Greece, May 15 (AP/UNB) - Greece's conservative-led government has announced plans to break up the state-run Public Power Corporation by 2016, as part of a privatization program demanded by the crisis-hit country's credi...

Berlin, May 15 (AP/UNB) - The German economy, Europe's biggest, returned to very modest growth in the first quarter and avoided a recession. Germany's Federal Statistical Office said Wednesday that the economy grew by a...

Paris, May 15 (AP/UNB) - France's economy is in recession again. The national statistics agency, Insee, said Wednesday that gross domestic product fell 0.2 percent in the first quarter of the year. The agency also revise...

Dhaka, May 15 (UNB) – Share prices at the country’s both bourses -- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) – witnessed negative trend in early hours of trading on Wednesday. The DSE benchma...

BANGKOK, May 15 (AP/UNB) - Enthusiasm on Wall Street sparked by another positive report on the U.S. economy helped push most Asian stock markets higher Wednesday. The National Federation of Independent Business reported...

BANGKOK, May 15 (AP/UNB) - The price of oil was nearly unchanged Wednesday as traders weighed a positive U.S. economic report against rising supplies of crude. Benchmark oil for June delivery was up 14 cents to $94.35 p...

PARIS, May 15 (AP/UNB) - France's economy has fallen back into recession, spelling trouble for the region. The national statistics agency, Insee, said Wednesday that gross domestic product fell 0.2 percent in the first ...

NEW YORK, May 15 (AP/UNB) — While several more global clothing chains on Tuesday were announcing that they agreed to a historic pact to improve factory conditions in Bangladesh, U.S. retailers were scrambling to come...

WASHINGTON, May 15 (AP/UNB) - The budget deficit for the current year is projected to come in well below what was estimated just a few months ago, according to a government study released Tuesday. The Congressional Budg...

Dhaka, May 14 (UNB) - Standard Chartered Bank has donated Tk 2,900,000 for the victims of Savar building collapse tragedy through the Association of Bankers Bangladesh (ABB).Jim McCabe, the CEO of the Standard Chartered ...