The government yesterday struck a financing agreement with World Bank (WB) to help microenterprises adopt cleaner technologies.The $110 million Sustainable Enterprise Project will help about...

Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has said parliamentarians can play an important role in ensuring sufficient funding and allocation of resources for protection of the...

Thailand Minister for Economic Reforms and Investment Kobsak Pootrakool has expressed his keen interest to invest in Bangladesh's infrastructure, power, energy and other potential sectors....

Peace in Korea, closer now than for decades, could open a transportation route through the peninsula that would change the way a raft of goods...

The United States and the UAE have struck a deal in which they “strongly reaffirmed the 2002 UAE-US Air Transport Agreement and the fundamental principles...

The country is moving fast with steady GDP growth. However, the employment is not increasing in line which is unexpected, said speakers suggesting the government...

State Minister for Labour and Employment Md Mujibul Haque Chunnu yesterday said Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments (DIFE) will be included in the...

Export earnings from the services sector grew 42.14 percent year-on-year to $396.58 million thanks to increasing income from goods transportation and rising export of skilled...

Citing an Australian think tank’s survey, Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal yesterday said Bangladesh will surpass Taiwan by 2030 with the continued increase in its...

Korean entrepreneurs have shown their keen interest to invest in Bangladesh, saying they will send a trade delegation to Bangladesh soon.They expressed their interest at...

There is no denying the fact that Bangladesh, ever since it achieved independence, has walked a long way in terms of development of its industrial...

With speed to market and high-tech innovation reshaping every aspect of the apparel world, the winter edition of Sourcing at Magic – the Magic sub-brand...

This year's Beauty & Wellness Expo offered an appropriately healthy blend of innovative and traditional approaches to staying young and fit, with many European/US and...

In China, the market demand for milk, traditionally seen as the source of a great variety of nutrients, has always been steady. In recent years,...

Intel Capital, the venture capital and investment arm of semiconductor giant Intel, on Tuesday used its annual global summit to announce more than $70 million...

Export from factories in Korean Export Processing Zone (KEPZ) in Chatto-gram are increasing day by day. The sponsor of the EPZ South Korea's Youngone Corporation,...

The Company has informed that a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed between Atlas Bangladesh Limited and TVS Auto Bangladesh Limited (TVS) on May...

Oil prices fell more than $2 per barrel Friday as Saudi Arabia and Russia discussed easing supply curbs that have helped push crude prices to...

Not too many industries would be disappointed with achieving annual growth of 84 per cent; yet that feels like the tone of the response to...

One could be forgiven for thinking that Britain’s energy market is finally beginning to work in the way that it should. All six of the...

The EU will support 257 small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) from 31 countries who aim to get their innovations faster to the market. The companies...

The European Investment Fund (EIF) and Iceland's Arion Bank today signed a loan guarantee deal that will offer small and medium-sized companies (SME) in Iceland...

PARIS (Reuters) – French unemployment rose slightly in the first three months of the year, confounding economists’ expectations for a decline and suggesting President Emmanuel...

Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg will meet European leaders in Brussels next Tuesday - to face questions about how the firm protects user data.This after revelations...

Barclays has spoken to its rival bank Standard Chartered about a potential merger but no formal or informal bid was made, the Financial Times reported...

Highly appreciating Bangladesh for improving business-friendly environment, a group of Chinese investors said Bangladesh is now an attractive destination for Chinese investments, reports BSS. They came...

At least 43 percent of the population above 15 years of age used tobacco in Bangladesh last year and tobacco consumption caused as many as...