Bangladesh offers a competitive cost structure that enables Chinese firms to maintain global price dominance while relocating production, said Mohammad A Hafiz, vice president of the Bangladesh China Club Limited.

The duty on exports of petrol has been raised to ​3 rupees ($0.0313) per litre

Brent crude futures settled at $109.26 a barrel

Trump touted "fantastic trade deals", announcing in interviews Chinese purchases of American soybeans and jets

Oil prices edged up on Thursday, with markets focusing on ‌the high-stakes meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping to see if it will yield any positive results towards a resolution for the Iran war.

Asia-Pacific banks may have to raise their loan ​loss provisions further in the near-term as the Iran conflict darkens economic prospects in the region heavily reliant on Middle Eastern oil, analysts said.

Jiji launched in Bangladesh in March 2025

The second Bangladesh-China Green Textile Expo 2026 begins today

Bangladesh’s net foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows rose 39.36 percent year-on-year to $1.77 billion in 2025, according to a press release issued by the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority today

The Producer Price Index (PPI) rose 6.0 percent for the 12 months ending in Apri

Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary told Reuters in late April that "the risk of a supply disruption is receding"

Brent crude futures were up 26 cents, or 0.25 percent, to $105.89 a barrel

Xi said negotiations between economic and trade teams on Wednesday had reached an "overall balanced and positive outcome"

India, which holds the BRICS chair this year, is hosting the two-day gathering of foreign ministers from the expanded bloc, which now includes Iran and the United Arab Emirates -- countries at odds over the conflict launched by the United States and Israel on February 28.

Global oil supply will not meet total ‌demand this year as the Iran war wreaks havoc on Middle East oil production, the International Energy Agency said in its monthly oil market report on Wednesday.

Consumer inflation in the United States hit a three-year high in April, with the economic fallout of US President Donald Trump’s Iran war rippling through the world’s largest economy.

In its motion for a stay, the Trump administration argued that the CIT's decision should be stayed pending the full run of government appeals

Why raising revenue is central to development

Brent crude futures dropped $1.22, or 1.1 percent, to $106.55 a barrel

Meeting happens ahead of Trump–Xi summit