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Businesses suspend boulder stone imports through Burimari
Importers demand the restoration of prices from two months ago
2 February 2025
Remittances grow 3% in January
Migrants sent home $2.18 billion in the first month of 2025
2 February 2025
Autos, electronics: What will Trump's tariffs impact?
Analysts expect Trump's 25 percent across-the-board tariffs on Canada and Mexico would hit the automobile and electronics sectors hard.
2 February 2025
How things stand in China-US trade tensions with Trump 2.0
The president said Saturday that Chinese exports to the United States would be subject to an additional 10 percent tariff in addition to the various rates of duties they already face.
2 February 2025
Apple profit climbs but sales miss expectations
Apple on Thursday reported its revenue was a whopping $124.3 billion in the year-end holiday quarter, but sales growth fell shy of market expectations as the iPhone faces stiff competition, particularly in China.
1 February 2025
OpenAI seeking $40b in new fundraising round
OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, is seeking to raise $40 billion in a fresh round of funding that would value the startup at a staggering $340 billion, the Wall Street Journal Reported on Thursday.
1 February 2025
Local gold price hits new record
Each bhori of 22-carat gold will be sold at Tk 145,123 from tomorrow
1 February 2025
Nvidia meets Trump amid AI trade tensions
"It was a good meeting, but eventually we're going to put tariffs on chips," Trump told reporters afterwards.
1 February 2025
Trump to hit Canada, Mexico, China with tariffs, raising price fears
Trump has promised to impose 25 percent tariffs on immediate neighbors Canada and Mexico
1 February 2025
SoftBank eyes $15-25b investment in OpenAI
Japan’s SoftBank is in talks to invest $15-25 billion in OpenAI in a deal that would make it the ChatGPT-maker’s biggest financial backer, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.
30 January 2025
Meta posts big profit, aims to take AI lead
Social media giant Meta on Wednesday reported surging profits and revenue for 2024, announcing ambitious plans to expand its artificial intelligence infrastructure in the year ahead.
30 January 2025
UK car sector fears for Trump tariffs as output falls
Britain’s vehicle production slid below one million units last year as the sector transitions to electric cars, an industry body said Thursday as it warned over US President Donald Trump’s tariff threats.
30 January 2025
Trump’s family business partner wants to invest in Bangladesh
Gentry Beach, the head of a visiting delegation of US billionaire investors, wants to invest in mineral and gas exploration
30 January 2025
H&M fourth-quarter sales disappoint due to late Black Friday
H&M's sales in the fourth quarter to Nov. 30 were 62.19 billion Swedish crowns ($5.65 billion), up 3 percent in local currencies
30 January 2025
Meta posts big profit, aims to take AI lead
The parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp saw its net income soar 59 percent to $62.36 billion for the full year, while fourth-quarter profits jumped 49 percent to $20.84 billion.
30 January 2025
SoftBank eyes $15-25 bn investment in OpenAI: FT
The report comes after Chinese startup DeepSeek sparked panic this week with a powerful new chatbot developed at a fraction of the cost of its US competitors, dealing a blow to markets.
30 January 2025
Alibaba releases AI model it says surpasses DeepSeek
Chinese tech company Alibaba on Wednesday released a new version of its Qwen 2.5 artificial intelligence model that it claimed surpassed the highly-acclaimed DeepSeek-V3.
29 January 2025
Rupee weakens
The Indian rupee weakened on Wednesday on the back of strong dollar bids related to importers’ month-end payments, while a decline in the cost of hedging against the currency’s decline added to the persistent headwinds troubling the currency.
29 January 2025
Market-based pricing can cut fuel prices by Tk 10-15 a litre: CPD
The existing automatic pricing formula does not reflect global markets, the think-tank says
29 January 2025
Top UAE companies to invest in Bangladesh
Two major companies from the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi Ports Group and Masdar, have unveiled plans to invest in Bangladesh’s port development, management, and logistics, as well as the renewable energy sector.
28 January 2025