Oil dips further from 2019 highs on demand worries

NEW YORK, Mar 23 (Reuters): Oil fell about 2.0 per cent on Friday, slipping further from 2019 highs as focus shifted to a lack of progress in US-China trade talks and as grim manufacturing data from Germany and the US reignited fears of a slowdown in the global economy and...

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BBS trails with manpower crisis

The state statistical agency lags behind in delivering necessary data over time amid manpower shortages, officials have said.Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) officials said this at the inauguration of the Survey of Manufacturing Industries (SMI)-2018 on Saturday.The industries and labour wing of the bureau organised the event in BBS Auditorium...

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Gold gains as growth concerns dent risk appetite

BENGALURU, Mar 23 (Reuters): Gold prices rose on Friday as weak economic data from the euro zone exacerbated fears of a global slowdown, weighing on risk sentiment and putting bullion on track for its best week in nearly two months.Spot gold climbed about 0.3 per cent at $1,313.07 per ounce...

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