Dhaka, May 22 (UNB) - Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni on Wednesday said there is enough scope for increasing the trade relations and investment cooperation between Bangladesh and Switzerland. She emphasized on Swiss import...

Dhaka, May 22 (UNB) - Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited approved 25% dividend for the shareholders for the year 2012.The dividend comprising 17% stock and 8% cash was approved in the 30th Annual General Meeting of the Bank ...

Dhaka, May 22 (UNB) – A three-day single-country trade fair, titled ‘Showcase Malaysia-2013’, begins here on Thursday, aiming to strengthen trade and investment ties between the two countries.Industries Minister Di...

Dhaka, May 22 (UNB) – Bangladeshi entrepreneurs on Wednesday invited Malaysian investment in the prospective areas like leather, leather-goods, energy, food processing, gas-run factories and telecommunications. Preside...

Dhaka, May 22 (UNB) - Share prices at the country’s both bourses -- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) –- nosedived on Wednesday. The DSE benchmark index, DGEN lost 73.08 points or 1.80 p...

Bangkok, May 22 (AP/UNB) - The price of oil fell Wednesday as investors waited for a report on U.S. crude stocks and the Federal Reserve's latest views on the U.S. economy.Benchmark crude for July delivery was down 46 ce...

Tokyo, May 22 (AP/UNB) - A steady decline in the yen is proving a godsend for exporters such as Toyota and has won solid support from Japan's main trading partners, who are betting the impact on their own currencies will...

Muscat, Oman (AP/UNB) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met Wednesday with officials in Oman to discuss their plans to buy a $2.1 billion air defense system from American manufacturer Raytheon.Kerry met with the Arab ...

Tokyo, May 22 (AP/UNB) - Japan's central bank says the world's third-biggest economy is "picking up" as demand recovers in other countries and remains resilient at home, though the trade deficit widened in April, for the...

Bangkok, May 22 (AP/UNB) - Asian stock markets were mostly higher Wednesday after investor confidence was boosted by a Federal Reserve official's comments that the U.S. central bank should stick with its super-easy monet...