OECD lifts global growth forecast despite Mideast war
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H&M founding family builds stake as turnaround struggles to gain traction
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Oil falls $1 on better supply outlook, hopes for US-Iran talks
23 September 2026
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Gold prices fall
23 September 2026
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NCT deal with DP World / Pro-BNP workers’ body urges PM for dialogue before any decision
22 September 2026
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BB governor urges India to boost imports from Bangladesh
22 September 2026
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Oil prices climb ahead of potential US-Iran talks
22 September 2026
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Paramount wins Warner Bros takeover after settling states, union lawsuits
22 September 2026
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How a Bangladeshi garment-maker is fighting the Middle East energy crunch
22 September 2026
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Iran economy contracts 10% during US war
22 September 2026
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US holiday sales set to top $1tn for first time
US holiday sales are expected to surpass $1 trillion for the first time, the National Retail Federation said on Thursday, though growth is forecast to slow as economic pressures weigh on consumer sentiment.
9 November 2025
Vietnam’s garment industry rebounds, but challenges loom
Vietnam’s textile and garment industry has shown clear signs of recovery in 2025, bouncing back after a difficult period of stagnation.
9 November 2025
Reserves fall to $26.43 billion
$1.61 billion ACU payment settled today
9 November 2025
Bangladesh to showcase semiconductor strength in Malaysia
The Bangladesh Semiconductor Industry Association will organise a three-day roadshow
9 November 2025
China halts export ban to US of some 'dual use' materials: ministry
The announcement comes after leaders Xi Jinping and Donald Trump met on October 30 in South Korea
9 November 2025
Stock market frenzy is a louder echo of the 1990s
Throughout the late 1990s Fred Hickey, the editor of The High-Tech Strategist, was relentlessly critical of the wild market excesses of the time. So-called “bubbleheads” responded by leaving vile messages on his voicemail. However, he developed a cult following among bearish investors.
8 November 2025
Worries over AI spending, US government shutdown pressure stocks
But US President Donald Trump on Friday rejected talk of any AI bubble
8 November 2025
Paris accord will defeat fossil fuels – eventually
The transition to green energy is messy, contradictory and too slow. It’s roughly a decade since 195 countries struck the Paris Agreement, opens new tab at the United Nations’s 21st Conference of the Parties (COP) in France, pledging to hold the average global temperature to “well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels”.
6 November 2025
FDI’s hidden crisis: Where is the new money?
At least $8 billion in FDI is needed annually to boost GDP growth by one percentage point
6 November 2025
BGMEA, Bangladesh-Canada trade body team up for trade, investment
The two will jointly work to build a stronger network
6 November 2025
US Supreme Court appears skeptical of Trump tariff legality
Trump did not attend Wednesday's hearing
6 November 2025
Gold rebounds from one-week low
Gold prices rose on Wednesday, as bargain hunters stepped in after bullion dropped to a near one-week low in the previous session, while focus was also on the US private payroll data for cues on future interest rate cuts.
5 November 2025
Gold rebounds from near one-week low on bargain-hunting ahead of US jobs data
Spot gold rose 0.9 percent to $3,966.65 per ounce
5 November 2025
China extends suspension of extra tariffs on US goods
The two leaders held talks in South Korea at the end of October
5 November 2025
Five local companies to import $1.25 billion US soybean products
The five are: Meghna Group of Industries, City Group, Delta Agrofood Industries Ltd, Mahbub Group and KGS Group
4 November 2025
Supreme Court cannot stop all of Trump’s tariffs. Deal with it, officials say
US factory equipment maker OTC Industrial Technologies has long used low-cost countries to supply components - first China and later India - but President Donald Trump’s blitz of tariffs on numerous trade partners has upended the supply chain math for CEO Bill Canady.
4 November 2025
Meghna, City, Delta to import $1 billion worth of US soybean
The three local commodity giants will bring in the soybean over the next one year
4 November 2025
US focusing more on bilateral economic relations with Bangladesh
says top US embassy official
4 November 2025
Toyota set for second straight quarterly profit drop as US tariffs weigh
Sales in China and India posted gains of 5 percent and 12 percent, respectively
4 November 2025
India’s Russian oil imports rise in October
India’s crude oil imports from Russia are expected to have risen slightly in October from a month earlier, according to preliminary ship-tracking data from Kpler and OilX, in spite of pressure from Washington to cut purchases.
3 November 2025