Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal yesterday  said that the government would restrict import of rice and try to export it to give relief to farmers. “From the government we’ll restrict import of rice and we’ll definitely take steps in this regard. Import of rice can’t be…

Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) Executive Chairman Kazi M Aminul Islam yesterday said the government is providing tax holiday facility in different fields as it is essential for the development of trade and commerce. “The government is providing the tax holiday facility in different…

The Supreme Court yesterday extended the tenure of Accord, a European agency for factory inspection and remediation, for 281 days from May 8 as a memorandum…

Major crude producers were set to meet yesterday to discuss how to stabilise a volatile oil market amid rising US-Iran tensions in the Gulf, which threaten…

The salt farmers of Hon Khoi rise before dawn as they have for generations, fanning out across shallow seawater pools in southern Vietnam to harvest the…

Shares of Chinese coffee startup Luckin Coffee surged about 20 per cent in its US stock market debut on Friday. Listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the Chinese coffee retailer commenced trading at 25 US dollars per share after its initial public offering (IPO) was priced at 17 dollars apiece.…

Ottawa plans to proceed “full steam ahead” on ratification of a free trade agreement with the US and Mexico, Canada’s foreign affairs minister said Saturday, after the neighbors scrapped reciprocal tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. Canada had been “very clear” that…

German high-end car giant BMW said on Saturday it had dropped plans to sponsor its hometown football team Bayern Munich, with rival Audi successfully fending off the bid to crowd it out. “We have ended the talks and will not become sponsors of FC Bayern,” a spokesman told the Frankfurter…