AI challenges fuel trading’s old guard
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Heavy rain kills 56 in India's Uttar Pradesh state: disaster agency
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South Asia
US to finalize sharply lower vehicle fuel economy standards
27 September 2026
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US, China buy time with trade truce as pressure builds
27 September 2026
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Global Economy
EU warns of energy price crisis
27 September 2026
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Global Economy
Militant attack kills 11 at security check post in northern Pakistan: police
26 September 2026
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South Asia
Dhaka Chamber seeks Malaysian support to boost exports, investment
26 September 2026
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Business
Talk of US export ban on diesel deepens US crude futures' discount to global benchmark
26 September 2026
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Business
US, China buy time with trade truce as pressure builds
26 September 2026
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Business
H&M operating profit improves but sales still sluggish
25 September 2026
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Global Economy
RMG export to EU rises 29% in Jan-Mar
Bangladesh shipped $5.98 billion worth of apparels to the EU in the first three months of 2025
19 May 2025
How is the economy doing?
The silver lining is that the economy isn’t falling apart
19 May 2025
Samsung’s next big bet? M&A hopes rise in advanced tech
Questions remain over whether the company has the liquidity to pursue large-scale deals
19 May 2025
China's factory output resists tariff impact, retail sales disappoint
China's April factory output resilient despite trade war, aided by government support measures
19 May 2025
China's Xiaomi to invest nearly $7 bn in chips
Since 2021, Xiaomi's chip development program has already received 13.5 billion yuan in research and development funds
19 May 2025
Asian markets drop after US loses last triple-A credit rating
The move dealt a blow to markets, which had enjoyed a healthy run-up last week after Washington and China hammered out a deal to temporarily slash tit-for-tat tariffs
19 May 2025
Strained ties: non-tariff barriers and the future of Bangladesh-India trade relations
The non-tariff barriers hurt Bangladesh-India trade, increasing costs and damaging bilateral trust
19 May 2025
Trump tells Walmart to ‘eat the tariffs’ instead of raising prices
US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Walmart should "eat the tariffs" instead of blaming duties imposed by his administration on imported goods for the retailer's increased prices.
18 May 2025
Moody’s downgrade intensifies investor worry about US fiscal path
A US sovereign downgrade by Moody’s has exacerbated investor worries about a looming debt time-bomb that could spur bond market vigilantes who want to see more fiscal restraint from Washington.
18 May 2025
Taka weakens against US dollar again
The inter-bank exchange rate hit Tk 122.78 per US dollar today
18 May 2025
China slaps anti-dumping duties on plastics from US, EU, Japan, Taiwan
The commerce ministry's findings conclude a probe launched in May 2024, shortly after the US sharply increased tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, computer chips and other imports.
18 May 2025
Moody's downgrade intensifies investor worry about US fiscal path
The ratings agency cut America's pristine sovereign credit rating by one notch on Friday, the last of the major ratings agencies to downgrade the country, citing concerns about the nation's growing $36 trillion debt pile
18 May 2025
Trump tariff highlights the need for diversifying exports: special assistant to CA
He says this at a discussion organised by the International Business Forum of Bangladesh
17 May 2025
Vietnam steps up talks with US to reduce hefty tariff
Vietnam has the fourth-largest trade surplus among all US trading partners, worth $123.5 billion last year
17 May 2025
US loses last triple-A credit rating as Moody's cuts over govt debt
The downgrade to Aa1 from Aaa adds to the bad news for the US president
17 May 2025
Trump: India has offered US a trade deal with no tariffs
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that India had offered a trade deal that proposed “no tariffs” for American goods, while expressing his dissatisfaction with Apple’s plans to invest in India.
15 May 2025
Bangladesh overcomes the fear of floating
Central bank finally adopts a market based exchange rate
15 May 2025
Tokyo, Osaka top trending destinations for summer travel
Mastercard Economics Institute says in its report on travel trends in 2025
15 May 2025
Trump: India has offered US a trade deal with no tariffs
The United States is India's largest trading partner, with bilateral trade totalling some $129 billion in 2024
15 May 2025
UK economy beats forecast to grow 0.7% in first quarter
Gross domestic product rose 0.7 percent in the January-to-March period
15 May 2025