Finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said that climate change is a serious threat for humankind because of carbon emissions from fossil fuels and has…

As the United States has quickly ratcheted up sanctions against Venezuela to pressure Nicolas Maduro, bankers say they are shying away from doing even…

In Havana, there’s a shop selling a camera for more than $25,000 — roughly 850 times the average monthly wage in Cuba. The eye-popping sum earned predictable scorn on social media, but it begins to make sense when seen through the lens of the island’s fledgling bid to tap into the…

A text-generating “bot” nicknamed Tobi produced nearly 40,000 news stories about the results of the November 2018 elections in Switzerland…

Stocks opened week up yesterday with all the indices at Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges finishing upwards on higher activities of large-cap securities…

The owners of the Chrysler Building have reached a deal to sell the iconic New York City building for "a little more than $150 million," The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. The sale price of the tower in midtown Manhattan, considered an Art Deco masterpiece, marks a significant loss…

The consumer price index in China fell to its lowest level in a year last month, while producer prices hardly budged, according to figures published Saturday by the National Bureau of Statistics. The consumer price index (CPI) — a key measure of retail inflation —rose just 1.5 per cent in…

Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzak yesterday said honey can be a potential item for export of the country after meeting local demand as the honey has great demand across the globe. “There is great potential to make honey cultivation into a profitable industry. People can take the opportunity…

A consortium led by Chinese companies, including internet giant Tencent, has bought Finnish firm Amer Sports for 4.6 billion euros ($5.15 billion), acquiring leading ski brands Salomon and Atomic as Beijing looks forward to hosting the Winter Olympics in 2022. Amer Sports said in a statement that the…