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PM approves joint venture for Parya channel dredging

PM approves joint venture for Parya channel dredging

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has approved the proposal of the shipping ministry to form a joint venture company with the Payra Sea Port Authority (PSPA)…
Huawei eyes young 
customers in 
developing countries

Huawei eyes young customers in developing countries

Huawei Technology, a Chinese telecom giant, has shown keen interest to focus on the huge ‘unconnected’ young population in developing countries…
SAKOATEX plans to create huge 
employment in Rajshahi

SAKOATEX plans to create huge employment in Rajshahi

SAKOATEX, a large-scale industrial unit in the northern region, is going to start operations from September. It has come as a beacon of hope for the people…

Sri Lanka urged to cut tax on Bangladeshi products: Tofail

Commerce minister Tofail Ahmed yesterday requested Sri Lanka to cut high duty on Bangladeshi products in its market, reports BSS. “Bangladeshi pharmaceuticals, paper, cement, MS rod and agriculture products have good demand in Sri Lankan market, but Bangladesh can’t export those due to high…

Banks face cash withdrawal pressure ahead of Eid

Commercial banks witnessed a huge rush of clients withdrawing cash to meet their Eid expenditures ahead of the three-day Eid-ul-Azha vacation beginning on Friday, reports BSS. Over the last two days, the banks in the metropolis were packed with clients withdrawing money, especially remittances. Expatriates…
Asian markets rebound after North Korea-fuelled losses

Asian markets rebound after North Korea-fuelled losses

AFP, HONG KONG:  Asian traders returned to buying yesterday, reversing the previous day’s losses as Donald Trump’s measured response…

Uber hires Dara Khosrowshahi as chief

AFP, SAN FRANCISCO: Uber hired Expedia boss Dara Khosrowshahi as its new chief executive late Tuesday, in the hopes he can steer the ride-sharing service away from the string of controversies it has faced in the past year. Khosrowshahi will be at Uber’s headquarters in San Francisco on Wednesday…
Man who brings the light lifts Romania’s poor out of darkness

Man who brings the light lifts Romania’s poor out of darkness

AFP, GORBANESTI:  It is late, but Nicoleta Monea and her children cannot sleep. This is the last night the family will spend without electricity,…

‘Gifted’ high-tech takes spotlight at Berlin’s IFA fair

AFP, BERLIN: The gadgets on display at Berlin’s mega consumer electronics fair this week may not look radically different, but they are smarter than ever before and designed to meet our every need—often before we’ve even thought of it ourselves. As smartphones and other electronic…
Stocks maintain upward despite lower transactions

Stocks maintain upward despite lower transactions

Stock markets maintained upward trend yesterday despite lower transactions on higher activities of some large-cap securities, reports BSS . The major…

Oil prices down as US reels from Harvey

AFP, SINGAPORE:  Crude prices slipped back in Asian trade yesterday as a key US oil-producing region reeled from the devastation caused by monster storm Harvey. Harvey rolled into Texas on Friday as a Category Four hurricane, tearing down homes and businesses on the Gulf Coast, and triggering massive…

Saudi Arabia shortlists 25 bidders for wind plant

AFP, RIYADH: Saudi Arabia invited bids Tuesday from 25 shortlisted companies to build a 400 megawatt wind power project, as the world’s top oil exporter pushes for renewable sources to diversify its energy mix. The plant in northern Al-Jouf province is the first utility-scale wind project as part…

Higher fuel costs pressure Chinese airline profits

AFP, SHANGHAI:  Asia’s biggest carrier China Southern Airlines said higher jet fuel costs clipped its profit in the first half, while China Eastern earnings rose but only with the help of a one-off asset sale. Net profit at state-owned China Southern dropped 11.1 per cent year-on-year to…

Trump goes on road trip to sell vague tax reform plan

AFP, WASHINGTON:  President Donald Trump hits the road yesterday on a tour to sell tax reform to everyday Americans and lawmakers, but this campaign pledge is still very short on details. Trump will visit Springfield, Missouri a day after touring hurricane-ravaged southeastern Texas. An administration…

South Sudan passes budget despite lacking funds

AFP, JUBA:  South Sudan’s parliament has passed a $300 million (250 million euro) budget despite the war-torn country’s government conceding it lacked the funds to pay for it. Nearly four years of civil war, as well as inadequate and decrepit infrastructure, have left the country with…
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