March2019

A key party linked to Thailand’s powerful Shinawatra clan was dissolved Thursday by a court, just weeks before a general election, over its ill-starred bid to front a princess as a candidate for premier. Thai Raksa...

Recently, Salehin Chowdhury, a Bangladeshi expert on Global Brand Communications, has started a movement named “Made in Bangladesh“. Made in Bangladesh is a platform where Bangladeshi local brands come under one umbrella and share their views...

Progress towards gender parity at work has barely budged for the past quarter century, and will only speed up once men take on far more unpaid caregiving tasks, the UN said Thursday, on the eve of...

Japan’s Softbank Group Corp said on Thursday it had launched a new $5 billion innovation fund to invest in technology companies in Latin America. Softbank, which already has a $100 billion investment vehicle known as Softbank...

Buyout firm Apollo Global Management LLC has agreed to acquire Direct ChassisLink Inc, the largest chassis rental and leasing company in the United States, for about $2.5 billion, including debt, according to people familiar with the...

Indonesia ended the search Thursday for victims of last week’s mine collapse on the island of Sulawesi as the death toll climbed to 27, an official said, even as dozens are still feared missing. Rescuers were...

State-owned Shanghai Construction Group (SCG) will build the first phase of U.S. electric carmaker Tesla’s factory in Shanghai, a news portal reported on Thursday. Xu Jiandong, a vice-president at SCG, was quoted by Shanghai Observer as...

General Motors Co said the last Chevrolet Cruze rolled off the assembly line Wednesday afternoon at its Lordstown, Ohio, assembly plant, the first of five plants in North America to end production this year and ending...

People with chronic health problems who suffer from depression may find their mood improve when they do aerobic exercise, a research review suggests. Patients with long-term medical issues are two to three times more likely to...

Ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc is planning to expand into additional cities in Germany this year, its European chief told a German newspaper. Uber currently is active in Berlin, Munich, Duesseldorf and Frankfurt, reports Reuters. “In...