-- 2018-10-31 16:02:00
China's job market remained stable in the first three quarters of this year as the urban unemployment rate continued to drop, with emerging industries as the biggest employer, official data showed....
-- 2018-10-31 14:19:19
Wealthy space buffs will have the chance to own three small particles of lunar matter when what Sotheby’s describes as the only known documented “moon rocks” to be legally available...
Mir Mostafizur Rahaman from Hainan, China 2018-10-31 13:49:54
China has urged the world to resist trade protectionism in a bid to ensure inclusive economic development for people across the globe. Narrating the objectives of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI),...
Munima Sultana 2018-10-31 09:37:41
The volume of Bangladesh's external debts surged by 141 per cent to US$ 54.73 billion in two years to June last, says the central bank. The volume of external debts at the end of March 2016 stood at...
-- 2018-10-30 21:49:57
Bangladesh Bank has issued a set of guidelines for credit risk management for the country's scheduled banks with an aim to make the system more effective and time-befitting. The Banking Regulations a...
-- 2018-10-30 18:43:18
Chocolate has been a delicacy for much longer than previously thought. Botanical evidence shows the plant from which chocolate is made was first grown for food more than 5,000 years ago in the Amazon...
-- 2018-10-30 16:21:02
Official figures show that economic growth across the 19-country eurozone slowed in the third quarter of the year to its slowest level for over four years. Statistics agency Eurostat said the eurozon...
-- 2018-10-30 16:11:34
French economic growth picked up by less than expected in third quarter despite a rebound in consumer spending, official data showed on Tuesday. The slow growth is putting pressure on the government&...
-- 2018-10-30 15:20:01
A decision by Sri Lanka’s president to fire the prime minister has raised doubts among global investors and credit analysts about the near-term economic health of a country already grappling wit...
-- 2018-10-30 15:02:09
Facebook has launched the Digital Literacy Library, a collection of lessons in six languages—Bangla, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam, to train 3,00,000 people in India by end of 2018...
-- 2018-10-30 10:12:22
Japan’s jobless rate fell in September, while the availability of jobs improved to the highest level since January 1974, government data showed on Tuesday. The seasonally adjusted unemployment...
-- 2018-10-29 17:29:08
India and Japan have signed a $75 billion bilateral currency swap agreement. The deal was signed during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Tokyo on Monday, India said in a statement, repor...
-- 2018-10-29 14:53:00
Japan has launched a greenhouse gas observation satellite into its planned orbit where it will collect data on carbon dioxide and other gases thought to be linked to global warming as it orbits the ea...
Mir Mostafizur Rahman from Hinan, China 2018-10-29 14:19:51
Rise in fuel prices, high debt level, trade war and low productivity pose serious threats to the world economy, experts warned on Monday. They said Asian countries need to be united to face this unce...
-- 2018-10-29 11:27:18
Taiwan’s gross domestic product is likely to grow 2.2 per cent in third quarter, lower than expected, due to softening global demand for exports amid trade tensions between China and the United...
FE Report 2018-10-29 11:09:11
Inadequate infrastructure, energy insecurity and traffic mismanagement have been identified as some of the major hurdles to achieving desired investment and economic growth in the country. Business...
FE Report 2018-10-29 10:56:53
Bangladesh needs to develop alternative sources of financing including bonds to meet its future infrastructure investment needs, experts said on Sunday. At the same time, the private sector needs to...
FE Report 2018-10-29 10:09:47
Transport strike disrupted communications across the country on Sunday, taking a heavy toll on trade and economic activity. According to business circles, overall commodity supply chain, export-impor...
FE Report 2018-10-29 09:58:18
Finance minister AMA Muhith said on Sunday it is a myth the government cannot do business in all areas. "There are many areas where only the government needs to do business. And the government can at...
Siddique Islam 2018-10-29 09:49:34
The central bank is set to place the proposals for approving three more banks before its board of directors' meeting today (Monday) ahead of the upcoming national election. "The preparations have bee...
-- 2018-10-28 15:58:48
A privately developed Chinese carrier rocket failed to reach orbit after lifting off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Saturday, in a blow to the country’s nascent attempts by private comp...
-- 2018-10-28 12:39:07
Robots will make robots at a new ABB factory in China, which the Swiss engineering group said on Saturday it plans to build for $150 million in Shanghai as it defends its place as the country’s...
-- 2018-10-27 13:53:35
Engineers from two American universities developed a kind of natural air conditioner with almost no consumption of electricity. The study published on Friday in the journal Joule described the innova...
-- 2018-10-27 13:45:35
Profits of China's major industrial firms grew 14.7 per cent year on year in the first nine months of 2018, down from the 16.2-per cent expansion for the January-August period, official data showed Sa...
Rezaul Karim 2018-10-27 10:24:02
The government is considering increasing the monthly allowance for the employees of 'Extra Department' under Postal Department by around 50 per cent, a finance ministry official said. The finance min...
Arafat Ara 2018-10-27 09:55:05
Supply shortage of different types of state-run savings certificates in many post offices and bank branches has been causing problems for many savers willing to invest funds in these instruments, insi...
Doulot Akter Mala 2018-10-27 09:47:50
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has launched reforms since the 1990s, but it has ignored direct tax, undermining the effort to ensure progressive taxation. Progressive taxation requires the top-e...
-- 2018-10-26 16:36:21
An artwork created by an artificially intelligent program has been sold at auction for $432,000 (£337,000). The final price is far higher than the $7,000-$10,000 estimate put on it by Christie'...
-- 2018-10-26 16:16:30
The World Bank on Friday approved $425 million to improve road connections in Bangladesh through building, maintaining and improving rural bridges to benefit two-thirds of the country's people. ...
-- 2018-10-26 13:46:36
Sea tourism (sea cruise, coastal shipping and yachting) contributes about 3.5 per cent of Greek GDP each year in recent years, according to a local media report. Citing a report of the Institute of...
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