RIYADH, Aug 22 (Arab News): Saudi Arabia's non-oil exports increased by 7.3 per cent in June, reaching SR21.59 billion ($5.75 billion) compared to the same month last year, official data showed. According to data from the General Authority for Statistics,...
BENGALURU, Aug 22 (Reuters): India's business activity extended its robust growth streak in August as a stronger services industry offset a slight slowing in manufacturing expansion, according to a survey that indicated price pressures also were easing.Those findings suggest India...
The Unilever Consumer Limited has stood beside the flood-affected people in Sylhet region with emergency humanitarian assistance. This humanitarian assistance has been provided to some 1000 affected families in Sylhet region to offset the impact on the local economy and...
The 29th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Al-Arafah Islami Bank PLC. approved 10% Cash Dividend and 5% Stock Dividend for the year ended on 31 December 2023. The AGM was held on Thursday with Chairman of the Bank Salim Rahman...
Jalal Ahmed, former chairman of Petrobangla, has been appointed as the new chairman of the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC), reports UNB.The government has appointed him to lead the energy regulatory body for the next three years.Jalal's appointment follows the...
Mobile phone operator Grameenphone is providing free 10 minutes talk time and 500 MB of internet to help maintain emergency communication with everyone in flood-affected areas of Feni, Cumilla, Noakhali, Moulvibazar, Khagrachhari, Habiganj, and Brahmanbaria, reports BSS.Customers can avail of...
International Chamber of Commerce-Bangladesh (ICCB) has termed the BBIN (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal) agreement as a catalyst for economic growth and development, reports BSS.The BBIN (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal) initiative, officially launched in 2015, has been created to...
External interest payment increased by 162 per cent year-on-year in the first nine months of the fiscal year 2023-24 (FY24) as debt servicing for loans taken for some mega projects has started, reports BSS.According to the finance ministry's "Quarterly Debt...
NEW YORK, Aug 22 (Reuters): Walmart said on Thursday it has partnered with Restaurant Brands' Burger King to offer discounted meal benefits to its membership customers as the retail giant looks to make its services more attractive to compete better...
NEW DELHI, Aug 22 (Reuters): India overtook China as the world's biggest importer of Russian oil in July as Chinese refiners bought less because of lower profit margins from producing fuels, a comparison of import data showed.Russian crude made up...
Futures linked to Canada's main stock index were muted on Thursday as losses in gold prices countered investor optimism around US rate-cut hopes in September, reports Reuters.September futures on the S&P/TSX index were unchanged at 0.0 per cent at 6:51...
WASHINGTON, Aug 22 (AFP): The US jobs market was probably cooler than expected in the year through March, Labor Department data showed Wednesday, signaling weaker but still-positive growth.US employers were estimated to have added 818,000 fewer jobs than initially reported...
Oil prices were steady on Thursday, after falling for four straight days as investors worried about the global demand outlook, but a decline in U.S. fuel inventories provided a floor, reports Reuters.Brent crude futures gained 31 cents, or 0.41 per...
TAIPEI, Aug 22 (AFP): Eight Taiwanese military servicemen were sentenced on Thursday to up to 13 years in prison for spying for Beijing, with the court saying they did it for the money.China claims self-ruled Taiwan as its territory and...
NAIROBI, Aug 22 (AFP): Burundi has confirmed 171 cases of mpox, the health minister said on Thursday, following confirmation of the first cases in the country last month.Formerly known as monkeypox, mpox is an infectious disease caused by a virus...
NEW YORK, Aug 22 (BBC): United States border agents have intercepted a truck carrying more than $5m-worth of methamphetamine at the US-Mexico border hidden inside a shipment of watermelons.The drugs were wrapped in plastic painted in two shades of green...
ASHEBORO, Aug 22 (AP): At his first outdoor rally since last month's attempted assassination, Donald Trump spoke from behind bulletproof glass Wednesday in North Carolina at an event focused on national security. On politics, he called his predecessor Barack Obama...
NEW YORK, Aug 22 (Reuters): US President Joe Biden, in a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, stressed the urgent need to conclude a Gaza ceasefire-for-hostages deal and pointed to upcoming Cairo talks as crucial, the...
DUBAI, Aug 22 (AP): A Greek-flagged oil tanker traveling through the Red Sea came under repeated attack Wednesday, leaving the vessel "not under command" and drifting ablaze after an assault suspected to have been carried out by Yemen's Houthi rebels,...
HYDERABAD, Aug 22 (AP): A big explosion triggered a fire in a pharmaceutical plant in southern India, killing at least 15 workers, police said on Thursday.Another 40 people were wounded in the blast and the fire in the chemical reactor...
JAKARTA, Aug 22 (BBC/AFP): Police have clashed with protesters in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta as tens of thousands of people gathered in protest of the government's attempt to reverse a constitutional court ruling.Scenes of chaos have unfolded outside parliament...
Bangladesh suffered a 2-1 goal defeat to host Nepal in their group A match of the SAFF U-20 Championship held at ANFA Complex in Nepal on Thursday, reports BSS.With the day's defeat, Bangladesh finished group runners-up with three points in...
NEW YORK, Aug 22 (AFP): Novak Djokovic, fired up by his emotional Olympic Games triumph, targets new Grand Slam records at the US Open from August 26 (Monday) as title rival Jannik Sinner arrives in New York dogged by questions...
Sri Lanka's Asitha Fernando celebrates after taking the wicket of England's Ben Duckett on day two of the first Test at Old Trafford cricket ground in Manchester, north-west England on Thursday — AFP
LONDON, Aug 22 (AFP): After a gap of more than two decades, England will play a men's Test match against Zimbabwe next year, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced Thursday.The one-off match, England's first against Zimbabwe since 2003,...
Bangladesh cricketers has urged the countrymen to stand beside the affected people who have been hit hard by flood, reports BSS.A number of districts of Bangladesh are under flood now, causing the inexpressible sufferings of the people.In the wake of...
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan, Aug 22 (AFP): Mohammad Rizwan and Saud Shakeel knocked brilliant centuries to guide Pakistan to an imposing 448-6 declared before Bangladesh closed the second day on 27-0 in Rawalpindi on Thursday.Rizwan's unbeaten 171 was his Test best and...
KHULNA, Aug 22 (BSS): Farmers of the district have continued jute harvesting during this kharip-1 season of four districts in Khulna agricultural zone, agriculture officials said.DAE office sources said jute harvesting is on the last stage as farmers have already...
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The farmers of Sylhet division have started cultivating Transplanted Aman (T-Aman) paddy to recoup the crop loss by the floods in different districts.Farmers are planting Aman seedlings in seven upazilas of Gaibandha district.In Sylhet, many farmers are now preparing seedbeds...
Gazipur, Aug 22 (UNB)-Train services between Dhaka and the northern region were halted for six hours on Thursday after students caught irregularities in ticket sales at Joydebpur Railway Station in Gazipur. The situation was brought under control after members of...
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