Jewellers have hiked gold prices by Tk 1,831 to Tk 117,281 a bhori (11.664 grammes).One gram of 22-carat gold will be priced at Tk 10,055 effective from today, the Bangladesh Jewellers Samity (Bajus) said in a statement. The c
What you need to know:President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on May 1 demanded that companies recruit employees on a permanent rather than a temporary basis. If this declaration is carried out, it will impose mandatory employment contracts and set working con
Wiese first got into alluvial diamonds in 1976 when he bought a mine along the Orange River.Christo Wiese, South Africa’s billionaire retail king, is going back to the future.The 82-year-old serial investor, who steered the expansion of both Africa’s biggest clothing reta
KANYE West has attended a soccer game while wearing a strange face covering.Kanye, 46, was in Milan, Italy, with his wife Bianca Censori
What you need to know:President Museveni has been in Busoga sub-region twice in a period of 12 days. First, he was in Jinja City on January 26 when he presided over the 38th anniversary of the National Resistance Movement’s (NRM) rise to power, and th
The vibrant nightlife of Kampala, undoubtedly East Africa’s party hub, is undergoing a seismic shift as a wav
Farmers in Ibanda are experiencing a boon in their earnings as coffee prices reach unprecedented highs over the past few months. Robusta coffee, in particular, is currently trading at a record high of sh9,200 per kilogram in Ibanda town, with beans fetching sh8,900 a kilo in Kashangura, Kagongo d
Uganda, a landlocked country, faces challenges in transiting its goods, particularly by road, to neighboring countries and the wider region, owing to conflicts, non-tariff barriers, and political tensions. The recent closure of the Burundi-Rwanda border has added to these challenges, adversely af
