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Asian markets largely fell Thursday as Beijing ratcheted up its rhetoric against Washington, fanning investor anxiety over the US-China trade war and a potential global economic slowdown. With no date set for tariff talks to resume in the US-China trade war, and Beijing accusing Washington of “naked economic terrorism” on Thursday in its handling of the dispute, investors appeared resigned ...

Photo: A currency trader watches monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, May 27, 2019. Tokyo, May 28 : Asian stocks mostly rose in muted trading Tuesday in the absence of major market-driving news on trade negotiations during the visit of President Donald Trump to Japan. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei ...

The US-Bangla Airlines has included brand new aircraft to its fleet as the first ever country’s private carrier to operate domestic routes. The airlines procured two brand new next generation ATR 72-600 aircrafts recently and scheduled to get two more same modelled turboprop next month to operate flights in domestic routes, a press release said here today. Equipped with modern ...

Asian equities tumbled Thursday as China-US trade frictions continue to dog investors, while the pound hit a fresh-four-month low on Brexit worries and energy firms were battered by plunging oil prices. Markets across the region were in the red as traders ran to the hills, with no signs of a break in the tariffs stand-off between the world’s top two ...

Photo: Khaled al-Otaiby, an official of the Saudi oil company Aramco, watches progress at a rig at the al-Howta oil field near Howta, Saudi Arabia. New York, May 23 : Saudi Arabia’s state owned oil company will begin buying liquid natural gas from a U.S. company under a 20 year agreement, reflecting the shifting dynamics in the world’s energy markets. ...

The embassy of Bangladesh to Lebanon is going to organise a three-day ‘Bangladesh Single Country Trade Fair’ at a hotel in Beirut from June 20 to 22 for expanding the market of the Bangladeshi products in that country. “There are huge potentialities of the Bangladeshi products in the Lebanon market. So, Bangladeshi business entities will take part in the tradeshow ...

Beximco Communications Limited has launched a world standard Direct to Home (DTH) service in the country under the brand name- ‘AKASH’ on Thursday, May 16, 2019. Photo: Courtesy Dhaka, May 16 : Beximco Communications Limited has launched a world standard Direct to Home (DTH) service in the country under the brand name- ‘AKASH’ on Thursday. AKASH, is the first and ...

Ever called for an Uber after a long, tiring day and realised the driver was being too chatty? You can take a break from drivers who go on to give you a tour of the city unasked with a simple yet subtle new feature.   Uber Black and Uber Black SUV riders in the US will now be able to ...

Photo: A currency trader watches the computer monitors near the screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), left, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won at the foreign exchange dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 15, 2019. Beijing, May 15 : Asian stocks followed Wall Street higher Wednesday after President Donald ...

Power generation witnesses a record high as much as 12,412MW gave people relief from the heat wave that is sweeping over parts of Bangladesh after rains triggered by cyclone ‘Fani’. As there is no shortage in power generation, the Power Development Board (PDB) has streamlined the power distribution system to bring down the power cuts to almost zero level across ...