Oil steadies as Gulf exports recover, US-Iran diplomacy in focus
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Demand for AI chips fuels 83.5% surge in South Korean exports
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SPOTLIGHT / Turkish Airlines eyes three more Dhaka flights
1 October 2026
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China factory activity returns to growth in September
1 October 2026
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Japan to face price hikes on 3,000 food items in October
1 October 2026
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Global Economy
Oil gains after Trump denies he is willing to ease sanctions on Iran
30 September 2026
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China vows response if EU introduces moves targeting Chinese trade
30 September 2026
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World
Sri Lanka restores fuel subsidy as inflation spikes
30 September 2026
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Global Economy
Visa joins growing alarm over AI-powered risks
30 September 2026
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Global Economy
ADB to give Modern Syntex $50 million for polyester chips project
29 September 2026
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Business
Will a 6-day workweek for executives help Samsung avert crisis?
Samsung Group’s latest decision is to make the executives of its key tech affiliates — Samsung Electronics, Samsung SDI, Samsung SDS and Samsung Display — work an extra day per week as part of the group’s emergency measures to tackle ongoing business uncertainties
22 April 2024
Souring China dreams force Western financial firms to cut costs
As doubts grow about China's economic recovery and its markets lag global peers, many of the financial firms are taking a hit on their earnings and are reining in their ambitions
22 April 2024
China's BYD names electric pickup truck BYD Shark
BYD Shark will feature a plug-in hybrid system called Dual Mode Off-Road (DMO), which it developed for improving off-road driving experiences
22 April 2024
What do countries and companies want in global plastic treaty talks?
More than 200 consumer-facing companies including Unilever, PepsiCo and Walmart have joined the so-called Business Coalition for a Plastics Treaty.
22 April 2024
Administrator appointed for Sonali Life Insurance
Brig Gen (retd) SM Ferdous has already joined office: IDRA spokesperson
21 April 2024
Remaking Made in India will be a long slog
The production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme unveiled in 2020 is losing shine after a soaring start
21 April 2024
IMF's Gopinath says high U.S. deficits fueling growth, higher interest rates
Gopinath told a fiscal forum at the IMF and World Bank spring meetings that US deficits are projected to rise for years with one of the world's steepest curves for debt.
21 April 2024
Jewellers cut gold prices by Tk 840 a bhori
From today, each bhori of 22-carat gold will cost Tk 118,798
20 April 2024
Stocks sink, oil jumps after Israeli attack on Iran
Asian shares and bond yields sank on Friday while safe-haven currencies, gold and crude oil jumped after reports Israel attacked Iran in a continuing series of assaults
19 April 2024
Gold price hits new record again
Jewellers are selling each bhori of gold at Tk 119,637 from 7pm today
18 April 2024
Govt raises bottled soybean oil price to Tk 167 a litre
But cuts loose soybean oil price by Tk 2 a litre
18 April 2024
‘Farmer, RMG workers, migrants main drivers of Bangladesh economy in first 50 years’
However, their contribution would not remain the same in the years to come, says a book published from London
18 April 2024
China and EU trade tensions risk a full trade war
China and Europe face a "slow motion train accident" as a rising tide of protectionism threatens to become a full trade war, the head of a European business lobby group warned on Wednesday, a day after Germany's chancellor conveyed European concerns to Beijing.
17 April 2024
Another garment factory receives LEED green certification
Bangladesh now has 215 LEED-certified factories
17 April 2024
Dutch-Bangla joint venture firm to establish bag factory in Cumilla EPZ
BSK Bangladesh will invest $6.14 million
17 April 2024
Import of another 124,000 tonnes of rice given go-ahead
Some 91,000 tonnes will be parboiled rice and 33,000 tonnes sunned rice
17 April 2024
BASIC Bank employees want merger with another state bank
They submitted a memorandum to Bangladesh Bank governor
16 April 2024
IMF lowers Bangladesh’s economic growth forecast
Bangladesh economy to grow 5.7% in FY24, the lender says
16 April 2024
Tesla to lay off more than 10% of staff globally as sales fall
Tesla will lay off more than 10 percent of its global workforce, an internal memo seen by Reuters on Monday shows, as it grapples with falling sales and an intensifying price war for electric vehicles.
15 April 2024
Credit card use slightly down in Feb
Plastic money transactions fell 4.77% to Tk 3,057 crore
15 April 2024