Economy

Hasina Begum wakes up at 5 am to finish the decoration on textile and garment products. She needs to hand them over to the contractor by 11 am – they’re part of an...

The Bank of Japan’s massive monetary easing programme is a cornerstone of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s “Abenomics” campaign to kickstart the economy after years of torpid growth. Japan’s central bank on Friday said...

The study predicts a dramatic acceleration in the pace of digital transformation across Asia’s economies. In 2017, about 6% of the region’s GDP was derived from digital products and services created directly through...

It was the first time employment has contracted in the fast-growing industry since the non-profit research firm The Solar Foundation began tracking solar jobs in 2010. The U.S. solar industry lost nearly 10,000...

US payrolls expanded by 200,000 last month, driven by hiring in construction, food services, and healthcare, the US Labor Department said. The US labor market barrelled forward in January, as employers added more jobs...

Capita shares have plunged over 40% after the outsourcing firm warned on profits and announced a major shake-up. New chief executive Jonathan Lewis said the company had become “too complex” and “driven by...

U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures CLc1 were unchanged at $64.30 a barrel. Trading was relatively slow due to a national holiday in the United States. Oil hovered below a three-year high...

Civil service salaries in Chad, 2017 totaled 376 billion CFA francs (about 600 million euros/$720 million), roughly the equivalent of the combined revenue from income tax and customs duties. The cash-strapped central African...

The stated grants include payment of a monthly living allowance of 267 U.S. dollars for civil and military employees for one year and a reward of 1,333 U.S. dollars for military personnel participating...

According to the Bangladesh Bank (BB) data, expatriate Bangladeshis have sent around US$9,700 billion from 2008 to 2017 which was around $7,700 billion higher than the amount sent in previous 10 years. Non-Resident...