Sri Lanka restores fuel subsidy as inflation spikes
AFP, Sri Lanka
30 September 2026 • Global Economy
Visa joins growing alarm over AI-powered risks
Reuters, London
30 September 2026 • Global Economy
ADB to give Modern Syntex $50 million for polyester chips project
Star Business Report
29 September 2026 • Business
ACI to invest Tk 60 crore in fruit drinks buisness
Star Business Report
29 September 2026 • Business
Where will Fed tightening hit hardest in Asia?
REUTERS, Hong Kong
29 September 2026 • Global Economy
Oil gains over 2%
REUTERS, London
29 September 2026 • Global Economy
Global AI trade could revive after recent pullback
REUTERS
29 September 2026 • Global Economy
Oil prices spike after Trump rejects Iran truce offer
AFP, Hong Kong
28 September 2026 • Business

UK consumer sentiment sinks on fiscal worries

British consumers have grown more gloomy over the past month following the new Labour government’s removal of a welfare benefit for pensioners and warning of tax rises at next month’s budget, a new survey from a trade body showed on Thursday.
26 September 2024

China admits economy facing new problems, vows to fix property sector

Chinese President Xi Jinping and other top leaders admitted Thursday that the world’s number two economy was facing new “problems” and vowed to resolve a long-running crisis in the housing sector.
26 September 2024

UK consumer sentiment sinks on fiscal worries, trade body says

British consumers have grown more gloomy over the past month following the new Labour government's removal of a welfare benefit for pensioners and warning of tax rises at next month's budget, a new survey from a trade body showed on Thursday
26 September 2024

H&M abandons 2024 margin target as markdowns and costs hurt profit

H&M scrapped its earnings margin target for 2024 as higher discounting, costs and fierce competition hurt operating profit in the third quarter, sending shares in the world's No.2 listed fashion retailer down as much as 8 percent
26 September 2024

China admits economy facing new 'problems', vows to fix property sector

China's top leaders, including President Xi Jinping, admitted Thursday that the economy was facing new "problems" and vowed to resolve a long-running housing sector crisis, state media said
26 September 2024

German consumer morale improves despite economic gloom

German shoppers are heading into October feeling slightly more optimistic, a key survey showed Thursday, even as the outlook for Europe's biggest economy remains gloomy
26 September 2024

China considers $142 bn injection for state banks: report

Chinese leaders are considering pumping more than $140 billion into the country's large state-run banks in the first such move to support the flagging economy
26 September 2024

IMF board approves $7 billion Pakistan loan agreement

IMF on Wednesday agreed to loan Pakistan $7 billion to bolster its faltering economy, approving a relief package that Islamabad has pledged would be the last from the Washington-based lender
26 September 2024

What will US interest rate cuts mean for Asia and the Pacific?

The recent interest rate cuts by the United States Federal Reserve present opportunities and challenges for central banks in Asia and the Pacific
26 September 2024

Leftist Sri Lanka leader stuck with painful IMF deal: analysts

Sri Lanka’s new leftist leader has little room to renegotiate an IMF bailout that threw a lifeline to his bankrupt country but imposed punishing and unpopular austerity measures, analysts say.
25 September 2024

Gold price hiked by Tk 3,045 a bhori again

From tomorrow, a bhori of 22-carat gold will cost Tk 138,708
25 September 2024

Visiting IMF mission to seek info on NBR’s revenue collection plan

A four-member delegation of the IMF will sit with NBR officials tomorrow
25 September 2024

Beijing 'firmly opposes' US ban of Chinese tech from connected vehicles

China's commerce ministry on Wednesday said it "firmly opposes" US plans to ban the sale of connected vehicles incorporating Chinese and Russian technology, citing national security risks
25 September 2024

No peak oil demand 'on the horizon', phaseout a 'fantasy': OPEC

OPEC said Tuesday that phasing out oil was a "fantasy", as the Saudi-led cartel forecast that demand would keep growing until at least 2050, a key year in the battle against climate change
25 September 2024

China's monetary volleys miss key threat to economic growth

China's central bank has shifted to a more aggressive easing stance, but its policy weapons don't have the key enemy to economic growth in their line of sight: the persistently weak consumer demand
25 September 2024

US sues Visa for monopoly on debit-card use

The US Department of Justice filed an antitrust lawsuit against Visa on Tuesday, alleging the company illegally maintains a monopoly over the use of debit cards in the United States
25 September 2024

ADB says AI investments to drive developing Asia growth

It kept its 2025 forecast unchanged at 4.9 percent.
25 September 2024

Gold all-time high of Tk 135,663 a bhori from tomorrow

Jewellers raised 22-carat gold prices by Tk 2,612 per bhori
24 September 2024

India's basmati rice exports seen surging after floor price removed

The world's biggest rice exporter earlier this month removed a floor price of $950 a metric ton for basmati rice, weeks ahead of the arrival of the new season crop.
24 September 2024

Dissanayake's push for Sri Lanka economic change leaves IMF deal, debt rework in limbo

Sri Lanka's new president won the election decisively, but his toughest task still lies ahead as he seeks to balance promises to aid the nation's poor against the need to keep crucial supplies of cash flowing from the International Monetary Fund
24 September 2024