India said yesterday it plans to sell its entire stake in the national carrier Air India to shore up falling government revenues amid an economic slowdown, after an initial attempt last year failed to attract a single bidder. The government issued a document on Monday inviting initial expressions of…

The global economy loses over US$ 2 trillion annually due to smuggling, counterfeiting, trafficking of humans and wildlife as well as other forms of illicit trade that hold back progress on the global development agenda. “Illicit trade endangers all aspects of development and all 17 of UN Sustainable…

Sajjadul Hassan, a former senior secretary of the Prime Minister’s office, has been appointed as the new chairman of the board of the Biman Bangladesh…

With an ambition “to bring together the best minds of the tech industry of the country” and to promote insight and ideas to transform Bangladesh’s technology industry, the first-ever Dhaka Tech Summit 2020 was held at a city hotel yesterday.The half-day-long summit was packed with…

Fears over the global economic impact of a deadly new SARS-like virus sent oil prices plunging more than two per cent yesterday to extend last week's…

Supercar manufacturer Bugatti, fresh off one of its best years, wants the world to know it has taken environmental concerns to heart even as it prepares…

Companies in China have advised staff to work from home in an attempt to slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus. Businesses are also offering workers…

Argentina has welcomed the US decision not to impose tariffs on the South American country’s steel and aluminum which President Donald Trump had threatened in December. “We have just been left out, in a good way, of an internal communication from the (US) presidency regarding this issue.…

Confidence among business leaders in Germany inched back slightly in January, a closely-watched survey showed yesterday, as expectations for the coming months clouded over. A monthly barometer from the Munich-based Ifo institute fell 0.4 points compared with December, to 95.9, well short of a consensus…

Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar believes the European Union has the upper hand in upcoming trade negotiations with Britain after Brexit, he said in an interview broadcast yesterday. Varadkar argued the size of the EU, which will comprise 27 countries once Britain has left on Friday, means it holds…

Mark Smith, group chief risk officer of Standard Chartered, visited Dhaka recently, the bank said in a press statement yesterday. During his two-day visit…

Eleven organisations have received the ‘International Organization for Standardisation (ISO) 9001:2015’ certificates from Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) for ensuring international standard management at their respective organisation. BSTI Director General Md Muazzem…