Mitsuru Izumo was 18 when he first came to Bangladesh in 1998. A biology student at the University of Tokyo, he chose this country for an internship because he wanted to see poverty and nutrition problems for himself.

"In view of increasing geopolitical unrest, DNB is strengthening its crisis preparedness," the bank said

Brent crude futures fell 59 cents, or 0.62%, to $95.04 a barrel

The FAA said the full amount sought in September 2025 was paid by Boeing in January and had not been previously disclosed publicly. Boeing also confirmed to Reuters it paid the fine.

Eurozone inflation jumped to 3.3 percent in August, the highest level in three years, as the war in the Middle East kept pushing up energy costs, official data showed Tuesday.

Revenue from Taiwan’s semiconductor chip sector is expected to soar 40 percent this year, a top industry official said Wednesday, driven by skyrocketing demand for artificial intelligence technology.

President Donald Trump’s plan to secure direct US access to a large share of Venezuela’s vast oil reserves could end up derailing the country’s long-awaited petroleum revival by stifling competition, distorting markets and deterring the foreign investment needed to rebuild the South American nation’s battered energy industry.

The government plans to cut the minimum local ownership requirement for mobile operators to 10 percent from 15 percent, according to the latest draft of the Telecommunications Network and Licensing Policy.

A G20 chair's statement to conclude the meeting said the participants, except China's, agreed that countries should eliminate "non-market policies" that exacerbate imbalances

Sri Lanka’s inflation hit a 38-month high of 8.0 percent as prices of food and other essentials rose across the board, the government’s statistics office said on Monday.

China’s installed solar energy capacity has surpassed that of coal-fired power for the first time, the national energy body said Tuesday, hailing the milestone.

India’s economy grew at a faster pace than expected in the April to June quarter, official data showed on Monday, quelling fears that the Iran war would derail growth in Asia’s third-largest economy.

The country shipped merchandise worth $9.15 billion in the first two months of the current fiscal year

But the amount remained below $3 billion for third straight month

This represents about 20 percent of Venezuela's massive reserves, which are the largest in the world. That could be a major boost for US reserves.

China, Japan and South Korea saw factory activity expand in August on solid demand for chips, computers and other AI-related products

The latest bout of strikes between the foes has further stoked worries about inflation that has put pressure on central banks to hike interest rates, which has in turn jolted equity markets

John Ternus takes over as Apple’s chief executive on Tuesday, inheriting a company that towers over the smartphone market but trails its rivals in artificial intelligence.

Oil prices rose more than 3.5 percent on Monday after the US attacked an Iranian island in the Strait of Hormuz and Tehran said it had retaliated, as their conflict extended into its sixth month.

The manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) came in at 49.8 in August