Iran war revives European rooftop solar demand to cut energy bills
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23 April 2026, 13:52 PM Business
Young Chinese use AI to launch one-person firms over job anxiety
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23 April 2026, 11:35 AM Business
US March retail sales surge past expectations on energy cost spike
AFP, Washington
22 April 2026, 16:46 PM Business
Oil, stocks fall as traders weigh outlook after Trump extends truce
AFP, Hong Kong
22 April 2026, 12:19 PM Business
Commerce minister seeks Australian investment in solar energy
Star Business Report
21 April 2026, 20:12 PM Business
War in Iran is causing biggest energy crisis in history, IEA says
Reuters, Paris
21 April 2026, 18:56 PM Business
Top US trade representative to visit Bangladesh soon
Star Business Report
21 April 2026, 17:57 PM Business
India fertiliser output drops a quarter on Mideast war
AFP, New Delhi
21 April 2026, 12:41 PM Business

Stocks drop as fresh trade news awaited, oil down on Iran hopes

News that Beijing was suspending some non-tariff countermeasures on US entities for 90 days following the superpowers' weekend truce did little to inject much more enthusiasm
15 May 2025, 05:12 AM

IMF loan tranches: Agreement with IMF at last

The government has reached a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund for the fourth and fifth tranche of the $4.7 billion loan programme, putting to bed months of uncertainty over their disbursement.
14 May 2025, 18:10 PM

'Panic and paralysis': US firms fret despite China tariff reprieve

Trump's escalating trade war since his return to office saw US duties on Chinese goods -- including toys -- reach a whopping 145 percent
14 May 2025, 08:01 AM

US inflation cooled in April as Trump began tariff rollout

he consumer price index (CPI) eased to 2.3 percent in April
14 May 2025, 07:00 AM

US President Trump blinked in trade war with China. Can Southeast Asia get a break, too?

It took one weekend in Geneva for US President Donald Trump to roll back what has been seen till now as the raison d’etre of his presidency
14 May 2025, 05:06 AM

Trump says 'very strong' trade deal with China will see it 'open up'

US President Donald Trump said Washington had the blueprint for a "very, very strong" trade deal with China
14 May 2025, 02:30 AM

Bepza secures $480 million investment this fiscal year so far

Today, Chinese firm Qingdao Dongfang agreed to invest $4.5 million in Ishwardi EPZ
13 May 2025, 11:46 AM

China lifts Boeing ban after US trade talks: report

Last month the American aircraft maker confirmed that Chinese airlines had stopped accepting delivery of new planes due to huge tit-for-tat levies imposed by both sides.
13 May 2025, 08:03 AM

Most Asian markets extend rally in glow of China-US truce

Equity markets across the world rallied with oil and the dollar
13 May 2025, 05:26 AM

Remittance crosses $25b this fiscal year

Remittance inflow in the first ten months and eleven days of this fiscal year surpassed $25 billion, breaking all previous records.
12 May 2025, 18:04 PM
12 May 2025, 12:02 PM

Stocks, dollar up on US-China trade promise, detail needed

Investors are hoping the White House will soon scale back the 145 percent tariff on Chinese goods
12 May 2025, 06:00 AM

US, China to publish details of 'substantial' trade talks in Geneva

The trade spat between Washington and Beijing has rocked financial markets and raised fears of a global economic slowdown and an inflationary spike in the United States
12 May 2025, 04:00 AM

Wary investors hope US-China talks cool high-stakes trade war

"There are hundreds of billions of dollars of trade on the line."
11 May 2025, 08:11 AM

Trump says will increase trade 'substantially' with India, Pakistan

"I am going to increase trade, substantially, with both of these great Nations," he posted on TruthSocial
11 May 2025, 05:42 AM

US-China talks to defuse trade war begin in Geneva

Senior US and Chinese officials were meeting in Geneva yesterday in a bid to de-escalate a trade war sparked by President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff roll-out and further fuelled by Beijing’s robust retaliation.
10 May 2025, 09:07 AM

US and China set for talks in bid to 'de-escalate' trade war

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer are set to confer with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in the Swiss city
10 May 2025, 08:59 AM

IMF approves $1 bn Pakistan payout despite India's objections

Pakistan came to the brink of default in 2023, as a political crisis compounded an economic downturn and drove the nation's debt burden to terminal levels
10 May 2025, 06:29 AM

China's consumption slide deepens as tariff war bites

The world's second-largest economy has grappled with persistent deflationary pressure in recent years, with longstanding woes in the property sector and export headwinds impeding growth
10 May 2025, 05:08 AM

Trump heralds 'breakthrough' deal with UK

The US president told reporters at the White House
8 May 2025, 15:29 PM