Business

News Hour: Bangladesh ranks 176th among 190 countries. In terms of sub-components of the Doing Business index, Bangladesh’s worst performances are observed in the areas of ‘enforcing contracts’, ‘getting electricity’ and ‘registering property’ with rankings of...

News Hour: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s surprise decision to scrap high-value banknotes has upset preparations for next year’s budget because of the resulting disruption to growth, revenues and asset sales, two government sources said. Modi scrapped...

News Hour: As a part of a responsible business operation in Bangladesh, A H Khan & Co. Ltd. a business partner and supplier of British American tobacco Bangladesh, built an environment-friendly world class warehouse at Shayestaganj in Habiganj,...

News Hour: The Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety announced that four additional Alliance-affiliated factories have completed all material components outlined in their Corrective Action Plans (CAPs), bringing the total number of graduated factories to 46. In...

News Hour: Tokyo shares opened higher on Friday, following rises in European and US and markets after the European Central Bank extended its stimulus program beyond March. European stocks rose Thursday as investors cheered dovish aspects...

News Hour: Prices for goods at the factory gate in China beat expectations in November, data showed on Friday, rising for the third straight month in a sign of strengthening demand in the world’s second-largest economy....

News Hour: Grameenphone Accelerator hosted a Demo Day for the second batch of graduates of the program, at the Grameenphone Corporate Headquarters, GPHouse, in Bashundhara, Dhaka, Bangladesh on December 4th. The five startups of the GP...

News Hour: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today approved a $500 million loan to help Azerbaijan maintain social spending, create jobs, and diversify its economy to mitigate the adverse impact of a crash in oil prices....

News Hour: Tokyo stocks opened higher on Wednesday,following another record close on Wall Street and after Paris stocks reached the year’s highest level. Tokyo’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 0.40 percent, or 73.45 points, at 18,433.99...

News Hour: Microsoft won EU antitrust approval on Tuesday for its $26 billion bid for professional social network LinkedIn, its largest ever acquisition, after agreeing to a series of modest concessions. The deal, which has already...