Stocks witnessed flat yesterday with falling trend of most of the major price indices at Dhaka and Chittagong Stock Exchanges despite higher transactions, reports BSS. The day’s trade value at DSE increased to Tk 818.40 crore from Thursday’s Tk 703.93 crore and the daily trade also rose…

A key objective of President Donald Trump’s trade war is to pressure Beijing to “buy American”, but when it comes to millions of dollars…

The government has made the use of jute bags mandatory for the packaging of poultry and fish feeds, reports BSS. The Textiles and Jute Ministry recently issued a notification in this regard, an official release said yesterday. As per Article 22 of the Mandatory Jute Packaging Act, 2010, the government…

Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA)’s eight EPZ zones have achieved a record high growth rate in export by 19.66pc during the current fiscal year (FY) ended 2017-18 under the tenure of current government, reports BSS. “476 operational enterprises have exported goods worth…

The leaders of the five states bordering the Caspian Sea was scheduled to meet in Kazakhstan yesterday to sign a landmark deal on the inland sea which…

After his wheat crop failed and wells dried up, Ghulam Abbas sold his animals and joined thousands of other farmers migrating to cities as Afghanistan’s…

Kazakh leader Nursultan Nazarbayev on Saturday hailed a newly modernised Caspian Sea port which the ex-Soviet country hopes will link up to China’s massive “Belt and Road” infrastructure project, reports AFP from Kuryk. Speaking at the Caspian port of Kuryk, 78-year-old Nazarbayev…

The number of active drilling rigs in the United States increased by 13 to 1,057, or 108 more than this time last year, according to the weekly data released…

he UK GDP growth rate doubled in the second quarter, providing firm support for the Bank of England’s (BoE) rate- rise earlier this month, reports Xinhua from London. Quarter-on-quarter growth was 0.4 per cent for the second quarter, double the 0.2 per cent growth in the first quarter of the year.…

Demand for tempered glass door fridges of local brand Marcel has increased ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, the company said in a press statement yesterday. On the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha, the company announced ‘Eid Mega Digital Campaign’ across the country on July 2, 2018. Under the campaign, customers…

Leading cement manufacturer India Cements Ltd, has recorded a slip in its standalone net profits for the quarter ending June 30, 2018 to Rs 21.03 crore, reports PTI from Chennai. Noted industrialist N Srinivasan led firm had recorded net profits at Rs 26.44 crore during corresponding quarter of previous…

Grameenphone, the leading mobile operator in the country, introduced two new co-branded smartphones Symphony G100, and Micromax B5 Pro to its 4G ecosystem.       The operator unveiled the devices in a ceremony at a city hotel in the capital yesterday. Addressing at the launching…

Egyptian Finance Minister Mohamed Ma’it said the country will reduce its public debt to 92 per cent of the GDP in the budget of the current fiscal year 2018-2019, state-run Ahram newspaper reported on Saturday, reports Xinhua from Cairo. “The government has enforced package of procedures…