Japan’s core consumer prices for items excluding fresh products rose 2.2 percent in June from a year earlier, driven by energy costs, government data showed Friday. Excluding energy, the increase was just one percent compared to a year earlier, according to data released by the interior affairs ministry. The June inflation figures were in line with expectations and mark the ...

Price of bottled soyabean oil has decreased by Tk 14 per litre to Tk 185 with effect from Thursday. Bangladesh Vegetable Oil Refiners and Vanaspati Manufacturers Association (BVOVMA) has taken this decision. The association sent a letter to Senior Secretary Ministry of Commerce in this regard. Due to decrease in edible oil in the international market, a decision has been ...

Britain’s former finance minister Rishi Sunak again topped the latest vote by Conservative MPs to choose a new prime minister, as another candidate was eliminated to leave three contenders in the race. Sunak garnered 118 votes, followed by former defence minister Penny Mordaunt on 92 and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss on 86, with longshot candidate Kemi Badenoch trailing on 59 ...

The government has set the export target for the current fiscal year at $67 billion, up 11 percent than that a year ago. Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi made the announcement at a press briefing at his ministry in the capital on Wednesday. Of this, $58 billion is expected to come from merchandise export and the remaining $9 billion from services. ...

Price of edible oil has reduced by Taka 53 per liter in Chaktai-Khatunganj wholesale market here in line with the reduction of price in the international market. “The price of palm oil has reduced by Taka 2,000 and soybean oil by over Taka 1,000 for every 37.32 liters in Chaktai-Khatunganj wholesale within 15 to 20 days,” Alamgir Parvez, a leading ...

LONDON — Britain shattered its record for highest temperature ever registered Tuesday amid a heat wave that has seared swaths of Europe, as the U.K.’s national weather forecaster said such highs are now a fact of life in a country ill-prepared for such extremes. The typically temperate nation was just the latest to be walloped by unusually hot, dry weather ...

US aerospace firm Boeing hopes the Farnborough airshow this week will mark an end to several turbulent years following 737 MAX crashes and 787 manufacturing problems. Boeing plans to show off several planes including the MAX 10, the latest version of its flagship model in the key medium-haul segment, and hopes to announce a slew of new orders. The MAX ...

OXFORDSHIRE: Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said for the first time in modern history the East can be on equal terms with the West, as the global dominance of the US and its allies comes to an end, reports RT.com. Due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and the conflict in Ukraine, “for a large part of ...

Bangladesh Jewellers Association (BAJUS) has lowered gold price by maximum Tk 1,166 per bhori (11.664 grams). The price of good quality gold jewellery now stands at Tk 77,216 per bhori in the local market which was Tk 78,382 so far. Following fall in gold prices in the international market, the BAJUS issued a press release on Sunday announcing the new ...

The production of hilsa in Patharghata has doubled in Fiscal Year 2021-22. Not only hilsa production but also production of other sea fishes have increased. As a result, government revenue reached Tk 92,92,329 for the FY 2021-22. This information was revealed by Patharghata Fish Landing Centre. Mir Rashedul Islam, manager of Patharghata Fish Landing Centre, said a total of 1,152.56 metric ...