BANGKOK, Feb 07 (AP/UNB) - Asian stock markets were muted Tuesday as talks dragged on to resolve a massive debt mess in Greece before it explodes into a wider financial crisis.Japan's Nikkei 225 fell 0.2 percent to 8,...

Dhaka, Feb 6 (UNB) - Bangladesh Bank governor Dr Atiur Rahman on Monday strongly refuted the view expressed in some quarters of the country being mired in a macroeconomic crisis and said there are pressures on the countr...

Seoul, Feb 6 (Asianet/UNB) - LG Electronics Inc, South Korea's leading consumer electronics maker, remained the top seller of drum washing machines in the US market for the fifth straight year in 2011, a market resear...

Dhaka, Feb 6 (UNB) - Stocks in the country’s twin bourse - Dhaka and Chittagong, witnessed another massive fall in early trading on Monday, as the market opened after a three-day holiday. The benchmark index of the Dha...

Sydney, Feb 6 (Asianet/UNB) - Australia's big four banks may look to shed more jobs to counter losses in revenue, Bank of Queensland chief executive Stuart Grimshaw says. OnThursday, Westpac briefed workers about 410 ...

Dhaka, Feb 6 (UNB) - Bangladesh urgently needs to look for new labour markets in the countries having ‘rapid economic growth’ to achieve the desired economic growth in the country, Bangladesh Bank suggested in its ...

Dhaka, Feb 5 (UNB) - Bangladesh Bank releases its annual report for fiscal 2010-2011 on Monday, after over four months’ delay. “There’ll be no function…the report will be posted on the official website of the ...

Dhaka, Feb 5 (UNB) - Bangladesh Bank has planned to release a commemorative note marking the 60th anniversary of the country’s Language Movement, said an official. The central bank has finalised the design of the not...

NEW YORK, Feb 04 (AP/UNB) - The dollar finished lower Friday against the euro, giving up early gains driven by a better-than-expected jobs report. The dollar began falling after the stock market opened and began to ra...

BEIJING, Feb 4 (Asianet/UNB) - China's gold producing enterprises made profit of 29.834 billion yuan (US$4.7 billion) in the January to November period of 2011, a jump of 35.71 percent over the same period of 2010, sai...