President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said his government would honour his predecessor's deal

The British economy remains open to financial market shocks amid geopolitical tensions and high levels of public debt in major economies, the Bank of England warned on Wednesday.

Central bankers are probably watching unfolding events in the Middle East through their fingers. Tuesday’s strike by Iran on Israel raises the risk of a robust riposte. One of the dangers facing the global economy is that the conflict makes a mess of ratesetters’ plans to loosen monetary policy.

The policy targets $110 billion export by FY27

US dockers launched strike action on Tuesday in 36 ports on the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico. Around half of North America's maritime trade passes through those ports

The European Parliament is expected to vote Friday on whether to impose hefty tariffs on imported EVs from China -- part of a bid to protect its automotive industry from low-cost, subsidised competition

The world's largest memory chipmaker is modifying staffing levels in Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand, a company spokesman told AFP, adding that "the adjustments include job cuts"

Benchmark oil contract, Brent North Sea crude, has rallied about five dollars this week after Iran's missile attack on Israel -- but remaining around $75 per barrel

Oil prices extended a rally Wednesday after Iran’s missile attack on Israel fanned fears of a Middle East-wide conflict, while the Hong Kong market ploughed on with its China-fuelled surge as developers saw eye-watering gains.

US manufacturing activity contracted for a sixth straight month in September, according to survey data released Tuesday, with demand remaining weak and new export orders slumping.

The eurozone’s annual inflation rate fell to its lowest level in three-and-a-half years in September, official data showed Tuesday, dropping below the European Central Bank’s two-percent target and fuelling expectations of a rate cut.

The consumer price index stood at 9.92%, down from previous month's 10.49%

The first consignment will cost Tk 640.15 crore and the second one Tk 649.59 crore

Google owner Alphabet, Microsoft and Meta Platforms, which owns Instagram and Facebook, are forecast to spend a combined $160 billion in capital expenditures next year,

The complaint accuses Apple of "interfering with, restraining, and coercing employees in the exercise of" their rights under federal labor law

US and European stocks turned sharply lower after the strikes, which Iran launched in response to the killings of Tehran-backed militant leaders

"Tariffs are very blunt instruments," Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, told CNBC in an interview.

Both main crude contracts jumped more than five percent at one point Tuesday after Iran fired dozens of missiles at Israel in response to the killings of Tehran-backed militant leaders

Global factory activity weakened in September as soft demand and economic uncertainty pointed to a tough outlook, surveys showed, keeping policymakers under pressure to shore up fragile growth.

Cash-strapped Sri Lanka’s economy recorded falling consumer prices for the first time in 29 years, official data showed Monday, with the September inflation figure dipping to negative 0.5 percent.