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Oil prices extend recovery from multi-year lows

Oil prices extended their rally on Friday and were on course for a weekly gain, sparked by output disruption in the US Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Francine forced the evacuation of production platforms, reports Reuters.Brent crude futures rose 38 cents, or 0.53 per cent, to $72.35 a barrel by...

A workshop on 'Codex's importance and enhanced participation' of Bangladesh

A workshop on 'Codex's importance and enhanced participation' of Bangladesh in setting standards at the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC), an international food standards body, was held in the city on Thursday. Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) and Bangladesh Trade Facilitation (BTF) organised the workshop with financing from USDA. BSTI...

ICSB's 54th Batch Chartered Secretary Course

Institute of Chartered Secretaries of Bangladesh (ICSB) organised an Orientation Programme for the students of 54th Batch of Chartered Secretary (CS) Course on Wednesday at the ICSB premises. Md Zakir Hossain, Secretary & Chief Executive Officer of the Institute, moderated the programme.

Gold bulls set sights on previously dismissed milestone

Gold market bulls are locking in bullion prices surging to fresh records, with a milestone of $3,000 per ounce coming into focus, fired up by monetary easing by major central banks and a tight US presidential election race, reports Reuters.Spot gold reached a historic high of $2,572.81 an ounce on...

Global EV sales up 20pc in August

Global sales of fully electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles rose by a yearly 20 per cent in August, driven by record high sales in China, and despite a 33 per cent drop in Europe to its weakest month since January 2023, market research firm Rho Motion said on Thursday, reports...

Vietnam farmers lose their blooms as floods claim crops

HANOI, Sept 13 (AFP): Vietnamese farmer Do Hong Yen estimates she lost tens of thousands of dollars when her valuable peach blossom crop was swamped by muddy waters in Hanoi's worst flooding in two decades.More than 250,000 hectares of crops, including rice, vegetables and fruit trees, have been destroyed across...