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Frame comprehensive logistics policy to boost cross-border trade: Experts

Experts at a webinar on Tuesday stressed the need for framing a comprehensive national logistics policy coupled with a dedicated authority to help facilitate cross-border trade.Besides establishment and optimum use of logistics, they said, infrastructures like ports, highways and multimodal sub-regional transport connectivity are also essential in this regard.They also...

Top ten dealers

Top ten dealers were awarded in the annual conference of dealers organised by the country's popular furniture brand 'Regal' at the Palace Luxury Resort in Habiganj on Sunday in presence of Ahsan Khan Chowdhury, chairman and chief executive officer of PRAN-RFL Group, RN Paul, managing director of RFL Group, Shafiul...

Indian developer plans 50 MW solar plant in Khulna

An India solar power developer company has proposed a 50 MW solar power plant in the Khulna which would involve the lowest solar power tariff offered to a non-publicly-procured grid scale solar project, according to a report published on the www.pv-magazine.comThe project, if agreed by Bangladesh's cabinet committee on government...

'Britain makes trade deal with EU more difficult'

BRUSSELS, Sept 22 (Reuters): Britain is making it more difficult to reach a basic trade deal with the European Union by pushing through domestic legislation that undermines its international withdrawal treaty with the EU, Irish foreign Minister Simon Coveney said on Tuesday.Speaking to reporters after EU ministers were briefed by...

Around 1,000 Barclays staff to revert to home-based working

LONDON, Sept 22 (Reuters): Around 1,000 Barclays staff who had returned to office-based working in recent weeks will revert to working from home following guidance from Britain's government on Tuesday, a spokesman for the bank told Reuters.British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told people to work from home where possible and...

Intel gets US licences to supply some products to Huawei

SHANGHAI, Sept 22 (Reuters): Intel Corp has received licences from US authorities to continue supplying certain products to Huawei Technologies, an Intel spokesman said on Tuesday.With US-China ties at their worst in decades, Washington has been pushing governments around to world to squeeze out Huawei, arguing that the telecoms giant...

Siemens sees market value of energy spin-off above $20b

ZURICH, Sept 22 (Reuters): Siemens expects Siemens Energy to reach a market value of significantly more than 17 billion euros ($19.98 billion) when it floats on the Frankfurt stock exchange next week, a source close to the company said. The consensus forecasts for the value of the business, which makes...

Ralph Lauren to cut workforce, invest more on online sales

CALIFORNIA, , Sept 22 (Reuters): Ralph Lauren Corp has decided to cut its global workforce by the end of its fiscal year as part of a company-wide restructuring to focus more on online sales, it said on Tuesday.The company did not respond to a request for comment on how many...

UK, US exchanged tariff offers during trade talks

LONDON, Sept 22 (Reuters): Britain and the United States exchanged their first tariff offers during the fourth round of trade talks, allowing a series of detailed market access discussions to be held, the UK's Trade Secretary Liz Truss said on Tuesday."The exchange of tariff offers is a notable milestone, and...