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Bangladesh Bank bought nearly $4 billion in FY26 so far
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SoftBank in talks to invest up to $30b more in OpenAI
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Europe scores tentative trade deal win over India
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Indonesia blocks Yahoo, Paypal
Indonesia has blocked search engine website Yahoo, payments firm Paypal and several gaming websites due to failure to comply with licensing rules, an official said on Saturday, sparking a backlash in social media.
30 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Fed’s aggressive rate-hike path bolstered by new data
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said this week he’s looking for compelling signs that inflation is cooling before the US central bank will let up on what’s so far been its most aggressive set of interest rate hikes in decades.
30 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Shadow-banking risks curbed
The assets and risks of China’s “shadow” banking sector have declined significantly through continuous regulation, the state-run Securities Times on Saturday quoted a top regulator as saying.
30 July 2022, 18:00 PM
How to make your life recession-proof?
Prices for gas, food and rent are soaring. The Federal Reserve has raised interest rates to the highest level since 2018. The US economy has shrunk for two straight quarters.
29 July 2022, 16:34 PM
Russia fines WhatsApp, Snapchat
A Russian court on Thursday fined Meta Platforms Inc’s WhatsApp messenger and Snapchat owner Snap Inc for an alleged refusal to store the data of Russian users domestically, news agencies reported.
28 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Ukraine aims for $15-20b IMF loan by year-end
Ukraine aims to strike a deal for a $15-$20 billion programme with the International Monetary Fund before year-end to help shore up its war-torn economy, the country’s central bank governor Kyrylo Shevchenko told Reuters.
27 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Global growth headed down as inflation surges
The global economy is mired in a serious slowdown, with some key economies at high risk of recession and only sparse meaningful cooling in inflation likely over the coming year, according to Reuters polls of hundreds of economists worldwide.
27 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Russia cuts gas flows further
Russia delivered less gas to Europe on Wednesday in a further escalation of an energy stand-off between Moscow and the European Union that will make it harder, and costlier, for the bloc to fill up storage ahead of the winter.
27 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Forex crisis: Toyota, Suzuki to partially shut Pakistan output
Pakistan’s two leading car assemblers, Toyota and Suzuki, plan partial plant shutdowns next month due to unavailability of raw material amid import restrictions and exchange rate volatility, officials at both companies said on Wednesday.
27 July 2022, 18:00 PM
IMF says despite Western sanctions, Russia's economy doing well
Despite damaging Western sanctions imposed on Moscow in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine, Russia's economy appears to be weathering the storm better than expected as it benefits from high energy prices, the IMF said Tuesday.
27 July 2022, 02:20 AM
IMF cuts global growth outlook
Surging inflation and severe slowdowns in the United States and China prompted the IMF to downgrade its outlook for the global economy this year and next, while warning Tuesday that the situation could get much worse.
26 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Russian gas squeeze to hit Europe’s economy
Russia said it will cut gas supplies to Europe from Wednesday in a blow to countries that have backed Ukraine, while missile attacks in Black Sea coastal regions raised doubts about whether Russia will stick to a deal to let Ukraine export grain.
26 July 2022, 18:00 PM
First Ukraine grain shipments to move in days
The first shipments of Ukrainian grain could leave Black Sea ports within days under a UN-brokered deal to tackle a global food crisis that has worsened since Russia invaded its neighbor, the United Nations and Ukraine said on Monday.
26 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Biden says US not going to be in a recession
President Joe Biden said Monday he does not expect the United States suffer an economic downturn, although GDP figures due later this week may show the economy shrinking for a second consecutive quarter.
26 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Global food crisis demands urgent Western response
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine shocked the world, forced Western countries to respond, and is driving up the cost of energy and food across the globe.
26 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Russia-made goods replacing its imports, says Nielsen
Russia-made products accounted for 83 per cent of the country’s market for common consumer goods in the first half of 2022, up 4 per cent on a year before, according to a report published by NielsenIQ on Tuesday.
26 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Oil rises for a second day
Oil prices rose on Tuesday for a second day on increasing concerns about tightening European supply after Russia, a key oil and natural gas supplier to the region, cut gas supply through a major pipeline.
26 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Solar car Sion to enter production next year
The Sion, a five-person family car covered completely in solar panels, should enter into serial production in the second half of 2023, the German start-up developing the vehicle said Monday.
26 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Doing well despite global challenges
Bangladesh has many positive stories that are worth highlighting as the country has been doing well in regards to economic and social development for the past several years, said Salman F Rahman, the prime minister’s private industry and investment adviser, at a seminar.
26 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Most Britons keeping tabs on spending
Sales volumes at UK supermarkets fell 4.1 per cent year-on-year in the four weeks to July 16, with nine out of ten Britons saying they are increasingly watching what they are spending as they battle a cost of living crunch, industry data showed on Tuesday.
26 July 2022, 18:00 PM