Welcoming the Bangladesh’s second position in the World Trade Organization (WTO) export growth index, leading economists,
Read More »Asian markets mixed as dealers fret over US-China trade talks
Asian markets were mixed Monday with investors gripped by concerns about the US-China trade war after Donald Trump said he was prepared to walk away from next month’s planned talks.
Read More »All factories paid wages, bonuses: BGMEA
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) today said all the factories paid wages and bonuses to facilitate their workers to celebrate Eid-Ul-Azha with their near and dear ones.
Read More »Decision to allow rawhide export delights merchants, disappoints leather entrepreneurs
The prices people get for cattle slaughtered on Eid-ul-Azha are “not reasonable” and the latest government decision aims to ensure that they get the fair price, Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi says.
Read More »Piles of thousands of unsold rawhides ruin on Chattogram streets
Chattogram City Corporation workers started removing the rawhide from the streets of Aturar Depot, Muradpur and Bahaddarhat on Tuesday afternoon.
Read More »Govt to allow rawhide export in order to ensure fair price
The commerce ministry called for the traders’ help to ensure that rawhide is traded at government-fixed prices in a statement on Tuesday.
Read More »Reliance-Microsoft cloud tie-up poses threat to Amazon, Google in India
India’s Reliance Industries Ltd (RELI.NS) on Monday announced a partnership with Microsoft’s (MSFT.O) Azure cloud platform, in a move that deepens the offerings of its Jio telecoms unit while posing a direct challenge to rival cloud services providers such as Amazon.com (AMZN.O) and Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL.O). As part of the …
Read More »Price drop disappoints cattle traders in Dhaka on eve of Eid
Traders from Kushtia, Chuadanga and Pabna said on Sunday the more they sold cattle, the higher the losses they counted, at least Tk 10,000 per cow.
Read More »European stocks and pound slide on Italy, UK woes
Stock markets slumped and the pound hit a fresh two-year low against the euro Friday as traders reacted to a sudden Italian political crisis, a British economic contraction and a new twist in the US-China trade war.
Read More »TigerIT refutes World Bank allegations of irregularities in national smartcard project
It issued a statement on Tuesday saying the bdnews24.com report on Word Bank sanctions on the firm caused “confusion” as these “do not represent the entire picture”.
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