Death becomes a growing business in ageing, lonely S Korea
Rows of coffins line a university classroom in the South Korean port city of Busan, ready for use in training the funeral directors of the future in a rapidly ageing country...
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Amazon shares surge
Amazon鈥檚 share price skyrocketed by more than ten per cent on Thursday after the online retail behemoth reported better than expected earnings, powered by surging demand for its cloud computing services.
BRT project, inefficiency, mismanagement
WHEN a nation builds, it envisions progress. Roads are not merely concrete stretches but arteries of economic mobility and public hope. Yet, when those arteries are choked by inefficiency, corruption and ignorance disguised as expertise, what emerges is not progress but paralysis. The Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project from Gazipur to the Airport stands today...
BCL Group to utilise upay for salary payment, business transactions
Mobile financial service provider upay and BCL Group, a concern of TMSS Bogura, recently signed an agreement, said a press release...
3rd Airbus A330 added to US-Bangla
US-Bangla Airlines has further expanded its fleet with the addition of a third wide-body Airbus A330-300, which landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport here this morning...
Labuschagne slams another big century to send Ashes message
Run-hungry Marnus Labuschagne slammed his fourth century in five innings Thursday to make an emphatic case to be in Australia's side for the opening Ashes Test against England.
BKB holds business conference for Mymensingh
A daylong business review meeting on achieving targets and business expansion operations for Mymensingh division of Bangladesh Krishi Bank was held on Wednesday, said a press release...
Regional business campaign held in Bhairab
Bhairab municipality hosted a two-day regional campaign on Local Economic Development on Tuesday at the upazila parishad field in Bhairab, focusing on municipal initiatives and the footwear sector, along with an expo showcasing women entrepreneurs and youth engagement activities...
Businessman beaten, Tk 10 lakh looted in Sylhet
A group of miscreants looted Tk 10 lakh from a businessman after beating him up in the Subidbazar area in Sylhet city Sunday night...
Bus set on fire after deadly accident crash in N鈥檊anj
A bus was set on fire on Monday in Fatullah upazila of Narayanganj following the death of a man...
France鈥檚 Sanofi probed by EU over vaccines business practices
French pharmaceutical group Sanofi announced on Tuesday that it is being investigated by the EU as part of a probe into its practices in the hugely-competitive flu vaccine sector...
Poland plans tax rise on banks to boost defence
Poland will hike business taxes on banks from 19 to 30 per cent next year to offset greater defence spending, under a plan adopted by the government on Tuesday...
BRAC Bank trains 30 women entrepreneurs with digital business skills
BRAC Bank, in collaboration with Bangladesh Open Source Network, has organised a three-day training programme in Narsingdi for 30 women entrepreneurs, equipping them with digital skills to accelerate business growth...
90pc children face abuse, punishment
Nine out of every ten children aged between 1 and 14 years in Bangladesh face physical punishment or psychological abuse, often inflicted by parents, teachers or guardians, according to a report presented at a national seminar in the capital on Monday...
Long-route bus services from 3 northern dists resume after 4 days
Long-route bus services from Rajshahi, Natore and Chapainawabganj districts resumed on Monday, four days after the transport owners suspended the operations...
Uttara Bank holds business dev confce
Uttara Bank PLC on Saturday held its Business Development Conference-2025, said a press release...
Long-route bus services from 3 northern dists halted
Long-route bus services from Rajshahi, Natore and Chapainawabganj districts came to a halt once again from Thursday night as owners suspended operations amid renewed disputes with transport workers over raising the latter鈥檚 wages and allowances.
Spanish great Busquets to retire after MLS season
Inter Miami's former Barcelona and Spain star Sergio Busquets said on Thursday that he will retire from football at the end of the 2025 Major League Soccer season.
German business morale in shock fall in Sept
German business sentiment unexpectedly fell in September, a closely watched survey showed Wednesday, in a setback for chancellor Friedrich Merz as he tries to revive Europe鈥檚 top economy.
Rajshahi bus workers call off strike
Long-route bus services from Rajshahi, Natore and Chapainawabganj districts resumed on Tuesday evening, after remaining suspended for about 39 hours due to a transport workers鈥� strike for pay rise.
Prime Bank Investment wins four awards
Prime Bank Investment PLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Prime Bank, has been crowned with four titles at the International Business Magazine Awards 2025...
Krishi Bank holds business confce of Sylhet
A conference on business achievement of Bangladesh Krishi Bank for Sylhet Division on the performance for the FY 2024-2025 was held on Monday...
Tectonic shift over the fault lines
On March 1, 2001, president George W Bush, speaking at the National Defence University in Washington DC, stated that the United States and Russia 鈥榓re not and must not be strategic adversaries.鈥� Yet, more than two decades later, as the 2024 US presidential elections approached, Republican nominee Donald Trump remarked during a televised interview on November...
Five IU students suspended over bus vandalism
The authorities of Islamic University in Kushtia suspended five of its students over vandalising a bus in the campus area in January this year...
Bus services resume on Rajshahi-Dhaka route after 41 hours
Bus services between Rajshahi and Dhaka resumed on Tuesday afternoon, after remaining suspended for about 41 hours due to transport workers鈥� strike for pay rise...
US immigration raid exposes S Korea business visa woes
South Korean business insiders told AFP Tuesday that many firms had been bending visa rules to send workers to the United States, saying this would change after a shock immigration raid...
Workers halt Rajshahi鈥揇haka bus services for wage hike
Bus services between Rajshahi and Dhaka came to a halt on Sunday night as transport workers stopped their work demanding a rise in their wages, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded...
46 persons with disabilities get job at BRAC Bank event
BRAC Bank鈥檚 social welfare initiative 鈥楢porajeyo Ami鈥�, in collaboration with the Bangladesh Business and Disability Network (BBDN), hosted a job fair for persons with disabilities, where a total of 46 PWDs secured employment at various companies...
Agrani Bank holds business review meeting with top executives
Agrani Bank PLC on Thursday held a daylong business review meeting with its top executives, said a press release...
Axed Labuschagne 鈥榖ack to drawing board鈥� in Ashes bid
Marnus Labuschagne has gone 鈥榖ack to the drawing board鈥� in a bid to regain his Australia spot for the Ashes, boosted by knowing he was once the top batsman in the world.
