Six digital centres have been established to ensure easy, fast and low-cost access to public and private services for RMG workers in Gazipur and fisheries workers in Khulna for one year, reports UNB. Access to Information Bangladesh (a2i) and USAID jointly established the centres, five in Gazipur and…

China will send a senior negotiator to the United States in late August to resume trade talks, its commerce ministry said yesterday, the first public meeting on the dispute in weeks as the trade conflict intensifies, reports AFP from Beijing. Beijing and Washington have slapped tariffs on tens of billions…

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Syed Khokon yesterday claimed the price of spices was comparatively tolerable ahead of ahead of Eid-ul-Azha than that of the previous year, reports UNB. Even price of some essentials was much lower than last year, claimed the mayor after visiting spice shops…

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad begins a visit to China on Friday, seeking to renegotiate or even cancel major Beijing-backed projects signed…

 “Look at this, I have sold nothing!” said Cemile Baykal, sitting in front of piles of vegetables untouched on her Ankara market stall,…

China's securities regulator said it will allow individual foreign investors working in the country to buy and sell yuan-dominated Chinese A-shares, the latest incremental step by Beijing to widen access to its long-cloistered equities markets, reports AFP from Shanghai. The change would go into…

Australia's dominant telecommunications company Telstra yesterday warned of "enormous challenges" ahead as it posted an 8.9 percent slump in annual profit, reports AFP from Sydney. Its net result in the year to June 30 fell to Aus $3.52 billion (US$2.54 billion), while revenue was flat…

Walmart reported much higher second-quarter sales and robust growth in its e-commerce businesses yesterday, even as it reported a loss on one-time costs associated with selling a Walmart Brazil stake, reports AFP. The world’s biggest retailer scored its most robust jump in more than 10 years in…

Shares of Tesla fell on Wednesday following reports US securities regulators have subpoenaed the electric car maker’s Chief Executive Elon Musk over his statements about taking the company private, reports AFP from New York. Shares finished down 2.6 percent at $338.69 after news of the formal…