Lutnick, who was chief executive of financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald, is a close ally of Trump's and has been a defender of imposing tariffs on US imports.

Elhedery's plan for a "simpler, more dynamic, and agile organisation" has shaken up Europe's largest bank, whose shares in Hong Kong have rallied to an 11-year high.

Trump signed executive orders last week imposing new 25 percent tariffs on steel and aluminium, due to come into effect on March 12

The relocation of about 100 KFC US corporate roles will take place over six months.

The International Monetary Fund's move to disburse the fourth and fifth tranches of a $4.7 billion loan together was a mutual decision, the finance ministry said in a press release yesterday.

Japan's second- and third-largest automakers by sales after Toyota Motor had been in talks to create a $60 billion firm after a lack of hybrid models in the U.S. and competition from local rivals in China had sent Nissan's earnings diving.

41 Bangladeshi companies are participating among 5,500 exhibitors from over 129 countries

Gross domestic product expanded 0.1 percent in 2024, well down from 1.5 percent the year before, the data showed

Since coming to power more than a decade ago, Xi has consistently sought to bolster the role of state enterprises in the world's second-largest economy and warned against the "disorderly" expansion of the private sector.

The Bangladesh Vegetable Oil Refiners and Vanaspati Manufacturers Association has reassured consumers and traders that there is no supply shortage of bottled edible oil in the local market.

Broadcom and TSMC are not working together, and all of the talks so far are preliminary and largely informal, the Journal added

An additional 10 percent tariff on imports from China -- a major auto parts supplier -- has already been imposed

In particular, he called the European Union "absolutely brutal" in trade ties with Washington.

The four-day REHAB Chattogram Fair 2025 has 42 stalls

Local media reports have said the discussions unravelled after Honda proposed to make its struggling rival a subsidiary instead of the plan, announced in December, to integrate under a new holding company.

A recent US outbreak of bird flu since early 2024 is exacting a heavy toll on poultry farms.

In its latest report released today, the organisation projected inflation will stabilise between 8.5% and 9.5% by June but fall to 6-7% by December

The cranes to be purchased from a Chinese firm will be deployed in early 2026

Trump's fresh salvo could bring a broad tariff hike to emerging market economies like India and take aim at European Union value-added taxes, fanning tensions with the bloc, analysts warn.

Mother vessels are provided with only one lighter vessel against the demand for four