Local sugar refiners are seeking a switch from the current tariff structure to a specific duty on raw sugar imports, citing a cash crunch amid a falling global sweetener price, according to an official document.The Bangladesh Sugar Refiners Association -- a platform representing five sugar producers in Bangladesh who altogether...
Read morePersistent rain has increased the water level of Rangamati's Kaptai Lake to near its capacity, driving the hydropower production at the lake.ATM Abduzzaher, the manager of the power plant, said that as of Friday noon , the water level had reached 106.06 feet mean sea level, up from 105.11 feet...
Read moreLong queues of vehicles form in the Baroyarhat Municipality area on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway on Friday morning as many points of the highway have been inundated by floodwater. — Focus Bangla
Read moreCHATTOGRAM, Aug 23: Uncertainty looms about opening of Chattogram elevated expressway following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led government.Sources said the construction work on the ramps of the country's largest expressway has come to a halt, so its partial opening is uncertain.One portion of the expressway was scheduled to open...
Read moreLONDON, Aug 23 (AFP): British energy bills are set to start rising again this autumn, the sector regulator announced on Friday, sparking fears that fuel poverty will worsen amid an ongoing cost of living crisis.The cost of household electricity and gas had been falling from peaks reached after Russia's invasion...
Read moreTOKYO, Aug 23 (AFP) : Japanese inflation was slightly higher in July, with prices rising 2.7 percent on-year compared with 2.6 percent the month before, internal affairs ministry data showed Friday.The core Consumer Price Index reading, which excludes volatile fresh food prices, was in line with market expectations.Increases in the...
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