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Sri Lanka’s tea industry was affected by drought
Xinhua, Colombo :Drought has cut Sri Lanka’s tea production by 50 percent causing havoc to the livelihoods of about 400,000 small holders largely in the...
EU bolsters financing support for small-sized enterprises
Xinhua, Brussels :The European Investment Bank (EIB) Group in 2013 significantly increased its financial support to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the backbone of the...
IMF, Britain warn emerging economies ahead of G20
AFP, Sydney :IMF chief Christine Lagarde and British finance minister George Osborne Thursday demanded emerging economies get their own houses in order, after some attacked...
New mobile banking tech on way
bdnews24.com :BDCOM Online Limited, a Bangladeshi IT service company, is offering new technology-based technical support to a growing number of companies that provide financial services...
Facebook to buy WhatsApp for $19b in deal shocker
Reuters :Facebook Inc will buy fast-growing mobile-messaging start-up WhatsApp for $19 billion in cash and stock in a landmark deal that places the world’s largest...
Unutilised earnings ballooning BB’s bag
Bangladesh’s foreign exchange (forex) reserves crossed the $19 billion mark for the first time on Wednesday, thanks to robust growth in export earnings and higher...