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Oil ticks lower as end of driving season looms, Druzhba restarts

LONDON, Aug 28 (Reuters): Oil prices edged lower on Thursday after rising in the previous session, pressured by expectations of lower US fuel demand at the end of the summer travel season and by the restart of Russian supply to Hungary and Slovakia through the Druzhba pipeline.Crude had risen on...

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Gold hits over 1-month peak

Gold prices rose on Thursday, hitting an over one-month high, as the dollar softened while investors hunkered down for Friday's US inflation data for cues on the Federal Reserve's policy path, reports Reuters.Spot gold was up 0.3 per cent at $3,407.81 per ounce at 1222 GMT, after hitting $3,408.62, its...

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India extends cotton import duty exemption amid US tariff pressure

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI, Aug 28 (Reuters): India has extended an import duty exemption on cotton by three months, until the end of December, a government order showed on Thursday, as New Delhi seeks to support the local garment industry that has been hit by hefty US tariffs.The imports are likely to...

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Janata Bank PLC Managing Director Md. Mazibur Rahman presides over the asset-liability management committee meeting

Janata Bank PLC Managing Director Md. Mazibur Rahman presides over the asset-liability management committee meeting of the bank at its head office in Dhaka on Thursday.

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'Youth Festival 2025' celebrated at BADC

A Flagship programme under the 'Youth Festival 2025' was celebrated at BADC High School, Mirpur on Wednesday, under the initiative of Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC). Chairman (Grade-1) of BADC Md. Ruhul Amin Khan was the chief guest of the programme while BADC Secretary Md. Aminul Islam presided over.

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