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22 April 2026, 12:26 PM
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22 April 2026, 12:19 PM
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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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21 April 2026, 12:41 PM
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US limits TSMC chipmaking tool shipments to China
President Donald Trump’s administration has revoked Taiwanese semiconductor giant TSMC’s authorization to export US chipmaking equipment to China without a license, further restricting access to US technology in the country.
3 September 2025, 18:00 PM
US holiday spending set for steepest drop since pandemic, PwC survey shows
Shoppers on average plan to spend about $1,552 per person, down 5.3 percent from last year
3 September 2025, 08:08 AM
Saudi Arabia targets 150m visitors by 2030 with Ronaldo campaign
The kingdom has committed $800 billion to tourism under Vision 2030, aiming to boost GDP, jobs and infrastructure.
3 September 2025, 07:43 AM
India in talks with US for trade agreement, says Indian trade minister
India's trade minister Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday
2 September 2025, 07:44 AM
Gold price hits record above $3,500
The precious metal reached $3,501.59 an ounce during early trading in Asia
2 September 2025, 06:41 AM
ECB's Lagarde warns of risk to world economy via Trump interference on Fed
Trump has repeatedly attacked the Fed's chair, Jerome Powell, for not cutting the short-term interest rate
1 September 2025, 07:45 AM
China manufacturing shrinks for 5th month
China’s factory output ticked up in August but still recorded a fifth straight month of contraction, official data showed Sunday, as Beijing and Washington press on with trade talks.
31 August 2025, 18:00 PM
India boosts oil purchases from US to narrow trade deficit
Indian refiners boosted US crude oil purchases this month, drawn by competitive prices, trade sources said, a move that could help narrow the country’s trade deficit with the United States amid tensions between the two nations.
31 August 2025, 18:00 PM
Trump demand for Japan to buy more US rice snagged trade talks, Nikkei says
One official criticised the proposal as an "interference in domestic affairs," the business daily said
31 August 2025, 07:12 AM
US appeals court finds Trump’s global tariffs illegal
A US appeals court on Friday ruled that many of President Donald Trump’s tariffs, which have upended global trade, were illegal -- but allowed them to remain in place for now, giving him time to take the fight to the Supreme Court.
30 August 2025, 18:00 PM
India growth beats forecasts, but tariff concerns cloud outlook
The quarterly performance was also helped by decent manufacturing sector growth and improved consumer sentiment
30 August 2025, 07:48 AM
India will not 'bow down', trade minister says after US tariffs
The latest tariffs salvo from Trump has strained US-India ties, with New Delhi earlier criticising the levies as "unfair, unjustified and unreasonable".
30 August 2025, 06:29 AM
India extends exemption of cotton import duty till Dec
India has extended the exemption of import duty on cotton until December 31 this year to ease supply pressure on its textile export sector, which has been facing steep tariffs in the United States.
28 August 2025, 18:00 PM
Foreign debt repayment surges 16% in July
Bangladesh’s external debt servicing surged 16 percent year-on-year in the first month of the current fiscal year (FY) 2025-26, while inflows from bilateral and multilateral lenders fell sharply.
28 August 2025, 18:00 PM
Indian exporters eye Bangladesh as tariff workaround for US market
Indian textile sector mulls shifting final manufacturing to Bangladesh to avoid US tariff
28 August 2025, 08:42 AM
Asia's pledge to boost US farm imports may redraw trade flows
Southeast Asian nations look to US to fill rising food demand
28 August 2025, 05:42 AM
India’s Russian oil gains wiped out by US tariffs
India saved billions of dollars by stepping up imports of discounted Russian oil in the wake of the war in Ukraine, but punitive tariffs imposed by the US that came into effect on Wednesday will quickly undo the gains, with no easy solutions in sight.
27 August 2025, 18:00 PM
Anti-dumping duty on Chinese plastics if proof found: secretary
LDC graduation a turning point for local plastics industry
27 August 2025, 18:00 PM
Steep US tariffs set to hit Indian exports from Wednesday
Exceptions are shipments in transit, humanitarian aid, and items under reciprocal trade programmes
26 August 2025, 15:02 PM
Indonesia says US agrees tariff exemption for its palm oil, cocoa, rubber
The exemption will take effect once both sides reach a final pact
26 August 2025, 09:22 AM