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Hilsa ban: Govt allots 10566 tonnes of rice for fishermen

The government has allocated 10,566.84 tonnes of VGF rice for fishermen during the upcoming hilsa fishing ban from Oct 14 to Nov 4, reports UNB.The food aid is being provided under the government's Humanitarian Food Assistance Programme.Altogether, 528,342 families in 152 upazilas of 36 districts will get 20 kg rice...

Md Mojahidul Islam inaugurating rural roads maintenance month-2020

Local Government Engineering Department’s Dhaka divisional executive engineer Md Mojahidul Islam inaugurating the rural roads maintenance month-2020 as the chief guest at Burhirhat Sarakand in Shariatpur recently in presence of Md Shajahan Faraji, Executive Engineer of LGED for Shariatpur

Malaysia Airlines group low on cash, steep discounts from lessors sought

SINGAPORE, Oct 04 (Arab News): Malaysia Aviation Group, the holding company for Malaysia Airlines Bhd, said in a letter to lessors the group is unlikely to be able to make payments owed after November unless it receives more funding from state fund Khazanah.The letter, reviewed by Reuters, follows a request...

Pak cotton output short of target by over 2.0m bales

ISLAMABAD, Oct 04 (The Dawn): The country will not be able to achieve the target set for cotton production this year as the estimated production will be 8.597 million bales against a target of 10.89 million bales, Syed Fakhr Imam, Minister for National Food Security and Research, told a meeting...

Noble Energy okays $4.1b sale to Chevron

HOUSTON, Oct 04 (Reuters): Noble Energy shareholders on Friday approved a deal to sell the oil and gas producer to Chevron Corp, making Chevron the No. 2 US shale oil producer and giving it international natural gas reserves close to growing markets.The all-stock deal values Noble Energy at around $4.1...

Ivory Coast raises fixed cocoa price by 21pc

YAMOUSSOUKRO (Ivory Coast), Oct 04 (Reuters): Ivory Coast has raised the fixed farmgate price paid to cocoa farmers more than 21 per cent to 1,000 CFA Francs ($1.80) per kg for the main crop of the 2020/2021 season starting Thursday, President Alassane Ouattara said.The decision by the world's top cocoa...

Miner Vale in talks with Tesla, EV sector for Canada nickel

TORONTO, Oct 04 (Reuters): Brazilian miner Vale SA is in talks with Tesla and others in the electric vehicle (EV) supply chain about securing nickel from its Canadian operations, the head of the miner's base metals unit said on Friday.Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment.Tesla CEO...

Venezuela's oil exports hit 5-month high

CARACUS, Oct 04 (Reuters): Venezuela's oil exports rose last month, boosted by larger sales to customers aiming to take as many cargoes as possible before a US deadline to wind-down trade with the sanctioned nation, according to data from state-run PDVSA and Refinitiv Eikon.Washington gave PDVSA's customers deadlines ranging between...