State Minister for Labour and Employment Begum Monnujan Sufian yesterday urged the owners of different sectors including readymade garment (RMG) to pay salary and bonus to workers before the holy Eid-ul-Fitr. “The government wants everyone can celebrate the Eid with their dear and near ones. Owners…

China’s Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) has launched the ‘V-Next Alliance Platform’, a market coordination mechanism with Dhaka Stock…

Bangladesh yesterday  sought WTO support to address trade-related challenges, which the country may face after its graduation to a middle income country from the LDC category. “The WTO needs to address those challenges in post-graduation phase in line with the General Assembly resolution…

Uber stocks went into a fresh skid Monday—more bad news for the global ride-hailing giant, which endured steep declines in its hotly anticipated market debut last week. Shares in the company tumbled more than 11 percent to $36.96 mid-afternoon on the second day of trade on the New York Stock Exchange.…

British telecoms giant Vodafone announced the sale of its wholly owned New Zealand subsidiary to an investment consortium yesterday  in a deal worth NZ$3.4 billion (US$2.2 billion). It said Vodafone New Zealand—the country’s second-largest telecoms carrier and its biggest mobile phone…

Stock markets yesterday witnessed flat due to lower activities of large-cap securities. The falling major sectors were textile and cement. A total of 178 securities of the large-cap group moved down due to lower activities. The broader DSEX index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) closed the day with 29.91…

British unemployment has fallen to a 45-year low, official data showed yesterday, with the economy holding up despite prolonged Brexit uncertainty. The unemployment rate eased to 3.8 per cent in the three months to March—the lowest level since the final quarter of 1974, the Office for National…