The United States is very close to a trade deal with India, while an agreement could possibly be reached with Europe as well, but it is too soon to say whether a deal can be agreed with Canada, President Donald Trump said in an interview aired on Real America’s Voice on Wednesday.

Two shoe salesmen were sent to a remote village to assess the market. The first returned, visibly deflated. “Hopeless! No one wears shoes there,” he said. The second came back beaming, saying, “Amazing! No one wears shoes there!” Same village, same people, same situation, different perspectives. One saw zero demand, the other saw untapped potential.

Chinese state firm employee Zhang Jinming makes up for a 24 percent cut to his salary by delivering food for three hours every night after work and on weekends - and hopes he can avoid awkward encounters with colleagues.

Leading shipbuilder Western Marine Shipyard Limited delivered two high-powered tugboats to a buyer in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) yesterday.

The government’s total outstanding debt increased to nearly Tk 20 lakh crore by March 2025, intensifying the pressure of debt servicing on the national budget.

Bangladesh and Vietnam will drive global cotton trade over the next decade as mills increase their use of it in making yarn for export-oriented garments, said a recent global report.

Bangladesh urgently needs an “Agricultural Price Commission” to ensure fair prices for farmers and stabilise the country’s largest employment sector, agriculture experts and policymakers said yesterday.

The country’s growing non-leather footwear industry now faces a major setback as a steep new tariff from the United States threatens its growth

"They are not big countries," says Trump, according to the American political digital newspaper

Officials from Pan Asia Banking Corporation helped thwart the $20 million cyber fraud attempt

Let’s not wait—to witness the nightmare become real.

The DSEX rose 15.58 points before closing the day at 5,132.47

An independent director of Islami Bank and a senior central bank official confirmed the matter to The Daily Star

However, revenue fell by 3 percent year-on-year to Tk 4,103 crore

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has fallen short of its revenue collection target for the 13th consecutive year, with experts opining that the existing framework for tax collection is inadequate.

Bangladesh Bank first introduced the sustainability rating system in 2020

The government yesterday suspended an official of the National Board of Revenue on allegations of breaching service discipline by ‘disclosing a highly confidential state document’.

After years of depreciation that saw the taka lose nearly 30 percent of its value against the US dollar since the Covid-19 pandemic, the local currency is finally showing signs of strength.

Bangladesh is currently reviewing the proposals and will send a response within the next couple of days, Commerce Secretary Mahbubur Rahman told The Daily Star yesterday over the phone.

Seventy-six years ago, on July 16, 1949, the first tea auction in the region was held in Chattogram. That event marked the birth of what would become the nerve centre of Bangladesh’s tea industry, the Chittagong Tea Auction Centre, which still handles the overwhelming majority of the country’s tea trade.