Inflation reached 2.2 percent, calmed by an easing of energy tariffs,prices in the services sector

"To me, the most beautiful word in the dictionary is 'tariff,'" Trump repeatedly said on the campaign trail for the 2024 election.

The IMF has conducted research showing that uncertainty around trade can have a negative impact on the economy and hold back growth.

Google will be prohibited from displaying its own related services in search results in preference to similar services from other companies.

Vietnam, which runs a $123.5 billion trade surplus with the United States, is a prime target.

Bullion touched an all-time high of $3,148.88 on Tuesday.

Equities have been battered leading up to the US president's announcement -- which he has dubbed "Liberation Day" -- with warnings that friend and foe are in the crosshairs after what he says is years of "ripping off" the United States.

Gross domestic product expanded 1.1 percent in 2024, up from an initial estimate of 0.9 percent, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said in a statement.

While the implementation of the tariffs had been anticipated for weeks, their details surprised manufacturers and experts as the levies will not only apply to imports of finished vehicles but parts as well.

Mother vessels can no longer berth directly at Payra

For more than half a century, the dollar has defied the doom-mongers. And the most likely prospect is that it will continue to do so

Trump said this month the United States was in talks with four groups interested in acquiring TikTok, with the app facing an uncertain future in the country.

Earlier, the startups in Bangladesh were not allowed to invest abroad

Satellite service providers asked to route internet traffic through local gateways

The IMF said Tuesday it has reached agreement with Pakistan on a new $1.3 billion loan program and reviewed an existing bailout that would, if approved, unlock an additional $1 billion.

The US consumer confidence index fell 7.2 points to 92.9 in March,

The shipping ministry has approved a special incentive bonus of Tk 60,000 for all categories of employees of the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) and the ministry for achieving record cargo and container handling at the port.

Trump has imposed tariffs and threatened economic warfare; mused that the US could leave allies in the lurch if Russia attacks them; intimidated Greenland; and taunted Canada that it should become the 51st US state.

Both told a packed technical audience at a Paris composites fair this month that they were already making progress in researching what the succeeding generation of models could be made of - and in turn how fast they could be built.

President Donald Trump has made a sharp break from long-standing US policy in several areas, such as appearing to endorse Russia's position on Ukraine, raising questions about US commitment to European security and imposing tariffs on its allies.