Stocks witnessed upward trend yesterday as major indices of both Dhaka and Chittagong Stock Exchanges were found rising trend with higher activities of some large-cap securities, reports BSS. The rising major sectors were financial institutions, insurance, jute and textile. A total of 139 securities…

State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam yesterday  urged the General Assembly of International Solar Alliance (ISA) to work for a cheaper and reliable solar energy through the transfer of solar technology among the member countries, reports UNB. While delivering his speech during the…

The three-day 4th ‘National Development Fair’ will begin at the field of International Trade Fair in the capital today aiming to show the government’s multiple development initiatives and successes, reports UNB. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the fair through videoconferencing…

Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury yesterday stressed the need for creating skilled human resources to enhance productivity for attaining economic development goals as well as to turn the country into a middle-income country within the stipulated time, reports BSS. “Our huge population is the…

Asian markets were mixed yesterday but the euro staged a mild recovery on hopes Italy and the European Union can ease a row that has fuelled fears of…

“A Land of Many Potentials” is how DR Congo’s investment promotion agency touts the mineral-rich nation of 80 million people, just weeks away from crucial elections, reports AFP from Kinshasa. Yet the business community’s wish list is frighteningly long in a country that is synonymous…

Online retail giant Amazon announced Tuesday it would raise its starting wage for US workers to $15 an hour, amid long-standing criticism of low pay,…

Alibaba founder Jack Ma yesterday said that the trade dispute between the US and China could last 20 years. But he expressed hope that a solution could…

Sales of new cars in Germany plunged in September, official data showed Tuesday, as updated EU emissions tests turned into a bottleneck for many manufacturers, reports AFP from Frankfurt Am Main. New registrations were down 30.5 per cent year-on-year last month, at 200,134 units, the KBA transport authority…

Hafiz Imroz Mahmud has been appoin-ted as the new head of retail banking of NRB Commercial Bank Limi-ted, the bank said in a press statement. Prior to…

Tesco, Britain’s biggest retailer, said yesterday its purchase of wholesaler Booker helped support its underlying performance although first-half net profits sank as the supermarket group had booked an exceptional gain last year, reports AFP from London. Profit after tax slumped 32 per cent to…

The annual inflation rate in Turkey rose to nearly 25 per cent in September, official statistics showed on Wednesday, as the Turkish lira remains weak against the US dollar despite a sharp interest rate hike last month, reports AFP from Ankara. Consumer prices accelerated to 24.52 per cent in September…

Apple chief executive Tim Cook on Tuesday said the company is devoted to protecting people’s privacy, with data encrypted and locked away on servers even in China, reports AFP from San Francisco. Cook called privacy as one of the most important issues of this century, and maintained that the US-based…

James Bond’s favourite carmaker Aston Martin yesterday  launched on the London stock market, valuing the British luxury sports car brand at £4.3 billion ($5.6 billion, 4.9 billion euros), reports AFP from London. Aston, which has a long-running association with the fictional British…