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NEW DELHI. – India and Bangladesh are moving away from using the US dollar in bilateral trade, the Bangladesh-based news website The Business Standard has reported.
Asia stocks, US futures drop in cautious trading
MSCI’s Asia Pacific Index was on course for the lowest close in more than three weeks, with declines across equity benchmarks in Hong Kong, South Korea and Australia. Contracts for the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 extended losses following a muted end to trading last week.
High-profile executives converge at Trade Fair
The Zimbabwe International Trade Fair Company has lined up an array of high-profile business conferences at this year’s edition that seeks to unlock the country’s economic growth opportunities.
Parastatal heads sign performance-based contracts
THE heads of three parastatals under the purview of the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare yesterday signed performance contracts and were challenged to deliver on set targets as Government works to advance accountability and good governance throughout the entire public sector.
Second Republic responds to investors call
Global investors are seeing transparency and accountability from the Government and the ways businesses report and communicate their value creation, Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube said yesterday during the launch of the Zimbabwe Finance Report Manual (ZFRM) in Harare.
Pep rallies fans ahead of Arsenal clash
MANCHESTER. — Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has urged fans to turn up the volume in their top-of-the-table clash with Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium tomorrow night as his side look to take control of the English Premier League football title race.
Castle Tankard date confirmed
ALL is set for the prestigious Castle Tankard horse race whose dates were confirmed yesterday and it will take place on May 6 at Borrowdale Park and Racecourse.
Freedom at last: We will never go back to ‘Keeps’
FOR folks in Mt Darwin, independence means a lot more than just one man, one vote. It means the ultimate freedom from bondage and from “Keeps” that resembled concentration camps where people were herded in their thousands.
No harm in getting the cotton marketing season going right now
DEVELOPMENTS on the ground show that some cotton farmers situated in hot districts like Checheche, Gokwe Nembudziya, Makonde, Muzarabani, Chiredzi, Dande Valley, Mount Darwin and Rushinga have started picking their seed cotton, which they planted at the start of the 2022/23 cropping season.
US$23m retooling facility still open
FOREIGN currency loans from a US$22,5 million revolving fund for industry and commerce for retooling continue to be allocated by Government from the nearly US$1 billion that Zimbabwe received from the International Monetary Fund under its Special Drawing Rights disbursements during the Covid-19 emergency.