DHAKA : Tamim Iqbal has stepped down as Bangladesh one day international (ODI) captain and will miss the Asia Cup as he continues to recover from a back injury, the opener has said. Tamim announced his shock retirement last month before reversing the decision within 24 hours following his meeting […]
Month: August 2023
BRASÍLIA: Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell by more than 66 per cent last month from July 2022, officials said yesterday, crediting President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s push to protect the world’s biggest rainforest. July typically marks the start of peak deforestation season, with the onset of drier weather […]
TOKYO : The dollar hung back from a four-week high against major peers on Friday as investors looked ahead to a key jobs report that could influence the path for U.S. interest rates. Sterling traded slightly higher after recovering knee-jerk losses following the Bank of England’s decision to downshift to […]
BEIJING : China’s Ministry of Commerce said on Friday it would drop anti-dumping and anti-subsidy tariffs on Australian barley imports that had been in place for three years affecting billions of dollars of trade, as the two nations repair strained ties. China and Australia agreed in April to resolve their […]