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Dollar weakens in Asia on mixed US jobs data
AFP, Tokyo :The dollar weakened in Asia on Monday after surging to seven-year highs last week, following a closely watched US jobs report dampened hopes...
China’s inflation unchanged at 1.6pc in October
AFP, Beijing :China’s inflation came in at 1.6 percent in October, unchanged from the previous months, the government said Monday.The consumer price index (CPI) figures...
US rules out major Trans-Pacific trade announcement at APEC
Reuters, Beijing :There will be no “major announcement” on a Washington-backed Asia-Pacific free trade deal during a meeting of leaders from the region in Beijing...
G20 proposes buffer to end too big to fail banks
Reuters, London :The world’s biggest banks should hold a buffer of bonds in case of a collapse so that government bailouts are avoided, a global...
Time Warner eyes $588m bid for Australia’s Ten Network
Reuters, Sydney :US media giant Time Warner Inc (TWX.N) has approached struggling Australian broadcaster Ten Network Holdings Ltd (TEN.AX) about a A$680 million ($588 million)...
BB for tougher CSR guidelines
bdnews24.com :Bangladesh Bank is going to make CSR guidelines “tougher” to prevent terror or militant funding, its governor says. Atiur Rahman on Sunday said they...
Nigeria school blast `kills 47 students` in Potiskum
At least 47 students have been killed by a suicide bomber at a school assembly in the north-eastern Nigerian town of Potiskum, police have said....
National Monument Architect no more
Syed Mainul Hossain, the architect of the National Memorial of Bangladesh, has died of brain stroke on Monday afternoon at the National Heart Institute in the...