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Gold gains
28 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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European economies suffer from heatwave
28 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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Samsung to unveil $650b investment amid AI boom
28 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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India ends restrictions on commercial gas
28 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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First-ever guideline for non-banks’ independent directors
The minimum age of such directors is 45 years and maximum 75 years
13 March 2024, 14:04 PM
China's Xiaomi embarks on Apple's road not taken
The $48 billion handset-maker said it will deliver its first electric car just weeks after the iPhone-maker scrapped a decade-long effort
13 March 2024, 09:59 AM
Toyota agrees to biggest wage hike in 25 years in sign of Japan Inc's hefty pay bump
Toyota agreed monthly pay increases of as much as 28,440 yen ($193) and record bonus payments
13 March 2024, 06:05 AM
US consumer inflation up unexpectedly in February
The consumer price index (CPI) came in at 3.2 percent last month
13 March 2024, 05:52 AM
BGMEA requests Primark to source more from Bangladesh
Primark officials now in Dhaka
12 March 2024, 15:03 PM
Ban on foreign travel, trade licence, national award for wilful defaulters
Bangladesh Bank issues new guideline on wilful defaulters today
12 March 2024, 14:39 PM
Diesel supplier Numaligarh Refinery opens Dhaka liaison office
India so far exported diesel worth $34 million to Bangladesh
12 March 2024, 12:02 PM
GP, Robi, Teletalk receive unified licences
The annual fee for the licence was Tk 10 crore with a 15-year validity
11 March 2024, 16:00 PM
Investors push Zara owner Inditex to publish full supply chain
Inditex is an outlier among big clothing retailers in not publishing which factories it sources from
11 March 2024, 06:53 AM
Struggling Japan narrowly avoids technical recession
Gross domestic product inched up 0.1 percent between October and December from the previous three months
11 March 2024, 05:58 AM
China warns overall pressure on employment yet to ease
More than one in five of the roughly 100 million Chinese aged 16 to 24 were unemployed in June 2023
10 March 2024, 05:23 AM
SM Mannan Kochi all set to be next BGMEA president
Kochi bagged all 35 posts of directors in the biennial election for 2024-26 tenure
9 March 2024, 18:53 PM
Navana Pharma to invest Tk 145 crore for new production unit
Tk 132 crore will come from own funds, external sources and the rest from IPO
9 March 2024, 12:26 PM
Red Sea attacks disrupt global trade
Volume of trade that passed through the Suez Canal dropped by 50 percent year-over-year in the first two months of the year
9 March 2024, 09:20 AM
US labor market cooling; unemployment rate rises to two-year high of 3.9%
The jump in the unemployment rate after holding at 3.7 percent for three straight months reflected a further decline in household employment
9 March 2024, 06:21 AM
China consumer prices rise in February for first time in six months
The positive data comes as senior officials meet in Beijing for the annual "Two Sessions" of China's parliament and its top political consultative body, in gatherings that have been dominated by the economy and national security
9 March 2024, 05:36 AM
Empowering women through digital financial inclusion
To fully harness the benefits of these digital financial services (DFS) to close gaps in gender equality, policymakers must consider the unique challenges women face in accessing formal financial services.
7 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Asean ambassadors hold meeting with ICC Bangladesh president
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Bangladesh President Mahbubur Rahman urged ambassadors of the Asean Dhaka Committee (ADC) to increase imports from Bangladesh to reduce trade gaps.
7 March 2024, 15:52 PM
Korean, foreign investors to get prompt services through OSS platform: Bida
Bida sits with Korea-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry
7 March 2024, 12:00 PM
China trade surges in first two months of 2024
In January and February combined, exports surged 7.1 percent on-year
7 March 2024, 06:36 AM