At the fourth commerce secretary-level trade talks, which is scheduled to commence on May 30, Nepal and Bangladesh are to discuss trade facilitation and elimination of tariff and non-tariff barriers, reports Business Standard. Nepal plans to ask Bangladesh to address hurdles to exporting acrylic yarn…

Qatar has ordered shops to remove goods originating from a group of Saudi Arabian-led countries which a year ago imposed a wide-ranging boycott on the…

The government has taken a Tk10 crore project under Remediation Coordination Cell (RCC) to follow up renovation programmes taken for ready-made garments…

More than a month after its launch, an unprecedented boycott campaign in Morocco against three well-known brands has revived criticism against links between…

US President Donald Trump said Friday he had reached a deal to keep Chinese telecoms giant ZTE running, rolling back some penalties in exchange for security…

Stocks opened week up yesterday with all the indices at Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges finishing upwards on higher activities of large-cap securities,…

Germany’s biggest lenders have shied away from business with Iran after past penalties for breaching US sanctions, but smaller banks have leapt on opportunities afforded by the nuclear deal rejected by Donald Trump, reports AFP from Frankfurt Am Main. There are just months to go until a November…

Novoair, one of the popular airlines of Bangladesh, will operate additional flights on Saidpur, Jashore and Rajshahi routes from Dhaka on the occasion of Eid-Ul-Fitre, the company said in a press statement. Considering the need for safe and comfortable journey during Eid, apart from existing schedule,…

Taiwan’s statistics authority said Saturday that the island’s economy is expected to grow by 2.6 per cent in 2018, 0.18 percentage points higher than the previous forecast released in February, reports Xinhua. The adjustment was made based on strong economic performance in the first quarter,…

Global oil prices fell Friday after top producer Saudi Arabia signaled a likely boost in supply as soon as the third quarter, and world stock markets were mixed over the sudden US move to cancel the summit with North Korea, reports AFP from New York Saudi oil minister Khaled al-Faleh said at an economic…

Enayet Ullah and Salim Rahman have been re-elected as chairman and vice-chairman of executive committee of the board of Al-Arafah Islami Bank Ltd respectively,…

Shahid Hamid, executive director of Dhaka Regency Hotel and Resort, has been elected as executive board member of Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Worldwide. He was elected during the PATA annual summit held this week in Gangwon-do, South Korea, the company said in a press statement.  This…

A help desk named ‘DCCI Agro Service Desk’ has been set up at the premises of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) for the development of Bangladesh’s agriculture sector as well as to assist the stakeholders and entrepreneurs of this sector, reports UNB. DCCI Senior Vice President…