Business

Indian taxi-hailing giant Ola is moving into the UK as it continues to challenge Uber around the world. The company, which was founded in 2011, has 125 million customers and already operates in 110 cities. It...

According to Reuters, the $1.5 billion (Tk124.3 billion) deal is one of the biggest cross-border mergers and acquisition transactions involving a Bangladeshi company Akij Group has signed an agreement with the Japan Tobacco (JT) Group over...

The Shanghai head office of China’s central bank has levied a fine of 4.12 million yuan ($601,846) on Alipay, the online payment platform of Ant Financial, for violating regulations on payment services, the regulator said on...

PepsiCo chief executive Indra Nooyi is to step down after 12 years at the helm. She is among the world’s most prominent female business leaders and has consistently appeared on Forbes’ list of the 100 most...

Grameenphone reduces tariff of two internet packages in accordance with government decision to reduce VAT on internet usage in Bangladesh from 15% to 5%. New benefits of other internet packages will also be offered soon. From...

Telenor Health and Bank Asia joined hands to provide digital healthcare services to the unbanked community through the state-of-the-art Agent Banking network of the Bank. An agreement to this effect has been signed recently between the...

Petroleum Jelly Vaseline endows the Hajj pilgrims with the skincare during their pilgrimage to attain spiritual purity. The offer comes from a campaign jointly organized by Biman Bangladesh and Unilever brand Vaseline. Under the campaign titled...

GP White-Board and A2i, are jointly arranging ‘Women’s Innovation Camp 2018’. Access to Information Program (A2i) has been supporting the parity issues of women and involving the society in several women empowerment activities for a long...

SINGER & BRAC have jointly started providing ‘free of cost tailoring course’ to 5000 underprivileged women across Bangladesh.  As part of this, a total 44 women received certificates at Katlapur at Savar on July 26, 2018,...

The next generation 2019 Lexus ES 350 is screaming off the production line in Georgetown, Ky., and drivers will soon have a chance to hit the streets in this game-changing vehicle. “We’ve implemented the all-new Lexus...