Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) yesterday set fresh deadline on October 1 for the launch of much-awaited mobile number portability. The decision was taken at a joint meeting of Telecommuni-cations Division and BTRC in the capital yesterday. The previous deadline was July 31,…

The national flag carrier, Biman Bangladesh Airlines, is going to procure three aircraft from Canada by June 2020. Biman and the Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC), government of Canada, signed a government to government agreement yesterday to buy three 74-seated new Bombardier Q400 turboprop aircrafts,…

IFIC Bank and Samakal jointly have introduced ‘IFIC-Samakal business award’ to recognise the special contribution to businesses and individuals…

Asian markets were mixed yesterday, with Shanghai and Hong Kong sharply lower following reports the US was planning to more than double planned tariffs…

Dishing out burgers and fries slathered with melted cheese, “One Way Burger” is like any other trendy food truck in Riyadh. But it offers…

Pressed by poverty into work when he was 14, Trinh Van Quyet now presides over a Vietnamese property empire and is betting billions on a new airline in Southeast Asia’s crowded aviation sector, reports AFP from Hanoi. The 43-year-old tycoon clawed his way up from a tough start in the Vietnamese…

Volkswagen on yesterday reported a leap in second quarter net profit thanks to strong sales, but the German car giant warned that strict new emissions tests and global trade tensions posed “great challenges” in the months ahead, reports AFP from Frankfurt Am Main. The Wolfsburg-based group…

German machine tool manufacturer Leifeld yesterday said Chinese investors had dropped their bid to purchase the strategic company to avoid a veto from the German government, reports AFP from Frankfurt Am Main. “I can confirm that the interested party has withdraw its request for clearance from…

The Bank of England appears set Thursday to hike interest rates to combat high inflation, as it eyes fallout from both Brexit and the global trade war, economists say, reports AFP from London. Policymakers are widely expected to ramp up the British central bank’s main interest rate by a quarter-point…

Oil prices went down on Tuesday as a survey showed that the total output of OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) in July hit its highest level this year, reports Xinhua from New York. The Reuters survey released on Monday suggested that OPEC increased production this month by 70,000…

Apple said Tuesday that its profit had jumped more than 30 per cent to $11.5 billion in the recently ended quarter, besting market expectations despite…

Stocks maintained upward trend yesterday as major indices of both Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges were found finishing upward trend with higher transactions…

Rising prices and sales boosted profits at the world’s top steelmaker ArcelorMittal, which said yesterday hat it sees global demand continuing to rise despite a spate of tariffs, reports AFP from Paris. Second quarter net profit shot up 41 per cent compared to the same period last year to $1.9…