Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun yesterday called upon the country’s business community to work for developing sustainable bilateral trade ties with China. “The Bangladesh-China Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCCI) has been working proactively for the betterment of bilateral…

Asserting that the government would continue to support the capital market for its development, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal yesterday said that the existing hurdles and challenges of the capital market would be overcome to take the market to a sustainable position on a long-term basis so that…

To enable the consumers heave a sigh of relief, the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) is set to sell onion in a subsidized price from today in the…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to inaugurate “Rajhangsha”, the 4th Dreamliner of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, today. “Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will formally commission the newly-procured state-of-the-art aircraft of the national flag carrier ‘Rajhangsha’ at the VVIP…

China’s economy showed more signs of strain yesterday as the country published weak data for industrial output, investment and retail sales, amid…

The United Auto Workers union called a nationwide strike against General Motors Sunday, with some 46,000 members set to walk off the job beginning at…

Investors showed appetite to buy few large cap stocks that steered the country’s capital bourse, Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), to the upward trend…

Chinese dairy company Mengniu announced yesterday it had made a takeover offer for Australian infant formula producer Bellamy’s in a deal valued at around US$1 billion. Hong Kong-listed Mengniu has been eyeing global expansion in recent years, and said it was drawn by the Australian group’s…

South Korean imports of Japanese beer slumped almost to zero last month in the face of a consumer boycott sparked by a bitter trade and historical dispute between Seoul and Tokyo, data showed yesterday. Japanese companies shipped $223,000 worth of beer to South Korea in August, figures from the Korea…

As part of the government plan to replace 2.0 crore traditional meters by prepaid ones within 2025, Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB) will set up 7.50 lakh more meters within December 2019. “We have installed 4 lakh prepaid meters up to June 2019 under BREB areas of Dhaka Division…

US drug-maker Purdue Pharma has filed for bankruptcy protection, as part of efforts to deal with thousands of lawsuits that accuse the firm of fuelling the US opioid crisis. The company's board approved the Chapter 11 filing on Sunday. The move is designed in part to resolve more than 2,600 lawsuits…