, vowing close co-operation amid a flurry of diplomacy on the North Korean missile threat and global trade tensions, reports AFP from Tokyo. Welcoming Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi for a rare three-day…

Omani and Kuwaiti oil ministers yesterday called on OPEC and non-OPEC producers to continue their unprecedented cooperation to maintain stability in the energy market, reports AFP from Kuwait City. Producers from the OPEC oil cartel and non-OPEC countries struck a deal in 2016 to trim production by…

Bank of America reported a jump in first-quarter earnings Monday on strong performance in key businesses thanks in part to a lift from higher interest rates, reports AFP from New York. Net income for the quarter ending March 31 was $6.5 billion, up 34.2 per cent from the year-ago period. Revenues climbed…