New Age

Invest in children to face challenges of demographic dividend fall, experts suggest

Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:07am on June 16, 2021

The government should make highly prioritised and time-sensitive investments in today’s children to ensure the maximum benefits can be reaped from the declining demographic window of opportunity, experts...
No floor price facility for newly listed companies: BSEC

Mostafizur Rahman | Updated at 12:04am on June 16, 2021

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission has decided not to offer the floor price facility to newly listed companies. BSEC chairman Shibli Rubayat-Ul-Islam told New Age that the commission made...
Dhaka stocks inch up after two-day fall

Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:02am on June 16, 2021

Dhaka stocks inched up on Tuesday after losing in the previous two sessions as a section of investors went for buying shares while some others remained cautious. DSEX, the key index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange, added...
Five things to know about Airbus and Boeing

Agence France-Presse. Paris, France | Updated at 05:06am on June 16, 2021

The European Union and the United States have agreed to extend their truce in the long-running dispute between rival aircraft manufacturers Airbus and Boeing over mutual accusations of illegal subsidies.
US restaurants struggle with surge of diners: survey

Agence France-Presse . New York | Updated at 12:00am on June 16, 2021

Americans are dining out in record numbers as pandemic restrictions lift, with restaurants struggling to keep up with demand amid a labour shortage, data released by review site Yelp showed...
Emirates airline posts first annual loss in over 30yrs

Agence France-Presse . Dubai | Updated at 11:56pm on June 15, 2021

Dubai-based Emirates airline on Tuesday posted a $5.5 billion annual loss, its first in more than three decades, after the coronavirus pandemic devastated the aviation industry. The carrier said that it received a capital...
GLIL launches virtual physician service

| Updated at 11:43pm on June 15, 2021

Guardian Life Insurance Limited has recently launched a virtual medical and health consultancy service exclusively for the customers of GLIL, said a press release. During the pandemic situation followed by the...
Vivo brings to market 5 cutting edge smartphone technologies

| Updated at 11:42pm on June 15, 2021

Chinese technology company vivo has been the first smartphone brand to introduce a number of different technologies like Optical Image Stabilisation in front camera, advanced Gimbal Stabilisation 2.0, dual pop up...