Talks start with Saudi RSGT
With an international agency playing the go-between, Bangladesh starts negotiation with a Saudi Arabian firm to run the newly-built Patenga Container Terminal (PCT) off the Chattogram seaport, officials say. If the negotiation with the Red Sea Gateway Terminal (RSGT) company sails through, this will be the first Bangladeshi shipping terminal...
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Real wages wane as inflation bites
Galloping prices of goods erode real wages in Bangladesh amid surging inflation over the last few months, analysts say while low-paid workers press for pay rise.Stymied growth in the wage rate index (WRI) compared to higher inflation rate affects the low-income groups of people severely in their daily living, they...
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Ctg port 64th busiest port
CHATTOGRAM, Aug 19: Chittagong port, the prime seaport of the country, has advanced three steps in a year to become the world's 64th-busiest port. The latest 2022 edition of Lloyd's List's One Hundred Ports was published on Friday. The list has been prepared based on the total throughput of containers...
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Lentil, sugar get pricier though cheaper abroad
Prices of lentil and sugar increased 40 per cent and 25.35 per cent respectively in the local market in the last one year even though global prices of such goods have decreased. The data have been obtained from a Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission (BTTC) report on supply and price...
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Briefing 20-08-2022
Stocks rebound amid optimismThe market rebounded this week to Wednesday, paring some losses from the previous week, as investors put fresh funds on stocks amid optimism following the central bank's move to stabilise the foreign exchange rates. All three trading days of the week posted gains, as the market remained...
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