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Ukraine food exports rise 16pc in Aug

2023-09-09 00:00:00

KYIV, Sept 8 (Reuters): Ukrainian agricultural exports rose by 16 per cent in August versus July to 4.3 million metric tons, despite difficulties in logistics and Russian attacks on Ukraine's main export routes, the UCAB agricultural business association said on...

Gold prices firm as dollar rally cools

2023-09-09 00:00:00

Gold firmed on Friday buoyed by a slight retreat in the dollar, while investors hunkered down for more economic data next week to gauge the Federal Reserve's interest rate hike plans, reports Reuters.Spot gold inched 0.3 per cent higher at...

Decarbonisation cost shouldn't fall to consumer: easyJet CEO

2023-09-09 00:00:00

LONDON, Sept 8 (Reuters): Decarbonisation efforts in the aviation sector will cost more money, but that cost should not fall to the consumer, easyJet Chief Executive Johan Lundgren said on Wednesday.He added that options to decarbonise, like creating sustainable aviation...

Soybeans subdued as crop prospects assessed

2023-09-09 00:00:00

PARIS/SINGAPORE, Sept 8 (Reuters): Chicago soybeans inched down on Friday as expectations of large supply from South America curbed prices while the market awaited a clearer picture of the upcoming US harvest.Corn was little changed as attention turned to monthly...

Palm oil logs first weekly drop in four as outlook, rival oils weigh

2023-09-09 00:00:00

JAKARTA, Sept 8 (Reuters): Malaysian palm oil futures posted a weekly drop on Friday, snapping three consecutive weeks of gains, hurt by weakness in rival vegetable oils and expectations of higher ending stock in August.The benchmark palm oil contract FCPOc3...

Oil ticks higher on tighter supply

2023-09-09 00:00:00

LONDON, Sept 8 (Reuters): Oil prices hovered above $90 a barrel on Friday, on track to end the week higher as investors chose to focus on tighter supply, despite broader macroeconomic uncertainty.Both oil benchmarks hit 10-month highs earlier this week...

News in Brief-(2023-09-09)

2023-09-09 00:00:00

UK marks first anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's deathLONDON, Sept 08: King Charles III on Friday thanked the public for their support in his first year as monarch, as he marked the one-year anniversary of the death of his mother,...

India seeks G20 consensus as Ukraine war shadow looms

2023-09-09 00:00:00

India has turned the G20 into a diplomatic spectacle that has never been seen before.After 200 meetings held in 60 Indian cities through the year, the campaign to turn India's G20 presidency into a global triumph has reached fever pitch...

64 killed boat, base attacks in Mali

2023-09-09 00:00:00

BAMAKO (Mali), Sept 08 (Arab News): Attacks on an army base and a passenger boat on the Niger River in northern Mali on Thursday, claimed by jihadists, killed 64 people, Mali's government said.The two separate attacks targeted the Timbuktu boat...

Climate gridlock feared at G20 summit

2023-09-09 00:00:00

BANGKOK, Sept 08 (AFP): G20 leaders meet this weekend during what is likely the hottest year in human history, but hopes are slim that the divided grouping can agree ambitious action on the crisis.Geopolitical tensions that have seen Russian President...

N Korea unveils first tactical, nuclear-armed submarine

2023-09-09 00:00:00

SEOUL, Sept 08 (Reuters): North Korea has launched its first operational "tactical nuclear attack submarine" and assigned it to the fleet that patrols the waters between the Korean peninsula and Japan, state media said on Friday.Submarine No. 841 - named...

The grand design

IG Chowdhury | 2023-09-09 00:00:00

It was a winter evening in the eighties as I was visiting a friend. His elder sister was sitting next to me watching tv in the living room. Suddenly she turned around and said nature was very cruel. There was...

The sad and sweet story of a monkey

Nilratan Halder | 2023-09-09 00:00:00

It is a touching story of an injured monkey and quite unique at that. With deep wounds, reportedly from electric shock, an isolated member of the primate family arrives at Sitakunda Health Complex apparently for a redress. Fortunately for the...

Zebra crossings should be repainted

2023-09-09 00:00:00

We all are familiar with zebra crossing. It is an area of road painted with broad white stripes, where vehicles must stop if pedestrians wish to cross. Most of the zebra crossings in Bangladesh are placed a few feet before...

Importance of perseverance in student life

2023-09-09 00:00:00

Perseverance means to attempt again and again for doing anything with a view to gaining success. It is a necessary trait that should be possessed by all students. Success in anything needs untiring zeal and efforts with concentration. Many famed...

Curbing number of visitors at hospitals

Tanim Asjad | 2023-09-09 00:00:00

In Bangladesh, visiting a near one admitted to a hospital is a part of the culture. The culture is not confined to this country alone. To be more accurate, it is a culture of South Asia. Be it India, Pakistan...

Proposed highway construction cost much too high

Syed Mansur Hashim | 2023-09-09 00:00:00

The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has proposed a cost of Tk5.16 billion per kilometre to widen the 23.5km stretch of the Chattogram-Cox's Bazaar highway. This proposal is currently being reviewed by the Planning Commission and already some startling figures...

Why nurturing power-sector white elephants?

2023-09-09 00:00:00

Looking at the total power generation capacity of the country's power sector, both of the state-run and the privately operated power plants, one would like to be impressed. A recent report says, on Tuesday (September 5) the power sector's daily...

Human resource development through infrastructure

M Rokonuzzaman | 2023-09-09 00:00:00

Our conventional belief has been that academic institutions would develop human resources, and government and industry would be readily using them for infrastructure development and other purposes. If the needed human resource is not locally available to get state-of-the-art infrastructure,...

Dengue: Guatemalan, Bangladeshi responses

Zahid Huq | 2023-09-08 12:00:00

Guatemalan health minister Francisco Coma on August 31 last declared a national health emergency in the face of a dengue outbreak that has claimed 22 lives and infected over 12,000 persons in his country this year. The emergency will be...

IMF, World Bank pledge greater climate collaboration at G20

2023-09-08 00:00:00

WASHINGTON, Sept 7 (AFP): The leaders of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank announced Thursday that the two institutions will collaborate more closely to tackle the "existential threat" posed by climate change."Climate change is a threat to global peace,...

NBR moves to cut taxes on land, flat registration

DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2023-09-08 00:00:00

Tax authorities have moved to reduce the land-and-flat registration taxes following a sharp slide of its revenue collection from this major contributing sector. The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has found that land and flat owners have refrained themselves from...

Thrust on taking tough action against illegal forex transactions

FE REPORT | 2023-09-08 00:00:00

A high-profile meeting on Thursday suggested taking tough action against illegal hundi, online gambling, betting, forex, and crypto currency trading as they have been impacting the economy adversely.It also stressed the need for greater coordination among the agencies like mobile...

Hike in bank interest rates likely

FE REPORT | 2023-09-08 00:00:00

Prime Minister's Private Industry and Investment Adviser Salman F Rahman hinted at the possibility of increase in the bank interest rates in the coming days as such rates have already gone up globally.He, however, said the interest rates in Bangladesh...

Spot LNG, fertiliser import proposals approved

FE REPORT | 2023-09-08 00:00:00

The cabinet committee on government purchase at its meeting on Thursday approved procurement of two cargoes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the international spot market.Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal chaired the virtual meeting that approved state-owned Petrobangla's proposal to...

Let's build Smart Bangladesh together irrespective of caste, religion, says PM

2023-09-08 00:00:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Thursday asked all irrespective of caste, creed and religion to work together to build a developed, prosperous and Smart Bangladesh by 2041, report agencies."We, Hindu, Muslim, Bouddha and Christian will work shoulder to shoulder to take...

With 7.8pc growth RMG exports to US bounce back in July

MONIRA MUNNI | 2023-09-08 00:00:00

Readymade garment (RMG) exports to the country's single-largest destination -- the United States -- bounced back into positive growth in July 2023 after months of fall since January.Though exports during the first seven months of 2023 (January to July) sustained...

Briefing 2023-09-08

2023-09-08 00:00:00

Prayer Timings (2023-09-08)

2023-09-08 00:00:00

Dengue deaths near 700 with Thursday's 20

2023-09-08 00:00:00

The number of dengue fatalities in Bangladesh is nearing 700, reports news agency UNB based on the tally of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).With 20 more deaths from dengue in the past 24 hours as of Thursday morning,...