42 people killed in Pakistan in tribal feud

At least 42 people have been killed in a land feud between tribes in northwestern Pakistan, officials said on Monday, during days of fighting with machine guns and mortars. Inter-family feuds are common in Pakistan but they can be particularly protracted and violent in the mountainous northwestern region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,

Monthly MFS transactions raised 42pc in May

Transactions using mobile financial services (MFS) in Bangladesh were Tk108,000 crore in May this year. On a year-on-year (Y-o-Y) basis, this was a rise by 42 percent, compared to the same month last year, according to Bangladesh Bank data. Around Tk76,000 crore were traded through MFS providers in May last year. Central bank