Volkswagen (VW) has been slapped with a record fine by Australia’s consumer watchdog to settle lawsuits over the carmaker’s global emissions scandal. The A$125m ($86m; £66m) penalty is the highest ordered by a court for breaches...

Facebook on Friday said it took down a network of accounts using fake identities while spreading pro-Trump messages at the social network and Instagram. The campaign was one of two derailed for “engaging in foreign and...

Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, the founder and Chair Emeritus of BRAC, one of the world’s largest non-governmental organization has passed away today. He died at 8:28 PM. He was admitted to a hospital in Dhaka on...

Just Eat backed a final all-share offer from Takeaway.com and rejected a rival cash bid from Prosus on Friday, saying a tie-up with Takeaway to create one of the leading online food delivery companies was compelling. Takeaway...

Royal Dutch Shell said on Friday it expected to write down up to $2.3 billion in the fourth quarter, the latest major energy company forced to shrink estimates for sector values due to a weaker economic...

France’s competition authority fined Google 150 million euros ($167 million) for anti-competitive behavior and for having unclear advertising on the Google Ads page. The fine comes as France and other European countries maintain high levels of...

Health officials in eastern Congo have documented the first relapse in the current Ebola epidemic, the World Health Organization said on Friday. The Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo has so far infected more than...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday it approved drugmaker Merck & Co’s  Ebola vaccine Ervebo, making it the first FDA-authorised vaccine against the deadly virus. The vaccine was used by the World Health...

Boeing Co’s biggest supplier, Spirit AeroSystems Inc, said on Friday it would temporarily halt production of 737 MAX parts beginning Jan. 1. Spirit said the move, which comes after Boeing said earlier this week it would...

To commemorate the Victory Day of Bangladesh, Best holding Limited and Le Méridien Dhaka has co-jointly organized the festival “Joyodhoni” with musical extravaganza by local artists, photography exhibitions, Bijoy Mela, and traditional street food. The event...