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22 April 2026, 12:26 PM
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Commerce minister seeks Australian investment in solar energy
21 April 2026, 20:12 PM
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War in Iran is causing biggest energy crisis in history, IEA says
21 April 2026, 18:56 PM
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Top US trade representative to visit Bangladesh soon
21 April 2026, 17:57 PM
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India fertiliser output drops a quarter on Mideast war
21 April 2026, 12:41 PM
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EPA with Japan may be signed in two months
Bangladesh and Japan may sign the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) within the next one to two months as the final negotiation is scheduled to end in Tokyo tomorrow.
11 September 2025, 20:00 PM
'China Inside': How Chinese EV tech is reshaping global auto design
Chinese EV makers offer 'Intel Inside' approach to global rivals
11 September 2025, 06:22 AM
Broad US price increases expected in August amid tariff pass-through
Labor shortages at farms as the Trump administration rounds up undocumented migrants for deportation were also adding to higher food prices
11 September 2025, 05:35 AM
Zara owner Inditex second-quarter sales disappoint due to cautious consumers
Net sales for its second quarter were 10.08 billion euros ($11.81 billion)
10 September 2025, 06:19 AM
Wealthy apparel shoppers in US shrug off tariffs
A handful of apparel retailers, including Levi Strauss, are teasing more full-priced products, testing how much wealthier shoppers are willing to pay despite the sobering effect of tariffs.
9 September 2025, 18:00 PM
Smart logistics: the backbone of Bangladesh’s post-LDC competitiveness
Tariffs are set to rise, global compliance standards are tightening, and supply chains are becoming more digitised and diversified.
9 September 2025, 15:07 PM
Exporters urge halt to ICD charge hike
They demand a pause until the charges are fixed by the shipping ministry’s tariff committee
9 September 2025, 13:26 PM
Japan says lower US tariffs will take effect by September 16
Japan seeks formal commitment on tariffs for semiconductors
9 September 2025, 07:09 AM
US tariffs worsen petrochemical sector challenges, executives warn
The disruption could lead to a 15 percent drop in the global petrochemical trade
9 September 2025, 06:31 AM
China says trade grew in August, but below forecasts
China’s exports missed expectations but expanded 4.4 percent year-on-year in August, official data showed Monday, with falling US shipments offset by a jump in those to Southeast Asia and Europe.
8 September 2025, 18:00 PM
Trump’s tariffs could shave 0.5% off India GDP
US President Donald Trump’s 50 percent tariffs on India could reduce the country’s gross domestic product by half a percent this year, the nation’s Chief Economic Adviser V. Anantha Nageswaran said in a Bloomberg TV interview on Monday.
8 September 2025, 18:00 PM
Govt allows 1,200 tonnes of hilsa export to India
The government has issued a notification allowing the export of hilsa to India ahead of this year’s Durga Puja.
8 September 2025, 11:14 AM
Reserves fall to $25.3b after ACU payment
Bangladesh’s foreign exchange reserves fell to $25.30 billion yesterday, according to the International Monetary Fund’s calculation, after the country cleared $1.50 billion in import bills under the Asian Clearing Union (ACU).
7 September 2025, 18:00 PM
Govt to form expert panel for trade talks
Bangladesh will form an expert panel for negotiations as the country seeks to sign deals with major trading partners ahead of its graduation to a developing nation from the least developed country (LDC) category.
7 September 2025, 18:00 PM
US jobs data boosts rate cut hopes but stocks slide
Wall Street indices slide on economic worries despite rate cut expectations
7 September 2025, 06:24 AM
88 postal operators suspend services to US over tariffs: UN
New US tariffs cause 81% plunge in global postal traffic
7 September 2025, 06:20 AM
Tesla board recommends record $1 trillion package for Musk
The proposed plan requires boosting Tesla's valuation nearly eightfold
6 September 2025, 04:46 AM
China’s carmakers are heading for a crash
China’s automotive industry must seem like an unstoppable force to outsiders. Local champions like BYD and Geely have supplanted the international brands that first made the country the world’s largest car market in 2009. They sport the most advanced battery technology. And the People’s Republic is now the largest vehicle exporter, prompting the US and the European Union to impose tariffs. Despite these advantages, scores of their carmakers are heading for a crash.
4 September 2025, 18:00 PM
Trump to ask Supreme Court for ‘expedited ruling’
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he plans to seek a swift ruling from the Supreme Court as his administration pushes to overturn a court decision that found many of his tariffs illegal.
3 September 2025, 18:00 PM
China backseat driving risks sending AI off course
China’s economy is a study in contradictions. Decades of centralised industrial planning in China have led to endemic overcapacity, which in turn has fuelled destructive price wars across an array of sectors. Yet Beijing’s approach, for all its flaws, also helped create world-class corporate champions like electric-car maker BYD. Officials now want to curb what they call “disorderly competition” in the booming $140 billion artificial intelligence sector. There is some logic to intervening, but that will come at a cost.
3 September 2025, 18:00 PM