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  Stocks see worst week in 8 years

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on January 12, 2020

  Dhaka stocks in the past week suffered its steepest weekly losses in eight years as investors stepped up panic sales amid the government’s apathy towards...

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  Knitwear makers urge BB to ease back-to-back LC opening

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on January 12, 2020

  The Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association has requested the Bangladesh Bank to relax the conditions for opening back-to-back letters of credit after some banks...

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  Exports to all major markets fall in H1 

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on January 12, 2020

  The country’s readymade garment exports to the European Union in the first half of the current financial year 2019-20 fell by 6.75 per cent while...

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  BTC indentifies 110 products for Nepal PTA

  Jasim Uddin | Updated at 12:00am on January 12, 2020

  The Bangladesh Tariff Commission has identified 110 products to seek preferential market access for their export to Nepal under the planned Preferential Trade Agreement between...

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  Robi starts move to get listed, raise Tk 500cr through IPO

  Mostafizur Rahman | Updated at 12:00am on January 12, 2020

  Robi, the second largest mobile operator in Bangladesh, has begun a process to raise around Tk 500 crore from the capital market through an initial...

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  Food stirs up interest at 2020 Consumer Electronics Show

  Agence France-Presse . Las Vegas | Updated at 12:27am on January 11, 2020

  What’s cooking at the Consumer Electronics Show? AI meal planning, a robot to chop your onions and vegan pork. Food and tech have come together...

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  Airbus to increase US production of A320 planes

  Agence France-Presse . Paris | Updated at 12:26am on January 11, 2020

  European plane maker Airbus said on Thursday that it would increase production of its best-selling A320 passenger jet in the United States, to seven per...

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  European stocks flat-line, Asia rise before US payrolls data

  Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 12:23am on January 11, 2020

  Europe’s stock markets flat-lined on Friday, after a largely positive session in Asia, as investors cautiously awaited critical data in the United States. In late...

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  Ryanair lifts profit forecast after upbeat Christmas

  Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 12:21am on January 11, 2020

  Irish no-frills airline Ryanair on Friday lifted its annual sales forecast, citing a solid holiday performance and ‘strong’ fourth-quarter bookings. Net profit is now expected...

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  Ghosn escape proves fresh headache for ailing Nissan

  Agence France-Presse . Tokyo | Updated at 12:19am on January 11, 2020

  Out of Japan and free to speak to the media, a fugitive Carlos Ghosn is proving a fresh headache for his old firm Nissan as...