Speakers at an entrepreneurs conference yesterday  expected that the digital centre entrepreneurs will work for transforming the villages into towns through delivering the civic services to the grassroots people with utmost sincerity and honesty. They mentioned that the present government under…

Uber pulled back on its ambitious valuation target yesterday, while still pricing its share offering in a range that would make it one of the largest tech market debuts in recent years. The ride-hailing firm said in a securities filing it would sell 207 million shares in a range of $44 to $50 dollars,…

The farmers produced 66,886 tonnes of onion after completing its harvest last week in all five districts of Rangpur agriculture region during the just-ended Rabi season. Officials of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) said onion production started increasing every year following various pragmatic…

Asian markets mostly fell yesterday with investors treading carefully as global slowdown worries return to the fore, with analysts pointing to an economic…

Japan’s Sony said yesterday that robust games and entertainment divisions had pushed annual profits to a second consecutive record high but warned…

It may be 1am but Tokyo’s omnipresent convenience stores, known as “konbini”, are busy with customers dropping in for everything from…

France’s finance minister promised yesterday that a new round of tax cuts announced by President Emmanuel Macron will benefit low-earners and would not bust the budget because spending cuts will be found. Speaking Thursday evening, Macron promised further income tax cuts worth 5.0 billion euros…

Former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn emerged from his Tokyo detention centre in the late hours of Thursday after accepting bail of $4.5 million under strict…

Bayer chief executive Werner Baumann was on the defensive at the German chemical giant’s annual general meeting on Friday, relitigating the decision to buy US seeds and pesticides maker Monsanto before restive shareholders. Around 500 protesters gathered outside the Bonn conference centre with…

Britain’s state-rescued Royal Bank of Scotland said Friday that first-quarter net profits sank 12.5 percent, hit by fierce competition in the home loans market and ongoing Brexit uncertainty. Profit after tax slid to £707 million ($912 million, 818 million euros) in the first three months…

German sportswear maker Puma on Friday confirmed full-year business performance targets, saying massive growth in China and its clothing division produced its best quarter ever between January and March. Net profit at the group hit 94.4 million euros ($105.2 million), up 40.1 percent year-on-year. Sales…