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Alibaba and Tencent buoyed by hope of end to tech crackdown

2023-07-11 00:00:00

HONG KONG, July 10 (Reuters): Alibaba Group and Tencent shares rose in Hong Kong on Monday as China's $984 million fine for Ant Group was viewed as signalling the end of a regulatory crackdown on the country's technology sector.After the...

StanChart boosts bitcoin forecast to $120,000

2023-07-11 00:00:00

LONDON, July 10 (Reuters) - The value of top cryptocurrency bitcoin could reach $50,000 this year and $120,000 by the end of 2024 Standard Chartered said on Monday, predicting the recent jump in its price could encourage bitcoin "miners" to...

S Korea asks banks to prepare $4b to support credit union

2023-07-11 00:00:00

SEOUL, July 10 (Reuters): South Korea's financial services regulator has asked major commercial banks to prepare around $4 billion in financing to support a credit cooperative hit by customer withdrawals, two banking sources familiar with the matter said on Monday.An...

RAKUB organises a performance evaluation and view-exchange meeting

2023-07-11 00:00:00

Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) organises a performance evaluation and view-exchange meeting with the Zonal Managers of the bank at its head office in Rajshahi on Monday. Managing Director of the bank Niranjan Chandra Debnath presided over the meeting. RAKUB...

Asian Paints hands over campaign's donation to ActionAid

2023-07-11 00:00:00

Asian Paints in collaboration with ActionAid Bangladesh has recently organised a campaign called 'Bring Colours of Happiness by Painting Happy Home'. And the donations raised from the campaign were handed over to ActionAid. Nazmul Huda Naim, Head of Marketing and...

Karmasangsthan Bank reduces its classified loans remarkably

2023-07-11 00:00:00

The state-owned Karmasangsthan Bank has achieved a rare success in reducing its classified loans. In financial year (FY) 2022-23, the classified loans of the bank stood at Tk 901.7 million (Tk 90 crore 17 lakh), which is only 2.72 per...

Walton to host ‘ATS Expo’ in Aug

2023-07-11 00:00:00

Walton's Advance Technology Solution (ATS) Department is going to host the country's first-ever mega industrial expo titled 'International Advanced Components and Technology Expo-2023', says a press release. The three-day ATS Expo-2023 will begin at the International Convention Centre Bashundhara in...

Sponsor-director's stake in Islami Bank falls by 13.16pc

FE REPORT | 2023-07-11 00:00:00

While corporate shareholders of Islami Bank Bangladesh are selling off their entire holdings, institutional and foreign investors are grabbing these shares in the block market. Three corporate shareholders of the bank sold off their stakes last month. Among them, Uniglobe...

Tanveer Ahmad elected vice chairman of Islami Bank

FE DESK | 2023-07-11 00:00:00

Dr Tanveer Ahmad has been elected as the vice chairman of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited, according to a statement.He completed his MBBS in 2009 from the University of Science and Technology Chittagong and obtained a Doctor of Medicine degree in...

Protection Fund left unused even in the decade after demutualisation

MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2023-07-11 00:00:00

Victims of embezzlement of stock brokers have not received any benefit from the Investors' Protection Fund of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) even after it was brought under the demutualisation scheme in 2014. The fund has been left unused and...

Australia ships first raw sugar to UK under free trade pact

2023-07-11 00:00:00

LONDON, July 10 (Reuters): Queensland Sugar Limited said the first shipment of raw sugar to Britain under the free trade agreement between the two countries was loaded in the port of Townsville on Monday.Under the Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement,...

China-led EV boom in Thailand threatens Japan's grip on key market

2023-07-11 00:00:00

BANGKOK, July 10 (Reuters): Thailand's Siam Motors partnered with Nissan Motors in 1962 with a factory that rolled out four cars a day, leading to a profitable, decades-long relationship with Japanese companies that transformed it from a car dealer to...

Ocado launches first robotic warehouse in Asia

2023-07-11 00:00:00

LONDON, July 10 (Reuters) - British online supermarket and technology group Ocado said on Monday its first robotic warehouse in Asia, built for Japanese partner Aeon, has gone live.The warehouse, or customer fulfilment centre (CFC) as Ocado calls them, has...

GM cuts Lyriq EV price in China by 14pc

2023-07-11 00:00:00

SHANGHAI, July 10 (Reuters): General Motors Co on Monday cut the starting price for the Cadillac Lyriq in China by almost 14%, joining Volkswagen in a new round of electric vehicle price reductions in a market where global automakers are...

China's car sales shrink 2.9pc in June

2023-07-11 00:00:00

BEIJING/SHANGHAI, July 10 (Reuters): China's passenger vehicle sales fell in June, data from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) showed on Monday.Car sales in June totalled 1.91 million units, down 2.9 per cent from last year, CPCA data showed. It...

Dhaka urges KL to resume FTA talks

FE REPORT | 2023-07-11 00:00:00

Dhaka is pressing Kuala Lumpur to resume negotiation for signing the proposed free trade agreement (FTA) between Bangladesh and Malaysia to further boost bilateral ties, sources said.The Ministry of Commerce has written to Malaysian authority concerned through the Ministry of...

FSIBL ORGANISES TRAINING COURSE

2023-07-11 00:00:00

First Security Islami Bank Limited inaugurated the Refreshers' Training Course at the FSIBL Training Institute recently with a view to building skilled human resources for providing better banking services. Muhammad Mustafa Khair, Additional Managing Director of the bank, inaugurated the...

Nagad reaches 80m customers

2023-07-11 00:00:00

Nagad, the fastest-expanding mobile financial service in the world, has reached a milestone of 80 million customers. Such a quick onboarding of customers in only four years of its journey is really a great achievement, says a press release. Nagad...

Bangabandhu Hi-tech Park to boost knowledge-based industries

2023-07-11 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, July 10 (BSS): Construction work of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Hi-tech Park along the mind-blowing bank of the mighty river Padma in Rajshahi is at the final stage.Aimed at establishing knowledge-based industries through ensuring area wise development, the park...

Dutch fertilizer company bets big on climate-friendly ammonia

2023-07-11 00:00:00

Without a single sales contract in hand, Dutch fertilizer company OCI is building a $1 billion plant in Texas to produce ammonia with low greenhouse gas emissions, a gamble requiring heavy government subsidies, new markets and a contingency plan, reports...

Gold prices steady ----

2023-07-11 00:00:00

Gold was little changed on Monday as investors awaited US inflation data that could influence the Federal Reserve's policy stance, while palladium prices dropped below the $1,200-per-ounce level for the first time since December 2018, reports Reuters.Spot gold was steady...

Soaring vegetable prices may tip India's delicate inflation balance: Economists

2023-07-11 00:00:00

MUMBAI, July 10 (Reuters): A steeper-than-expected surge in the prices of vegetables, especially tomatoes, over the past few weeks could push India's retail inflation towards 5.5 per cent in the July-September quarter, at least three economists said.The country's inflation eased...

Oil dips on Chinese and US data, but OPEC+ cuts limit fall

2023-07-11 00:00:00

LONDON, July 10 (Reuters): Oil prices dipped on Monday after weak economic data from top consumers the United States and China, though expected crude supply cuts from Saudi Arabia and Russia limited losses.Brent crude futures fell 19 cents, or 0.2...

Warner's Test swansong out of his hands?

2023-07-11 00:00:00

LEEDS, July 10 (AFP): Australia captain Pat Cummins insisted all options remained open as he refused to rule out dropping struggling opener David Warner for the finale of the Ashes series.Left-handed opener Warner has signalled his intention to retire from...

Messi mural gets finishing touch from Beckham before Miami arrival

2023-07-11 00:00:00

There is rolling out the red carpet, and then there is David Beckham painting a huge mural of Lionel Messi in tribute to soccer's biggest star joining his MLS team, according to British daily newspaper The Daily Mail.Victoria Beckham shared...

I feel very fortunate, says PSG keeper Rico after coma

2023-07-11 00:00:00

BARCELONA, July 10 (AFP): PSG goalkeeper Sergio Rico issued a message of gratitude on Sunday as he continues his recovery from a traumatic brain injury.The 29-year-old is still receiving treatment at the Virgen del Rocio hospital in Seville, where he...

Iran allows women to attend top league matches in stadium

2023-07-11 00:00:00

TEHRAN, July 10 (AFP): Women in Iran, who have long been barred from attending football matches except for rare occasions, will be allowed into stadiums during the upcoming season, a top official said Sunday."This year, one of the prominent features...

Madison Keys ends Mirra Andreeva's dream run to qualify for last 8

2023-07-11 00:00:00

LONDON, July 10 (AFP): Madison Keys fought back from a set and 4-1 down to end Mirra Andreeva's hopes of becoming the youngest Wimbledon quarter-finalist in 26 years on Monday.The 18th-ranked American came through against the 16-year-old Russian 3-6, 7-6...

Tigers out to avoid whitewash today

2023-07-11 00:00:00

Bangladesh vowed to come all guns blazing to avoid whitewash at the hands of Afghanistan when they will take on the visitors for the third and final ODI at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram today (Tuesday), reports BSS.The match...

News in Brief(2023-07-11)

2023-07-11 00:00:00

Xi says Russia and China should 'lead global governance reform'BEIJING, July 10: China and Russia need to "lead the correct direction of global governance reform", according to Chinese President Xi Jinping, who hailed the two countries' partnership at a meeting...