United News of Bangladesh

Chinese e-commerce giants Alibaba and JD.com reported nearly $70 billion in sales Monday on Singles Day, an annual marketing event that is the world's busiest online shopping day.

Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited inaugurated its 350th Branch as Basabo Branch at Central Basabo in the capital on Monday. Md. Mahbub ul Alam, Managing Director and CEO of the Bank inaugurated the branch as chief guest.

Chinese e-commerce giants Alibaba and JD.com reported a total of more than $50 billion in sales on Monday in the first half of Singles Day, an annual marketing event that is the world's busiest online shopping day.

Shares declined Monday in Asia as investors watched for the latest developments in the China-U.S. trade war saga.

Vietnam spent nearly 4.3 billion U.S. dollars into importing chemicals and over 4.4 billion U.S. dollars importing chemical products in the first 10 months of this year, up 0.4 percent and 6.7 percent on-year, respectively, according to the country's Ministry of Industry and Trade on Monday.

The benchmark Nikkei stock index lost ground Monday morning in choppy trade, as earlier gains on the back of U.S. shares rising late last week were pared by some investors opting to lock in gains.

China's Singles' Day sales on TMall hit 10 billion yuan (about 1.44 billion U.S. dollars) at just one minute and 36 seconds after midnight on Monday.

The chia seed, a highly nutritious Mexican product, is seeking to perk up sales in the Chinese market through the ongoing second China International Import Expo (CIIE).

 As the second China International Import Expo (CIIE) concluded Sunday, more overseas companies will share the benefits of China's large market that is opening wider to the world.

China's Alibaba is seeking large-scale deployment of a self-developed liquid-cooling technology on the processors in its data center prior to the arrival of the Double 11 shopping spree Monday.