'Antipathy' to US: Tourists turning away from Trump's America

Foreign traveler arrivals in the United States are expected to decline by 5.1 percent in 2025 compared to last year
23 March 2025, 13:01 PM

How Trump’s regulatory freeze is disrupting the US fishing industry

President Donald Trump’s regulatory freeze has injected chaos and uncertainty into a number of lucrative American fisheries
23 March 2025, 12:55 PM

China tech giants dig pricey trench for AI war

Tencent last year more than tripled its capital expenditure to $10.7 billion, or 12 percent of its top line
22 March 2025, 13:45 PM

Eid windfall: Remittance soars 78% in 19 days

Remittance inflows surged by around 78 percent year-on-year in the first 19 days of March as migrant workers sent more money home to relatives ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest religious occasion in the country.
20 March 2025, 18:37 PM

Beijing woos global executives as FDI slides, trade tensions build

Six of the 12 companies are headquartered in the United States. The others are European, British, Australian and Brazilian multinationals.
19 March 2025, 14:14 PM

Malaysia's Silicon Valley ambitions face tough challenges

Malaysia's signing of a major deal with British chip giant Arm this month was the latest step towards achieving the country's goal of producing its own top-end chips in the next five to seven years.
19 March 2025, 11:15 AM

Sri Lanka records first annual growth since crisis

The last quarter of 2024 saw the economy expand by 5.4 percent, bringing the full calendar year's GDP growth to 5.0 percent, compared to a contraction of 2.3 percent in 2023.
19 March 2025, 11:11 AM

Ctg port links with Indo-Pacific maritime information sharing platform

As part of the initiative, the CPA arranged an 11-day training on the use of the IORIS platform
19 March 2025, 09:37 AM

US retail sales weaker than expected as consumer health under scrutiny

In February, retail sales crept up by 0.2 percent from January to $722.7 billion, according to Commerce Department data.
18 March 2025, 13:39 PM

Xiaomi posts 2024 revenue surge as EV push deepens

The Beijing-based firm manufactures a diverse array of tech gadgets ranging from smartphones and laptops to rice cookers and air purifiers.
18 March 2025, 12:48 PM

Govt preparing smooth transition plan for Bangladesh’s LDC graduation: finance adviser

United Nations believes the graduation would inspire smaller nations, he says
18 March 2025, 09:14 AM

NBR again cuts duties on imported fresh fruits

It is second duty cut in 10 days
18 March 2025, 05:09 AM

OECD lowers global growth projections over tariffs, uncertainty

"We are navigating troubled waters," said the OECD's chief economist Alvaro Santos Pereira
17 March 2025, 12:56 PM

China looks to boost consumption amid consumer squeeze

The plan was issued to all regions and departments to "vigorously boost consumption, expand domestic demand in all directions, improve consumption capacity by increasing income and reducing burdens," a report from the Council said.
16 March 2025, 13:48 PM

Trump's bitcoin reserve a 'digital Fort Knox'

Trump earlier this month signed an executive order establishing the reserve, which White House crypto chief David Sacks has likened to "a digital Fort Knox", comparing it to the stockpiling of gold bars at the US military base
16 March 2025, 13:36 PM

Shein says US tariff hit won't stop fast-fashion flood

The head of the online platform, which has come in for scrutiny over its environmental footprint and allegations of human rights violations, also insisted that the company does not use forced labour.
16 March 2025, 11:46 AM

US Fed likely to keep rates steady as Trump uncertainty flares

Analysts widely expect the central bank to hold the benchmark lending rate steady at 4.25 percent to 4.50 percent, after similarly doing so in January
16 March 2025, 11:39 AM

EU’s big Starlink headache is time, not money

As things stand it doesn’t look like Musk will imminently axe Ukraine’s Starlink access, which is part funded by Poland.
15 March 2025, 13:57 PM

US consumer confidence plunges again in March: study

An index measuring consumer confidence compiled by the University of Michigan fell to 57.9 in March, down from 64.7 a month earlier, weighed down by the seeming chaos of Trump's tariff policy and fears of high inflation.
15 March 2025, 13:35 PM

Moody’s cuts banking outlook to negative

Moody’s Ratings has downgraded Bangladesh’s banking system outlook from “stable” to “negative”, citing rising asset risks and worsening economic conditions.
12 March 2025, 18:00 PM