Business & Economy
Mominul Islam elected new chairman of ADFIAP
Business Desk :Mominul Islam, CEO of IPDC Finance has been elected as the chairman of the Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the...
DSE edges up, CSE trades higher
Business Desk :The prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) rose slightly on Wednesday.The DSEX, the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE),...
Expanding trade in non-conventional markets important: FBCCI
Business Desk :Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce & Industries (FBCCI) President Md Jashim Uddin said that it is essential to strengthen commercial activities in...
US appeals court orders Musk to abide by SEC settlement on tweets
Al Jazeera :Elon Musk cannot back out of a settlement with securities regulators that was reached after his 2018 tweets claiming he had secured funding...
ExxonMobil settles long-running Indonesia torture case
Al Jazeera :ExxonMobil has settled a long-running lawsuit brought by villagers who alleged soldiers the oil giant hired to guard a natural gas facility in...
$200 million raised by controversial sale of jewels with Nazi links
AFP :Jewels belonging to an Austrian billionaire whose German husband made his fortune under the Nazis raked in more than $200 million, auctioneers Christie’s said...
RAKUB gets new Managing Director
Business Desk :Eminent banker Niranjan Chandra Debnath has joined the Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) as its managing director (MD) on his promotion to the...
China economic data for April miss expectations as demand cools
AFP :China’s economic data for April missed expectations last month, official figures showed Tuesday, as low demand and high youth unemployment led to a patchy...
Stocks rebound on both bourses
Business Desk :After witnessing a downward trend in the three sessions, stocks on Tuesday rebounded in the Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges as investors remained...
StanChart MD visits Bangladesh
Business Desk :Nick Huang, Managing Director and Head, Client Coverage, Asia, Standard Chartered, arrived in Dhaka recently for his first official visit to Bangladesh. During...
Haiti political plan needed to overcome intervention ‘stalemate’: UN chief
AFP :The current international “stalemate” over sending a security force to stabilize Haiti may be broken if a credible plan is found for the crisis-wracked...