Around 30 Bangladesh missions abroad out of  57 have successfully achieved their respective export targets in the first  eight months (July-February) period of the current fiscal (FY18), reports BSS. The key Bangladesh missions like the ones in New Delhi, Berlin, Ottawa, Canberra, Tokyo, Tehran,…

Country’s manufacturing sector will be given tax facilities in the upcoming budget for fiscal year 2018-19 (FY19) as part of the government’s plan for expansion of the local industrial sector, said NBR chairman Md Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan, reports BSS. “We want to give tax facilities…

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will recruit Bangladeshi nationals under 19 categories through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), reports BSS. Bangladesh and the UAE yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for recruiting manpower from Bangladesh under 19 categories after a long discussion,…

Stocks witnessed upward trends yesterday as major indices of both Dhaka and Chittagong Stock Exchanges went up on higher transactions, reports BSS. The…

Japan’s politically sensitive trade surplus with the US edged down in March, government data showed yesterday, as the two countries’ leaders held talks over the thorny issue of bilateral trade, reports AFP from Tokyo. Japan logged a surplus in March of 623.1 billion yen ($5.9 billion) with…

German unions yesterday said they had clinched a deal with employers giving public sector workers a “significant” salary boost, following a wave of strikes that hit airports, train stations, hospitals and daycares, reports AFP from Frankfurt Am Main. The 2.3 million people working for state…

Facebook announced yesterday it would begin rolling out changes to how it handles private data this week to comply with forthcoming EU rules, with European residents seeing the measures first, reports AFP from Menlo Park. The social network, which has been rocked by disclosures about hijacking of personal…

British inflation unexpectedly slowed in March to reach the lowest level in a year, data showed Wednesday, undermining the urgency of raising interest rates although analysts said a hike was still likely next month, reports AFP from London. The pound slumped following news that the Consumer Prices Index…