Inflation in crisis-racked Pakistan has jumped 31.5 percent according to state data published Wednesday, as Islamabad continues to stare down IMF negotiators withholding a crucial bailout.

Oil prices steadied on Friday, but fell for the week on a stronger US dollar and fears that an economic slowdown would weaken crude demand.

The agricultural, cereal, and export price indices remained stable in the two weeks to February 23, said the World Bank.

US boutique investment firm GQG Partners has bought shares worth $1.87 billion in four Adani group companies, marking the first major investment in the Indian conglomerate since a short-seller’s critical report sparked a stock rout.

Oil extended gains for a second session on Wednesday after a strong jump in manufacturing in China, the world’s top crude importer, boosted the outlook for global fuel demand.

India’s manufacturing sector expanded at the slowest pace in four months in February but remained relatively strong amid buoyant domestic demand, despite higher inflationary pressures, a private survey showed on Wednesday.

India’s Adani Group has told creditors it has secured $3 billion loan from a sovereign wealth fund, two sources with knowledge of the matter said, as the embattled conglomerate seeks to ease concerns about its credit profile after a short-seller attack.

Investors reeling from the recent volatility in global financial markets are eyeing another potential worry: a rebounding dollar.

Saudi Arabia has assured Bangladesh of extending cooperation when it sought duty-free access for 213 products to the market of the kingdom.

India’s Adani Group plans to prepay or repay share-backed loans worth $690 million to $790 million by March-end, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, as the conglomerate seeks to burnish its credit profile after a short-seller attack.

Santiago Andres Cafiero, Argentina’s minister of foreign affairs, international trade and worship, yesterday expressed his country’s interest to boost economic relations with Bangladesh.

Bangladesh's fruit imports fell 37.79 per cent year-on-year to $157.38 million in the July-January period

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The contraction was much larger than economists’ median forecast of a 2.6 per cent decline

The dollar slipped from a seven-week high on Monday, as investors took stock of last week’s strong U.S. economic data and the outlook for global interest rates.

Oil prices edged up in volatile trade on Monday, as Russia halted exports to Poland via a key pipeline ahead of a hefty supply cut announced for March, but a stronger dollar and fears of recession capped gains.

The big beasts of the telecom industry kicked off their most important annual get-together in Barcelona on Monday, promising to lead a  “tsunami of innovation”, as they try to shrug off a major slump across the technology sector.

DHL Express has started operations for the first-ever network flight to and from Bangladesh to carry the country’s inbound and outbound shipments.    

Europe looks set to avert fuel shortages and end this winter in a position that, while not exactly comfortable, looks far better than was feared last autumn, after Russia curbed gas pipeline supplies dramatically.