McDonald's reported a surprise drop in sales worldwide, its first decline in 13 quarters, as the higher cost of Big Macs kept cash-conscious customers away from the burger giant's outlets, reports Reuters.Persistent inflation has forced lower-income consumers to shift to...
BENGALURU, July 29 (Reuters): Optimism about global growth prospects this year and next is building among hundreds of economists polled by Reuters, with risks still tilted toward higher inflation even as they cling on to their forecasts for interest rate...
People wait in a queue to buy subsidised commodities – only rice and atta – from an OMS point in the city's Abdul Gani Road area on Monday. — FE Photo
Benapole, July 29 (UNB): Some 2,000 goods-laden trucks have been stuck at the Petrapole land port in India's West Bengal for the past eight days due to suspension of export-import activities between the two countries after 6:30 pm.A terrible tailback...
State Minister for Power, Energy, and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has called on power sector entities to develop their own communication systems to ensure uninterrupted bill payments and other operations during emergencies, reports UNB.Addressing a progress meeting of the Revised...
KHULNA, July 29 (BSS): Around 41,000 tonnes of fish and fisheries goods worth about Tk 21.46 billion were exported from Khulna during the 2023-24 fiscal year.Of the fish and fisheries products exported, around 16,000 tonnes were shrimp valued at around...
MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN | 2024-07-30 00:00:00
Dhaka has secured certification from Beijing to export fresh mangoes to China, which spent $172 billion on fruit imports in the first six months of 2021."With this decision, a huge Chinese consumer market will be opened up to Bangladeshi high-quality...
JAKARTA, July 29 (Reuters): Malaysian palm oil futures fell on Monday, weighed down by weakness in rival vegetable oils on the Dalian Commodity Exchange and a firm ringgit.The benchmark palm oil contract for October delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives...
LONDON, July 29 (Reuters): Gold prices edged up on Monday on heightened geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and expectations of a US rate cut in September, with the focus on this week's Federal Reserve policy meeting.Spot gold rose 0.3...
LONDON, July 29 (Reuters): Copper prices slid on Monday on Chinese demand concerns and high inventories, while market participants awaited a Federal Reserve policy meeting and U.S. data releases this week for further direction.Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange...
LONDON, July 29 (Reuters): Oil prices were stable on Monday as fears of a widening conflict in the Middle East after a rocket strike in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights balanced demand concerns to put a floor under last week's price...
BIRMINGHAM, England, July 29 (Reuters): West Indies suffered a whitewash in their Test series against England, which ended in a heavy defeat in the third match at Edgbaston on Sunday, but coach Andre Coley said there were significant positives to...
PARIS, July 29 (AFP): Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal at the Olympic Games on Monday, claiming a 6-1, 6-4 victory in the pair's 60th and potentially last meeting.It was 24-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic's 31st win in a rivalry which...
PARIS, July 29 (Reuters): France's David Aubry felt a wave of relief wash over him after he scraped through to the Olympics men's 800 metres freestyle final at La Defense Arena on Monday in a brutal heats session where some...
An all-round performance from captain Mahmudul Hasan Joy helped Bangladesh A secure a thrilling 5-run victory over Pakistan A in the second and final four-day game at Darwin in Australia on Monday, reports BSS.Having done so, Bangladesh A, originally the...
PARIS, July 29 (Xinhua): At the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics last Friday evening, the main cauldron, lifted by a balloon, slowly ascended in the Tuileries Garden. The warm glow of the "flame" illuminated the surrounding Louvre Pyramid and...
NEW DELHI, July 29 (Agencies): Bangladesh will host 2027 Men's Asia Cup in 50-over version, while India would stage the 2025 edition of the tournament, which will be played in the T20 format, while The 2023 Men's Asia Cup was...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Khulna, Barishal and Chattogram divisions; at many places over Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions and at a few places over Rajshahi, Dhaka and...
Bangladesh Awami League (AL) will hold a joint meeting with the presidents and the general secretaries of the Dhaka North and south units, Dhaka district unit, all associate bodies and mayors of Dhaka North and South city corporations at the...
The Bangladesh Public Service Commission has announced that the 44th Bangladesh Civil Service general cadre oral examinations scheduled for Aug 1, Aug 4, and Aug 5 have been postponed due to unavoidable circumstances, reports bdnews24.comPSC spokesman SM Matiur Rahman confirmed...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-30 00:00:00
The Amnesty International has called for the Bangladesh authorities to immediately stop their blanket hunt for students and political foes.The human rights group in a social media post on Monday said "Peaceful protest is not a crime", urging the government...
Blaming the government for creating an anarchic situation through the most brutal killings in the country's history, Ganatantra Mancha has called on the Prime Minister (PM) to submit her resignation to President Mohammed Shahabuddin, reports UNB.In a press conference, the...
A Dhaka court has placed seven leaders and activists of BNP on a four-day remand in a case lodged over rampaging state-owned Bangladesh Television (BTV) Bhaban at Rampura in the capital, reports BSS.The accused who were put on remand are...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-30 00:00:00
The Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has strongly condemned the illegal detention of student coordinators who have been forced to announce the withdrawal of their programme through video messages.It termed the forced video announcement of the withdrawal of the ongoing programme...
Teachers from various universities across Bangladesh, united under the banner of 'Anti-Repression Teachers Rally,' have called for an immediate end to the harassment of students as well as 'mass arrests', report agencies They also demanded the release of detained students.They...
Opposition leader and Jatiya Party Chairman Golam Mohammad Quader has called for the immediate release of student leaders detained 'under the guise of protective custody', reports UNB.According to a press release on Monday, GM Quader stated that the students have...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-30 00:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir expressed deep concern over tortures on political leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi and others during remand.He also demanded immediate release of the detained leaders and activists of the opposition parties including...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina listening to the experiences of the Bangladesh Chhatra League activists of different educational institutions, who were tortured and injured during the recent anti-quota movement, at Gonobhaban in the capital on Monday. — Focus Bangla
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said BNP always attempts to intrude into any agitation against the government and become mad to label it as anti-government movement, report agencies."BNP's only strategy is to create anarchy and conspiracy to...
BEIJING, July 29 (Reuters): China's industrial profits grew at a faster clip in June, official data showed on Saturday, even as businesses were grappling with a downshift in consumers' sentiment amid a shaky economic recovery.A 3.6 per cent year-on-year rise...
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