Mega-banks menaced by closing jaws in murky waters

Big US banks are facing heat in the face of bad debts, changing customer behaviour among other factors
14 January 2024, 09:20 AM
14 January 2024, 06:53 AM

Explosive import through Payra port gets nod

The government amends the Explosive Regulations 2004
13 January 2024, 14:03 PM

Textile, RMG machinery expo begins in Dhaka Feb 1

Over 1,000 machinery makers of 32 countries are expected to join the 18th Dhaka International Textile and Garments Machinery Exhibition
13 January 2024, 13:09 PM

Microsoft edges out Apple as world's most valuable company

Microsoft has edged past Apple to become the most valuable company in the world
13 January 2024, 05:15 AM

WEF identifies 6 challenges Bangladesh would face in two years

They are: energy shortage, inflation, economic downturn, inequality, public debt and unemployment
11 January 2024, 13:21 PM

External challenges linger for Bangladesh after Awami League re-election: Fitch

Bangladesh's external challenges remain pressing, the American credit rating agency said.
11 January 2024, 12:31 PM

Central banks should be fighting the climate crisis – here’s why

Central banks are public institutions, charged with maintaining economic stability through controlling the supply of money in an economy.
11 January 2024, 11:30 AM

Business trumps politics for Chinese companies at CES

Chinese businesses put emphasis on developing trade relationship with the US against political setbacks
11 January 2024, 05:43 AM

Microsoft challenges Apple as world's most valuable company

Declining Iphone sales has caused Apple stocks to dip, and Microsoft looking to take advantage
11 January 2024, 05:22 AM

17 local firms join world's biggest textile fair Heimtextil

The four-day exhibition began on Jan 9 in Germany
10 January 2024, 13:41 PM

The US invented shopping malls, but China is writing their next chapter

Malls became a motif of modernity during the country's economic expansion. They offered consumers year-round protection from heat, humidity, cold and frost, as well as from busy streets and polluting traffic. Malls were safe environments where the steadily increasing numbers of more affluent Chinese families could shop and eat, stroll and meet.
10 January 2024, 13:20 PM

India's Adani to invest $24 bln in Gujarat in five years

Adani Group to invest 2 trillion rupees ($24 billion) in five years, said its chairman Gautam Adani
10 January 2024, 11:37 AM

Rising prices cap India's thirst for Russian oil

India is buying Russian oil less as the discounted prices have seen an increase
10 January 2024, 10:00 AM

Google faces $1.67 bln damages demand at AI-related patent trial

Google is facing a $1.67 bln damages demand for infringing patents
10 January 2024, 05:23 AM

Samsung expects further decline in quarterly profits

Weak demand concerns behind Samsung Electronics gloomy financial forecast
9 January 2024, 05:21 AM

Asia wealth managers flock to Dubai as clients look to diversify

A growing number of wealth managers in Asia are setting up offices in Dubai, capitalising on warming diplomatic ties between China and the Middle East and betting on a surge in demand from clients for geographical diversification.
8 January 2024, 06:55 AM

Toyota Motor to restart vehicle plants in Japan from Monday

Toyota would restart its vehicle plants from Monday, deciding about operations separately on January 15
7 January 2024, 10:57 AM

City Bank gets $45 million Murabaha trade finance from ITFC

It is ITFC's highest trade finance extended to a commercial bank
6 January 2024, 11:20 AM

BB, NBR urged to facilitate import of six Ramadan commodities

Commerce ministry writes letters to Bangladesh Bank, the National Board of Revenue
4 January 2024, 14:55 PM