China's factory output resists tariff impact, retail sales disappoint

China's April factory output resilient despite trade war, aided by government support measures
19 May 2025, 07:35 AM

China's Xiaomi to invest nearly $7 bn in chips

Since 2021, Xiaomi's chip development program has already received 13.5 billion yuan in research and development funds
19 May 2025, 06:56 AM

Asian markets drop after US loses last triple-A credit rating

The move dealt a blow to markets, which had enjoyed a healthy run-up last week after Washington and China hammered out a deal to temporarily slash tit-for-tat tariffs
19 May 2025, 05:58 AM

Strained ties: non-tariff barriers and the future of Bangladesh-India trade relations

The non-tariff barriers hurt Bangladesh-India trade, increasing costs and damaging bilateral trust
19 May 2025, 05:29 AM

Taka weakens against US dollar again

The inter-bank exchange rate hit Tk 122.78 per US dollar today
18 May 2025, 14:35 PM

China slaps anti-dumping duties on plastics from US, EU, Japan, Taiwan

The commerce ministry's findings conclude a probe launched in May 2024, shortly after the US sharply increased tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, computer chips and other imports.
18 May 2025, 08:31 AM

Moody's downgrade intensifies investor worry about US fiscal path

The ratings agency cut America's pristine sovereign credit rating by one notch on Friday, the last of the major ratings agencies to downgrade the country, citing concerns about the nation's growing $36 trillion debt pile
18 May 2025, 07:29 AM

Trump tariff highlights the need for diversifying exports: special assistant to CA

He says this at a discussion organised by the International Business Forum of Bangladesh
17 May 2025, 15:05 PM

Central bank caps passport endorsement fee at Tk 300

No additional service fee or charge can be collected beyond this amount
17 May 2025, 12:23 PM

Vietnam steps up talks with US to reduce hefty tariff

Vietnam has the fourth-largest trade surplus among all US trading partners, worth $123.5 billion last year
17 May 2025, 05:46 AM

Tokyo, Osaka top trending destinations for summer travel

Mastercard Economics Institute says in its report on travel trends in 2025
15 May 2025, 11:54 AM

Trump: India has offered US a trade deal with no tariffs

The United States is India's largest trading partner, with bilateral trade totalling some $129 billion in 2024
15 May 2025, 08:14 AM

UK economy beats forecast to grow 0.7% in first quarter

Gross domestic product rose 0.7 percent in the January-to-March period
15 May 2025, 07:07 AM

Nissan is rolling out big cuts. Turning around sales will prove harder

Nissan's sales have plunged 42 percent since the 2017 business year
15 May 2025, 05:16 AM

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