British airline Monarch secured a 165 million pound lifeline from majority shareholder Greybull Capital on Wednesday, enabling the low-cost carrier to renew a key operating licence and fund new aircraft.

Australian beef and cattle prises are set to soar for the next two years as the national herd hits a 20-year low.

Bangladesh’s Sonali Bank’s UK branch has been fined £3.25 million (US $4.04 million) for anti-money laundering failings.

The IMF and the World Bank now attach greater importance to the views of Bangladesh and other developing countries, Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith said while speaking to reporters on the final day of the annual meetings of the IMF and the World Bank Group in Washington DC.

European shares were steady in early trading on Wednesday, although Sweden`s Ericsson led the region`s technology stocks down to a one month-low after issuing a profit warning.

The pound has recovered some of its losses with analysts attributing the gains to the promise of a Commons debate on the Brexit process.

Telecoms operator Robi plans to float shares in the capital market as soon as it merges business with Airtel, Axiata Group Chief Financial Officer Chari TVT says.

A day long workshop on "Prevention of Money Laundering & Terrorist Financing" was held recently at NCC Bank Training Institute. Executive Director of Bangladesh Bank Mohammad Noushad Ali Chowdhury inaugurated the workshop as chief guest. Managing Director & CEO of NCC Bank Golam Hafiz Ahmed was present as special guest.

Some large-cap companies in recent days mostly contribute in the daily transaction of the stock market grabbing the top ten turnover leaders` position.

The dollar hit an 11-week high on Tuesday as investors upped their bets on the Federal Reserve raising US interest rates before the end of the year, and as doubts grew over Donald Trump`s ability to win the US presidency.

Oil prices edged down on Tuesday but held near one-year highs touched on growing expectations of an output cut by OPEC producers.

Bangladesh has been placed at 111 on the Girls’ Opportunity Index, a report published by Save the Children.

India may merge two large state banks in the coming fiscal year once a cleanup of bad assets has run its course, the official overseeing a turnaround of the sector told Reuters, days before a new process to resolve stressed assets goes live, reports Reuters.

South Korean tech giant Samsung has permanently ceased production of its high-end Galaxy Note 7 smartphones after reports of devices it had deemed safe catching fire.

Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone has taken media by storm by becoming the most followed woman on Twitter in Asia, with a whopping 16 million followers.

BSRM Steels, a unit of Chittagong-based BSRM Group, is going to set up a new melting plant by investing about Tk 725 crore to produce MS billets, a raw material for steel.

Bangladesh’s dream of advancing to the final round of the Asian Cup Qualifiers was buried at the hands of Bhutan when the visitors suffered a 1-3 defeat in the away match of the Play-Off Qualifiers at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu yesterday.

The United Arab Emirates will consider recruiting Bangladeshi workers in future.

Oil prices eased off four-month highs on Monday as doubts over oil producers reaching a meaningful output cut deal brought some speculators to unwind bullish bets.

Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrom, the Harvard and MIT academics, were awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in economics on Monday.