Stocks finished the last day of the year yesterday with rising trend of price indices due to higher transactions of some large-cap securities, including…

The Access to Information (a2i) Programme of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has won eight international awards in different categories and a national award this year for different digital innovations. Bangladesh has won the world’s most prestigious award “World Summit on Information…

The industrial estate of Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) in Rajshahi has generated employment opportunities for more than 14,825 people in various trades in the last 10 years. The people got the jobs in various fields like enterprise development, skill development and training,…

A check handover and contract renewal ceremony was held between The Farmers Bank Limited and Protective Life Insurance recently, the bank said in a press…

Iran will offer three million barrels of crude oil to the private sector in the stock market for exports, Iranian Petroleum Minister, Bijan Namdar Zanganeh, said on Wednesday. “Required license for the sales of three million barrels of crude oil in the stock market has been received from the Iranian…

Trade negotiators from China and the United States are planning to meet in January for talks, Beijing said Thursday, but stopped short of confirming the…

British Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has warned of his “very deep concerns” about Chinese technology giant Huawei being involved in the use of 5G on Britain’s mobile network, The Times reported yesterday. “I have grave, very deep concerns about Huawei providing the 5G network…

Thailand’s energy regulator has approved state-owned PTT Group’s multibillion-dollar acquisition of a company owned by French energy giant Engie, after concerns of an electricity monopoly were resolved in a new proposal. Engie signed a deal in June with Thai group Global Power Synergy Public…

Japan’s NEC said yesterday that it would buy Denmark’s largest IT firm KMD for $1.2 billion as part of its effort to expand its European and global businesses. Under the plan, the information technology giant will buy all shares of KMD Holding ApS for 8 billion krone by the end of February…

Japanese shares surged nearly four per cent yesterday, with investors heartened by Wall Street’s best performance in nine years after the White…

From its hillside overlooking the Ethiopian capital, Berhanu Mengistu’s century-old, gabled family home has seen emperors and governments rise and…