Planning Minister Muhammad Abdul Mannan has said Bangladesh under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is strongly committed to both SDGs and effective development partnership. “The current economic outlook suggests that the country is progressing well towards achieving SDGs,”…

Facebook's planned virtual unit Libra, already under heavy attack from US President Donald Trump and global regulators, faces scepticism among the…

"Once my taxes are paid, at the end of the day I have 20 or 25 euros left in my pocket," lamented Greek hairdresser Babis Toumbanos. Like him,…

Country’s two bourses, Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) yesterday registered another declining sessions but witnessed…

The company that makes Stella Artois and Budweiser has scrapped its planned listing in Hong Kong, cancelling what would have been the world's largest initial public offering this year. Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's biggest brewer, had hoped to raise almost $10 billion from listing its Asia…

Speakers at a programme said proper utilisation of Sheikh Rassel Digital Labs (SRDLs) could play vital role in transforming villages into towns by enhancing skills of young students on information and communication technologies (ICT). They expressed the views yesterday at a seminar on ‘Role of…

Pakistan will have to pay almost $6 billion in damages to a foreign gold mining firm whose dig was shut down by the government in 2011, the World Bank said on Sunday. The consortium Tethyan Copper company -- of which Canadian gold firm Barrick and Chile's Antofagasta Minerals control 37.5 per cent…

Korean Prime minister yesterday visited export processing zone in Savar and a nursing institute running by Korean support at Mugda in the capital. Korean premier went to Savar EPZ after paying homage to rich tributes to the liberation war martyrs of Bangladesh by placing wreaths at the National Memorial…

Profits of China’s banking sector are expected to maintain steady this year, with faster growth in asset scale and ample liquidity, according to an industry report. The 2018 net profit of commercial banks reached 1.83 trillion yuan (around 266.6 billion US dollars), up 4.7 per cent year on year,…

A two-day training course on “Rules and Procedures of VAT and Income Tax”, organized by DCCI Business Institute (DBI), was held at its premises…