Country’s premier bourse, Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) yesterday ended in flat note on the first trading day of the new calendar year amid significant volatility as the investors were active on both sides of the trading fence throughout the session. The positive vibe was observed from the beginning…

The mobile networks, which were blocked in frontier areas of the country for security reasons, have been restored on Tuesday night. Zakir Hossain Khan, a senior assistant director at the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), told the news agency that the mobile networks in the border…

Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) yesterday gave license to private-run Hosendi Economic Zone located at Hosendi union under Gazaria upazila in Munshiganj district. BEZA Executive Chairman Paban Chowdhury handed over the license to Hosendi Economic Zone Chairman Shampa Rahman at a function…

The leader of France’s hardline CGT union yesterday urged all workers to join pension strikes that have crippled public transport over the past…

A partial new US-China trade agreement will be signed in the middle of next month, US President Donald Trump said Tuesday, announcing that he will also…

Former car magnate Carlos Ghosn's stunning departure from Japan, where he was facing trial on financial misconduct charges, poses numerous questions…

In a humming factory in Kenya's highlands, tea is hand-plucked from the fields, cured and shredded into the fine leaves that have sated drinkers from London to Lahore for generations. But Kenya's prized black tea isn't fetching the prices it once did, forcing the top supplier of the world's…

New Delhi has said it will let Chinese telecoms giant Huawei take part in trials for the rollout of 5G services in the huge Indian market, giving the firm a major boost as it battles US sanctions. The US government has banned Huawei from working with US firms, calling it a security threat because of…

Stock markets overcame US-China trade tensions and Brexit uncertainty to post healthy gains in 2019. In London, the FTSE 100’s traditional early…

China’s central bank announced yesterday it was cutting the reserve requirements for banks, freeing up about $114 billion to boost lending and spur the slowing economy. The People’s Bank of China will cut the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) on January 6 by 50 basis points, it said in a statement,…

Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries is rolling out an early version of its much-anticipated online retail service, seeking to use its enormous digital subscriber base as a platform to take on global ecommerce giants. The conglomerate run by Asia’s richest man has started inviting consumers…

Sanowar Hossain was appointed as the chairman (current charge) of Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC), the commission said in a press statement…

Rafiqul Haq has recently been promoted as additional managing director (AMD) of Mutual Trust Bank Limited (MTB), the bank said in a press statement yesterday.…