FBCCI forms 'Innovation Cell'
Private sector business leaders on Monday vowed to work effectively for fulfilling the clauses relating to science, technology and innovation for implementation of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG). They also emphasised the need for using the latest technological and scientific innovations in the rapid growing business sector of the country....
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Regent Airways to connect Dhaka with Dammam in Feb
Regent Airways, a renowned airline of Bangladesh, has spread its wings further, adding a new route from Dhaka to Dammam, the third biggest commercial city of Saudi Arabia. The Airways will start its Dhaka-Dammam flight on February 22, says a press release of the airline.Dhaka-Dammam-Dhaka route is the 8th international...
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School dropouts cost Asia billions of dollars: DHL
SINGAPORE, Jan 29: DHL, the world's leading logistics company, recently commissioned a report looking into out-of-school children in Asia, and the effect this has had on those economies. A Way Back to School shows Asia could be losing nearly US$34 billion per year in GDP due to children dropping out...
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Oil slips as US output soars
LONDON, Jan 29 (Reuters): Oil dipped on Monday as soaring North American production was seen undermining efforts led by OPEC and Russia to tighten supplies, but prices were still on track for their strongest start to the year in five years.Brent crude futures held above $70 per barrel, but eased...
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Canada's wheat production goes down, quality up
OTTAWA, Jan 29: While Canadian wheat production dropped 5.0 per cent in the 2017-18 marketing year, the quality improved and about 90 per cent of the crop will grade in the top two milling categories, reports world-grain.com.This has led to short supplies of wheat for feeding as wheat growers hold...
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