BB buys another $50 million from four banks
Star Business Report
16 April 2026, 19:11 PM Business
Malaysian minister refutes Bloomberg report on new foreign worker recruitment system
Star Online Report
16 April 2026, 16:53 PM South-East Asia
IMF chief warns of 'tough times' if oil prices stay high
AFP, Washington
16 April 2026, 12:48 PM Business
US announces new sanctions against Iran oil sector
AFP
16 April 2026, 08:31 AM Business
US farmers strained as fertiliser costs surge amid war
AFP, China Grove
16 April 2026, 00:00 AM Global Economy
Oil prices flat
REUTERS, London
16 April 2026, 00:00 AM Global Economy
Middle East conflict disrupting garment production: BGMEA president
Star Business Report
15 April 2026, 21:02 PM Business

Wage inequality declined in two-thirds of countries since start of 21st century: ILO

Global real average wage growth has started to rise again as inflation progressively eases, ILO report finds
28 November 2024, 12:09 PM

Deal signed for 181 million euro German financial, technical cooperation support

45.8 million euro will come as technical cooperation and 135 million euro as financial support
28 November 2024, 12:02 PM

Six crisis-hit banks get Tk 22,500 crore BB fund

The banks are: FSIBL, SIBL, Exim, National, Union and Global Islami
28 November 2024, 11:16 AM

Adani allegations shine spotlight on India's clean energy conundrum

The conglomerate is not alone in facing increasingly long delays in signing up buyers for the renewable electricity capacity which is now being developed in coal-dependent India - the world's third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases.
28 November 2024, 05:04 AM

Adani Group says it lost $55b as US charges sparked rout

India’s Adani Group conglomerate said Wednesday it had lost almost $55 billion in a stock market rout since US prosecutors last week accused its founder and other officials of fraud.
27 November 2024, 18:00 PM

China may hit peak coal consumption in 2025

China’s coal consumption could peak by 2025 as the world’s top consumer of the fossil fuel ramps up its push for clean energy, a report published on Wednesday said.
27 November 2024, 18:00 PM

Indian businesses may learn wrong lesson from Adani

Corruption’s long history in India explains the country’s failure to live up to its growth potential. US bribery charges against tycoon Gautam Adani should therefore provoke some soul-searching among the capitalist elite. The danger, however, is that businesses learn the wrong lesson from the affair and grow warier of international capital markets rather than cleaning house.
27 November 2024, 18:00 PM

How property taxes can help low-income countries to develop

Satellites, drones, and the right policies can help countries increase revenue by up to 10 times at the local level
27 November 2024, 10:32 AM

Adani's 'renewable energy marvel' trapped in US bribery indictment

Adani Green's revenues of $574 million during the period from April to September this year were up 20% on the year, boosting its cash profit 27% to $313 million over that time.
27 November 2024, 06:01 AM

Sri Lanka cuts lending rates after debt deal

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka said it was moving to a single policy rate set at 8.0 percent, an "effective reduction" of around 50 basis points.
27 November 2024, 05:10 AM

Six killed as PTI activists clash with Pak security forces

At least six people, including four paramilitary soldiers, were killed yesterday during clashes near Pakistan’s parliament between security forces and protesters who are demanding the release of former prime minister Imran Khan.
26 November 2024, 18:01 PM

Sri Lanka kicks off much-delayed $12.5b bond deal

Sri Lanka said Tuesday it would honour a deal secured by its predecessor to restructure $12.55 billion in international sovereign bonds, a key condition to maintain an IMF bailout loan.
26 November 2024, 18:00 PM

Trump vows big tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China

US President-elect Donald Trump said Monday he intends to impose sweeping tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada and China, prompting a swift warning from Beijing that “no one will win a trade war.”
26 November 2024, 18:00 PM

Fitch revises outlook on four Adani group firms from ‘stable’ to ‘negative’

The entities whose outlook has been revised to “negative” are rated “BBB”.
26 November 2024, 09:17 AM

Sri Lanka probes Adani projects after US charges

Both the finance and foreign ministries had been asked to review infrastructure projects awarded to the Indian conglomerate
26 November 2024, 08:51 AM

Most Asian markets drop, dollar gains as Trump fires tariff warning

The former and next president said on his Truth Social account that he would hammer the United States' largest trading partners in response to the illegal drug trade and immigration
26 November 2024, 07:31 AM

'No one will win a trade war,' China says after Trump tariff threat

"About the issue of US tariffs on China, China believes that China-US economic and trade cooperation is mutually beneficial in nature," Chinese Embassy Spokesperson Liu Pengyu said in a statement.
26 November 2024, 05:43 AM

US-Google face off as ad tech antitrust trial comes to close

The trial in a Virginia federal court is Google's second US antitrust case now under way as the US government tries to rein in the power of big tech.
26 November 2024, 05:24 AM

TotalEnergies pauses funding for Adani Group after bribery charges

French oil major TotalEnergies halted on Monday investments into Adani Group, after the Indian ports-to-power conglomerate was engulfed in a crisis over an alleged multi-million-dollar bribery scheme.
25 November 2024, 18:00 PM

Petrol industry embraces plastics while navigating energy shift

Amid the inexorable shift toward more electric vehicles, oil and gas producers are looking increasingly to plastics to help keep them afloat, even if that sector faces challenges of its own.
25 November 2024, 18:00 PM