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The chief executive of Wal-Mart Stores Inc has emerged as an unlikely voice for gay rights after the Arkansas governor heeded his call on Wednesday to reject a much-criticised bill.

The Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar (BCIM) economic corridor and China’s proposed ‘Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road’ are “closely” related, Beijing says as it has unveiled action plans on this joint ‘Belt and Road Initiative’.

The central bank has asked all banks to keep open their branches in Dhaka and Chittagong next weekend to facilitate submission of deposits by candidates in the city corporation polls.

State-owned BASIC Bank will operate as a scheduled bank from now on rather than a specialised one, says Bangladesh Bank.

India owes about $8.8 billion for oil imports from Iran, India’s trade minister said on Friday, as economic sanctions imposed over Tehran’s nuclear programme have cut its access to the global banking system and hit its oil revenue.

The visit assumes significance as it comes at a time when even local businesses are getting nervous about losing potential investors due to ongoing political impasse in Bangladesh.

The government no more requires borrowing from the banks to offset budget deficit after a record amount of savings certificates were sold in January.

Dhaka has reiterated its enthusiasm to do business with New Delhi.

A European Union trade adviser in Dhaka says they are heavily dependent on Bangladesh’s readymade products and a shift from this market is “not very easy”.

A European Union trade adviser in Dhaka says they are heavily dependent on Bangladesh’s readymade products and a shift from this market is “not very easy”.

US Ambassador Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat today said the United States would continue its support to boost the export of Bangladeshi readymade garments (RMG) envisaged by the government by 2021. “We will continue to work with BGMEA to help it…

Experts at a farmers’ field day (FFD) have said there is no alternative to expanded farming of pests’ attack resistant BT brinjal to get pesticide-free vegetables for saving public health and earning more profits.

Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu on Friday said non-tariff barriers to trade (NTBs) should be withdrawn for easy entry of Bangladeshi products into Indian market. Withdrawal of non-tariff barriers would further strengthen the trade relations between Bangladesh and India, he…

Country’s leading cellular phone operator Grameenphone has reached the landmark of revenue earning BDT 102.7 billion in 2014 with 6.3 percent growth rate from the previous year buoyed by growth in customer equipment, service and market share. Service revenue, mainly…

Robi Axiata Limited has launched an exciting campaign titled ‘Half paisa-per-second call rate and unlimited free Facebook. On Tk 31 recharge, all Robi prepaid customers will be able to enjoy 0.5 paisa/sec call rate to any Robi number and 1…

A poster tied to a fence at the scene of the Bangladesh Rana Plaza building collapse reads, “We want a safe work place, not a death trap’ on the first anniversary of the disaster on the outskirts of Dhaka on…

Robi Axiata Limited signed an agreement with IT Consultants Ltd (ITCL) on Thursday to introduce mobile phone recharge service through ATMs. Robi chief operating officer Mahtab Uddin Ahmed and managing director & CEO of ITCL Kazi Saifuddin Munir inked the…

The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has fixed a target of producing 6.33 lakh tonnes mustard from 5.50 lakh hectares of land during  the current Rabi season in the country, official sources said.

A bumper production of sugarcane is expected at the eight sub-zones of Rangpur Sugar Mills Limited (RSML) as the sugarcane saplings have grown well in the fields.

The government has fixed an all-time record target of producing 21.73 lakh tonnes maize from 3.06 lakh hectares of land during the current 2014-2015 Rabi season in the country, official sources said.