Sending Bangladeshi workers to Malaysia will begin soon as the two governments have agreed to open the process for all the recruiting agencies breaking previous syndicate system “We have held the second working committee meeting today. The main goal of the meeting was to send workers to Malaysia…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to inaugurate seven newly-constructed power plants and programs ensuring 100 percent power coverage in 102 upazilas today, said a press statement. “The Prime Minister will also lay foundation stones of two energy related projects today through videoconferencing…

Afghanistan is keen to import pharmaceuticals and readymade garment (RMG) from Bangladesh as well as seeking Bangladesh’s investment there to boost up economies of both the countries. This was revealed yesterday when newly appointed Afghanistan Ambassador to Bangladesh Abdul Qayoom Malikzad called…

Asian markets staged a rare rally yesterday following a bounce on Wall Street, with attention turning to the release of key US jobs data later in the…

Stock markets closed yesterday with downward trend due mainly to price fall in large-cap securities. The falling major sectors were financial institutions,…

Losses at Jaguar Land Rover and a one-off payment to close a subsidiary dragged India’s Tata Motors into the red for the three months to September, the company said yesterday . The Indian car giant reported a consolidated net loss of 10.49 billion rupees ($141.9 million) for the second quarter…

Japan’s central bank revised down inflation forecasts again yesterday , in the latest sign that it has made little headway towards its 2.0 per cent target despite years of massive monetary easing. The Bank of Japan left that easing programme in place, as expected, and slightly lowered the inflation…

Facebook’s user growth has slowed and its revenue has missed forecasts, according to the firm’s latest results. An average of 1.49 billion people used Facebook’s social network on a daily basis in September, up 9 per cent  on last year but below expectations of 1.51 billion. Growth…

Chinese factory activity slowed in October, official data showed yesterday, adding to a growing list of bad news for the Asian giant as it struggles to maintain economic momentum in the face of US tariffs and a weakening yuan.     The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), a key gauge…

Italy’s jobless rate rose in September, official data showed yesterday, adding to the economic gloom after poor growth figures and with the government locked in a budget stand-off with Brussels. The unemployment rate jumped 0.3 percentage points to hit 10.1 percent, well above the eurozone average…