Cabinet yesterday approved the draft of “The Fertiliser (Management)(Amendment) Bill, 2018” making the punishment tougher by raising jail…

The World Bank will provide $15 million financing to implement the National Strategy for Development of Statistics (NSDS) Implementation Support Project to help Bangladesh produce accurate statistics in a timely manner, reports BSS. The financing will also help the country make more evidence-based policy…

Philippines Ambassador to Bangladesh Vicente Vivencio T Bandillo yesterday said his country is keen to boost bilateral trade with Bangladesh mentioning that Bangladesh has made an amazing economic progress in recent years, reports UNB. “I’m very closely working with both sides to increase…

Stocks witnessed a bearish session yesterday as all indices on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) returned to red breaking…

Shipments of Indonesian products overseas firmly picked up in May from a year ago as some global commodities prices rose, reports Xinhua from Jakarta. The national statistics bureau announced on Monday that Indonesias exports grew 12.47 per cent to 16.12 billion U.S. dollars in May on yearly basis,…

The United States is planning to use an emergency law in order to ratchet up its scrutiny of Chinese investments in key industries, Bloomberg News reported yesterday, reports AFP from Paris. The report, which cites eight sources familiar with the plans, said such a move would put “Washington’s…

Mohammad Masudur Rahim has recently been elected as the chairman of Prime Finance and Investment Limited, the company said in a press statement yesterday.…

Asia Pacific General Insurance Company Limited re-elected Aftab ul Islam as chairman and Kashmiri Kamal as vice-chairman of the company for the next term,…

Grameenphone has appointed Syed Tanvir Husain as chief human resources officer (CHRO) effective from June 12, the company said in a press statement. Prior…

Chinese ride-sharing giant Didi has intensified its drive for global business, launching in Melbourne yesterday as it joins rivals Uber, Taxify and Ola in Australia’s taxi market, reports AFP from Melbourne. Didi Chuxing claims to be the world’s leading mobile transportation platform with…

German business confidence dipped again in June, a closely watched survey said yesterday, as fears of a damaging transatlantic trade war and political infighting darken the economic outlook, reports AFP from Frankfurt Am Main. The Munich-based Ifo economic institute’s business climate index slumped…