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Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) is set to begin at Purbachal of the capital on January 1 with much expectation to repair scar on economy caused by Covid-19 pandemic. The 26th edition of the trade fair is expected to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. This is for the first time that DITF is going to be held in ...

More than 100 domestic flights in Japan were grounded on Sunday due to heavy snow in the northern and western parts of the country, Japan’s two biggest airlines said. ANA Holdings had halted 77 flights as of 1 pm (0400 GMT), affecting about 5,100 passengers, said Yutaka Kitahara, the company’s operations director, Hindustan Times reported. “As the weather situation in ...

Import and export through Benapole land port has been suspended due to Christmas. Import and export activities will resume on Sunday, officials said. Mofizur Rahman Sajan, president of Benapole C&F Agents Association, said that import and export from India through Benapole land port has been suspended on the occasion of Christmas, the main religious festival of the Christians.

“The current levels that we see today are quite stable. This is $75 per barrel, plus or minus 10%. It seems to me that next year, these parameters will stay in place,” he said, reports AFP. Novak added that the growth of the world economy and the demand for oil contributes to the prices. “As many agencies and analysts predict ...

Quenching the thirst of movie buffs in Chattogram, the country’s largest multiplex chain — Star Cineplex — will open its maiden theatre in the port city at Bali Arcade Shopping Complex in the Chawkbazar area. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) to this effect was signed at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel on Thursday evening. The agreement was signed by Mahboob ...

Bangladesh and Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Thursday signed a $13.5 million additional loan agreement to improve management, operation, and maintenance of large-scale irrigation schemes and protect productive lands from flooding. The additional loan will scale up the ongoing $46 million Irrigation Management Improvement Project, according to a press release. Economic Relations Division (ERD) secretary Fatima Yasmin and ADB Country ...

Most Asian markets rose Wednesday, extending a global rally after their latest sell-off as investors assess the impact of the fast-spreading Omicron variant. The year-and-a-half-long rally across markets has petered out in recent weeks on fears about the new Covid variant and government measures to contain it, which come just as central banks begin to remove the vast financial support ...

HRH The Prince of Wales has issued a message of support for the DEC’s Afghanistan Crisis Appeal which has now raised more than £17.5 million in under a week, with aid already being distributed on the ground. The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC), a coalition of 15 member aid agencies, sounded the alarm bell last Wednesday that more than eight million people are on the brink of famine, including a million children ...

Biman Bangladesh Airlines will resume its Dhaka-Manchester flight via Sylhet next Saturday after twenty months of temporary suspension. On December 25, Biman’s flight BG-207 will fly from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) at 12:30 PM and reach Sylhet at 01:10 PM, after that the flight is scheduled to fly from Sylhet to Manchester at 02:15 PM and it will reach ...

Retail giant Walmart illegally dumps more than 1 million batteries, aerosol cans of insect killer and other products, toxic cleaning supplies, electronic waste, latex paints and other hazardous waste into California landfills each year, state prosecutors alleged Monday in a lawsuit that the company labeled “unjustified.” “As we shop the brightly packed aisles there are products that will never make ...