LONDON, Oct 1 (Reuters): Euro zone manufacturing activity slipped back into contraction in September as new orders fell at their fastest rate in six months, signaling the recovery in the region's industrial sector was fragile, a survey showed on Wednesday.The...
ICE cotton futures fell more than 1 per cent to a six-month low on Wednesday, hurt by concerns of excess supply, while weaker sentiment from the grains market also spilled into the natural fiber, reports Reuters.Cotton contracts for December fell...
Walmart said on Wednesday it would remove synthetic dyes from its US private-label foods, including the Great Value and bettergoods brands, by January 2027, joining several other companies amid pressure from the Trump administration, reports Reuters.Major packaged food makers, including...
Asia-Pacific markets were mixed Wednesday, following gains on Wall Street as investors appeared unperturbed by the US government shutdown, reports CNBC.Japan's Nikkei 225 sunk 0.85% to close at 44,550.85, marking its fourth straight day of losses, while the broad-based Topix...
Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) withdrew $2.7 billion from Indian equities in September, extending their selling streak for a third straight month and putting 2025 on course for record foreign withdrawals, data from the National Securities Depository showed, reports Reuters.So far...
SINGAPORE, Oct 1 (Reuters): Asia excluding China has attracted about $100 billion in capital inflows over the past nine months as global investors diversify beyond the United States, Kevin Sneader, Goldman Sachs' president for Asia-Pacific ex-Japan, said on Wednesday.Japan has...
Electric aircraft maker Beta Technologies filed for an initial public offering in the United States on Monday, the latest company to join the rush to tap a record-breaking bull run in the equity market, reports Reuters.Easing trade tensions, robust stock...
BRAC Bank has secured approval from the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission and Bangladesh Bank to issue the country's first-ever Social Subordinated Bond, valued at Tk 10 billion. The landmark issuance of the 'BRAC Bank Social Subordinated Bond' will strengthen...
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The securities regulator wants the new entity-set to emerge from the merger of five troubled Islamic banks-to issue shares to all existing general shareholders, based on the banks' sale value.Talking to The FE, representatives of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange...
NAIROBI/JOHANNESBURG, Oct 1 (Reuters): The lapse of a flagship US trade initiative with Africa that expired overnight is putting scores of businesses on the continent and hundreds of thousands of jobs at risk, raising fears that even a promised extension...
WASHINGTON/PARIS, Oct 1 (Reuters): Airbus is set to inaugurate a second US assembly line on Oct 13, followed by expansion of a similar facility in China several days later, in back-to-back ceremonies designed to avoid falling foul of a tricky...
KYIV, Oct 1 (Reuters): Ukraine's economy ministry has increased its projection for the country's winter wheat sowing area by 9 per cent, the deputy economy minister says, improving prospects for a boost to exports needed to help fund its defence...
LONDON, Oct 1 (Reuters): The zinc market has just woken up to the fact that London Metal Exchange inventory is now so depleted it would cover less than a day's worth of global consumption.LME time-spreads have turned volatile and the...
BRUSSELS, Oct 1 (Reuters): The European Commission will propose cutting steel import quotas by nearly half and hiking duties on volumes above those levels to 50 per cent in line with tariffs imposed by the US and Canada, two sources...
Gold prices hit a record high on Wednesday, supported by safe-haven demand as the US government shut down most operations, while growing expectations of a cut to US interest rates added to the metal's appeal, reports Reuters.Spot gold gained 0.8...
LONDON, Oct 1 (Reuters): Oil prices steadied on Wednesday after falling for two days as investors weighed OPEC+ plans for a larger output hike next month, while data from the US and Asia showed signs of demand waning.Brent crude futures...
AHMEDABAD, India, Oct 01 (AFP): Shubman Gill's India will be heavy favourites when they play a home two-Test series starting Thursday against a West Indies side struggling with injuries and a pale shadow of the team that once dominated cricket.The...
MOUNT MAUNGANUI, New Zealand, Oct 01 (AFP): An unbeaten maiden century by New Zealand's Tim Robinson wasn't enough to deny Australia a comfortable six-wicket win in the opening Twenty20 at Bay Oval on Wednesday.Captain Mitchell Marsh led Australia's chase with...
BEIJING, Oct 1 (Reuters): Jannik Sinner was back to his best in a 6-2 6-2 victory over American teenager Learner Tien in Wednesday's China Open final, as the world number two picked up his third title of the year and...
Bangladesh captain Jaker Ali and Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan pose with the three-match T20I series trophy in the city on Wednesday, ahead of their first match today (Thursday)- BCB
Many candidates vying for director posts in the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) elections are set to be elected unopposed. Out of 50 people who filed nomination papers, 16 have withdrawn their candidacies. Out of 30 in the club category, 13...
Clad in a mustard-coloured panjabi, former Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal walked up to the dais to address the media on the last day for candidates to withdraw from the upcoming Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) elections, reports bdnews24.com.With a smile on...
SYDNEY, Oct 01 (AFP): FBI Director Kash Patel gifted New Zealand officials illegal firearms during his visit to the country earlier this year, authorities said Wednesday.Patel visited New Zealand in July to open a permanent intelligence office and met with...
KINSHASA, Oct 01 (BBC): Former Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila has been sentenced to death in absentia for war crimes and treason. The charges concern accusations that Kabila has been supporting the M23, a rebel group who have...
ATHENS, Oct 01 (AFP): Greece will grind to a halt on Wednesday in a 24-hour general strike against plans by the conservative government to introduce a 13-hour workday.Transport in Athens, trains and ferry services will be disrupted while teachers, hospital...
COPENHAGEN, Oct 01 (AFP): EU leaders was set to discuss bolstering Europe's defences and Ukraine's financial firepower at a Wednesday summit in Denmark, where mysterious drone flights have ramped up fears about the threat from Russia.Thousands of police are on...
TEHRAN, Oct 01 (AFP): Iranian authorities on Wednesday approved a bill toughening penalties for those convicted of spying on behalf of Israel and the United States, months after the 12-day war between the foes.The bill was presented to parliament on...
VATICAN, Oct 01 (Reuters): Pope Leo on Tuesday appeared to offer his strongest criticism yet of US President Donald Trump's hard-line immigration policies, questioning whether they were in line with the Catholic Church's pro-life teachings."Someone who says I am against...
NUSEIRAT, Oct 01 (AFP): Israel's defence minister issued a final warning for Gaza City residents to flee south on Wednesday, as Hamas weighed US President Donald Trump's plan to end nearly two years of war in the Palestinian territory.Witnesses reported...
Road accidents are a leading cause of premature death. A perfectly healthy person may suddenly lose her/his life due to a catastrophic event on a road or highway. A head-on collision between vehicles, a pedestrian being struck by a car,...
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