World food prices fall for second consecutive month in October: FAO
LONDON, Nov 8 (Reuters): World food commodity prices fell for a second consecutive month in October, driven largely by ample global supplies, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization said on Friday.The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks a basket of globally traded food commodities, averaged 126.4 points in October,...
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Four new dredgers to help ease navigability
MANIKGANJ, Nov 8: Brigadier General (Retd) Dr M Sakhawat Hossain, Adviser to the Ministry of Shipping, has said that four new high-frequency dredgers have been introduced to address the country's navigability crisis.He made the remarks on Saturday while speaking to journalists after inaugurating the BIWTA's newly-built dredger 'Andharmanik-1' on the...
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Trump admin launches meatpacking probe over high beef costs
WASHINGTON, Nov 8 (AFP): US President Donald Trump said Friday that he had asked the Justice Department to investigate the meatpacking industry over high beef prices -- as he faces mounting political pain over the issue.In a social media post, Trump accused meatpacking companies of "driving up the price of...
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PALLI SANCHAY BANK HOLDS SPECIAL YARD MEETING
Palli Sanchay Bank, a specialized financial institution, recently held a special yard meeting in Bakshimail union of Mohanpur upazila in Rajshahi, with the participation of members from the Bakshimail Village Development Samity and Bakshimail West Village Development Samity. The meeting was attended by Salma Banu, Managing Director of the bank,...
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China starts work on easing rare earth export rules but short of Trump hopes
China has begun designing a new rare earth licensing regime that could speed up shipments, but it is unlikely to amount to a complete rollback of restrictions as hoped by Washington, industry insiders said, reports Reuters.The Ministry of Commerce told some rare earth exporters they will be able to apply...
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China lifts Brazilian poultry imports ban over bird flu
BEIJING, Nov 8 (Reuters): China lifted a ban linked to Brazil's avian influenza outbreak, the country's General Administration of Customs said in a notice released on Friday.China issued a countrywide embargo on all imports of poultry and related products from Brazil over a bird flu outbreak in May.The ban has...
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Trump finalises US Gulf oil lease sale
WASHINGTON, Nov 8 (Reuters): The Trump administration will hold an auction for drilling oil and gas off the US Gulf next month and has proposed another in a waterway in southern Alaska, it said on Friday.The lease sale in the US Gulf of Mexico, which President Donald Trump refers to...
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