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Mango harvest in Natore district kicked off on Saturday with the Gopalbhog variety. Abdul Wadud, deputy director of Natore Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), inaugurated the mango harvesting officially this morning through plucking mango from the orchard of one Shah Alam of Kamardia in Sadar upazila. This year, a total of 5,718 hectares of land have been used for mango ...

Bangladesh Jewellers Association (Bajus) announced the decrease of the price of gold by Tk 1,084 per bhori (11.664 grams) on Thursday. Now the new price of the 22-carat gold is set at Tk 1,18,460 per bhori. Bajus said the new price would come into effect from Friday.

Adani Group’s market capitalization continued to gain for the ninth consecutive day on Wednesday. The group’s market capitalization crossed Rs 16.5 lakh crore on Wednesday, gaining 10.6 per cent in the past nine trading sessions. The gain continued on a day when London-based Financial Times, citing documents from George Soros-backed Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), in a report, ...

The UK’s competition body is to forge ahead with an inquiry into the vets market amid concerns that pet owners are overpaying for treatments. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it had heard from thousands of people who were struggling to pay vet bills and did not always know the best treatment options for their pets. The vet industry ...

    More than a million parents will receive reminders from this week to extend Child Benefit for their teenagers if they are continuing their education or training after their GCSEs. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is sending more than 1.4 million Child Benefit reconfirmation letters to parents between 24 May and 17 July. The letters will include a QR ...

Empowering Bangladesh with clean energy today means a brighter, sustainable future for generations to come, US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas has said. He said it while addressing the Indo-Pacific Business Forum (IPBF) at the EMK Center in Dhaka on Tuesday. The forum is the premier public-private U.S. government event to promote trade, investment, and economic cooperation between the United ...

BMW, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and Volkswagen (VW) used parts made by a supplier on a list of firms banned over alleged links to Chinese forced labour, a US congressional report has said. At least 8,000 BMW Mini Cooper cars were imported into the US with components from banned Chinese firm Sichuan Jingweida Technology Group (JWD), according to the report by ...

China has launched an anti-dumping probe into imports of a widely used plastic from the US, EU, Taiwan and Japan. The announcement from the Ministry of Commerce that it will investigate imports of polyoxymethylene copolymer – which is used in electronics and cars – is a signal that China will hit back in its trade disputes with the US and ...

Young homebuyers are facing huge challenges when it comes to getting on – and staying on – the housing ladder. Nicola Webb, a 34-year-old nurse, felt she had little choice but to opt for an ultra-long mortgage when purchasing her first home last year. It’s set to end when she is 68, but she says stretching out the repayments is ...

The 11th National Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Fair-2024 will kick off in the capital on Sunday to help small and medium entrepreneurs promote market for their products. With the support of the Ministry of Industries, the Small and Medium Enterprise Foundation (SMEF) is organising the week-long fair, the biggest fair of locally made products, at the Bangabandhu International Conference ...