The United States briefed Bangladesh on the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) and Dhaka welcomed additional information on supply-chain resilience and decarbonisation pillars of the bloc in the making. "Both countries share a common vision of a free, open, inclusive, peaceful and secure Indo-Pacific region with shared prosperity for all," says...
Read morePrices of rice and wheat flour and food products made from the two staples continue to be pricier in retailing despite drives against price fixing, worsening consumer woes. Market surveys say traders appeared hidebound to duck government agencies' drives against price fixing in the wake of an 'agflation' or a...
Read moreWASHINGTON, June 03 (AP): A number of people were killed or wounded in two separate shootings in the US on Thursday as President Joe Biden appealed to Congress to take action against gun violence."Enough, enough," Biden said in an impassioned address to the nation, after mass shootings he said had...
Read moreThe government is yet to start the procedures to defer implementation of the less- important development projects in order to curb spending from foreign-currency reserves amid its fast depletion, officials said.The wing concerned of the Ministry of Finance (MoF) did not receive any directives from the high-ups even three weeks...
Read moreThe Bangladesh Tea Board (BTB) prepares to launch the country's third tea-auction centre in Panchagarh soon with an eye to facilitating trade of home-grown tea, officials say.Once it comes on line, the centre will help local growers get better price, and save time and cost.Even traders will acquire tea leaf...
Read moreDhaka stocks bounce backThe equities benchmark index bounced back in the week to Thursday after four consecutive weeks of losses as the Dhaka bourse tried to recover from sell-off with the increased participation of investors. This week saw all the five trading days end higher and the market turnover also...
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