More than four years into the initial deal, the government yesterday (Sunday) signed a number of agreements with Reliance Group to allow the Indian conglomerate…

Washington moved ahead yesterday with new tariffs on Chinese imports as it stepped up a high-pressure campaign aimed at coercing Beijing to sign a new…

Southern African nations are threatening to quit the global wildlife trade regulator after it refused to relax restrictions on trade in ivory and rhino horn and imposed a near total ban on zoos taking African elephants captured in the wild. Ties soured during this week’s meeting of the Convention…

Bank of England governor Mark Carney has suggested that a virtual currency, modelled on Facebook’s Libra, could one day replace the dollar as king…

The Bank of China (BOC) had approved more than 140 billion US dollars of credit and funded over 600 major projects under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) by the end of June, according to BOC semi-annual report released Friday. The bank, as one of the country's big four state-owned lenders, has…

5G technology is predicted to help drive a growth of 15.2 trillion yuan (2.1 trillion U.S. dollars) in China's digital economy from 2020 to 2025, an industry expert said Saturday. Wang Zhiqin, deputy director of the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) under the Ministry…

Stocks yesterday closed the session of the week with downward trend due mainly to price fall in large-cap securities. The core index, DSEX closed the…

National Board of Revenue (NBR) has detected around Tk 180 crore tax dodge of 103 local companies, which are taking the bond facilities. Dhaka Customs Bond Commissionerate, under NBR, conducted 142 drives from February to July this year and detected the customs and tax evasion by the companies. Talking…

The Bangladesh-Malaysia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BMCCI) is going to organise “Showcase Malaysia” at Pan Pacific Sonargaon in the city from December 3 to 5. The information was revealed on Friday at a function, marking the celebration of Malaysia’s 62nd Independence Day, at…

Citibank, NA, Bangladesh has been recognised for its digital leadership by Global Finance in the publication's annual World's Best Digital Bank Awards. In the publication's 2019 World's Best Corporate/ Institutional Digital Bank Awards in Asia Pacific, Citi swept the winning title across…

A six-member business delegation of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI), led by its President Sheikh Fazle Fahim, left the capital yesterday to attend “Bangladesh-Canada Business Forum” and “13th Toronto Global Forum” to be held from September…