Indian flour millers and the local units of global trading giants have sewn up deals to import 500,000 tonnes of premium Australian

Lafarge Surma Cement has moved up to the A category of shares on the twin bourses from Z category after it disbursed its maiden

China's e-commerce titan Alibaba said Tuuesday it is selling its US shopping subsidiary 11 Main only a year after launching it, having

A group of British business leaders and entrepreneurs are preparing to launch a campaign for Britain to leave the European Union at a planned membership referendum, a major donor to the UK Independence Party said.

German business leaders urged Chancellor Angela Merkel to take a tough line with Greece at an emergency summit of euro zone leaders later on Monday, saying only reform concessions from Athens could keep the country in the euro zone.

In the good old decades, many Asian governments could stick to a simple economic strategy - ramp up exports, and reap solid growth rates.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras made a new offer on a reforms package to foreign creditors on Sunday, signalling eleventh-hour concessions to break a deadlock that has pushed Greece to the brink of bankruptcy.

Facebook is gaining ground on Google's YouTube as an outlet for big companies to market their products via online videos, the fastest growing category of Internet ads, a report published on Monday said.

Twitter said Monday it would only consider chief executive candidates who can commit full-time to the company, signaling that co-founder and interim head Jack Dorsey likely will not be picked.

The High Court grants a six-week bail to former planning minister Air Vice-Marshal (retd) AK Khandker in a defamation case.

Rats damaged food grains including paddy, rice and wheat worth over Tk 723 crore during the 2014-15 fiscal, Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury tells parliament.

Almost unnoticed, India is starting to exercise increasing influence on crude oil markets in Asia.

Several cosmetic products with Korean-language labels have hit the Thai market. They look innocent and tempting, particularly when their sellers say, “These products are good. Your skin will get whiter. They are imported from [South] Korea. They even have FDA licence numbers here. No risks”.

Every morning on his way to work in Yangon, builder Zaw Min Tun takes a swig of water at a Buddhist temple, a vital place to quench a thirst for the many ordinary citizens left behind by Myanmar's economic boom.

Japan's export growth slowed for a second straight month in May, with weak external demand now threatening to erode economic growth in the current quarter.

Australia and China signed a landmark trade deal Wednesday after a decade of talks, providing a boon for growth and jobs by abolishing tariffs across a raft of sectors.

Bangladesh has expressed concern over the USA's planned international trade agreement with 11 Pacific Rim countries, as least developed countries like Bangladesh may lose market shares in the US if the pact is passed.

Nestle chief Paul Bulcke said Wednesday he wanted to see its hugely popular Maggi brand of instant noodles back on the Indian market as soon as possible after it was banned over a health scare.

The Greek central bank warned Wednesday that the country could crash out of the eurozone and even the European Union if it fails to reach a bailout deal with international creditors.

Nestle said Monday that India's decision to ban the Swiss food giant's hugely popular Maggi instant noodles over safety concerns had led to 3.2 billion rupees (44.5 million euros, $50.5 million) worth of goods being withdrawn.