Expatriate Bangladeshis sent US$ 4,510.86 million remittances during the first three months of the current fiscal 2019-20, which is apparently 16.59 per…

Total foreign debt held by developing nations jumped more than five per cent to $7.8 trillion, driven by a surge in Chinese debt, the World Bank said in a report on Wednesday. But the data show an increasing share of countries where the debt burden is rising, according to the International Debt Statistics…

Country’s capital bourse, Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) ended another flat session yesterday, in the last working day of the week, due to the sluggish trade by the cautious investors. The market opened on positive note and the key index went up about 20 points within the first 20 minutes of trading,…

Asian markets tanked yesterday after a below-par US jobs report compounded worries about the world’s top economy, while the WTO fanned fresh trade…

Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled new Surface devices with twin-screens that open like books, including a notepad-sized version that will put it back in…

Spain posted its weakest job creation for the month of September in six years, amid a slowdown in the eurozone’s fourth largest economy which will hold a repeat general election next month. The number of new contributors to the social security system, a measure of job creation, was up by just…

General Motors on Wednesday reported higher third-quarter US auto sales and lower car inventories as it contends with an auto worker strike now in its…

Hours after getting the green light from the World Trade Organization, Washington moved on Wednesday to retaliate against the EU over illegal subsidies…

Malaysia’s competition watchdog yesterday threatened to hit Grab with a $21 million fine for practices that allegedly reduce competition, the latest problem for the ride-hailing giant. Grab is the biggest ride-hailing firm in Southeast Asia, and has strengthened its hold on the market since buying…

After Liliana Inverno lost her job in 2012 at the height of Portugal’s economic crisis, she reluctantly accepted a position in China. “I left in tears... It was not a choice,” said the 40-year-old linguistics professor, who recently moved back to Portugal to take up a job at the University…