The United States and European Union on Friday announced an agreement to speed up and enhance the use of artificial intelligence to improve agriculture, healthcare, emergency response, climate forecasting and the electric grid.

Japan is considering relaxing controls on exports to South Korea as its president, Yoon Suk-yeol, seeks to improve ties amid a strained East Asian security environment, the Sankei newspaper reported on Saturday.

Lunar New Year holiday trips inside China surged 74 per cent from last year after authorities scrapped Covid-19 curbs that had stifled travel for three years, media reported on Saturday.

Global economic growth is forecast to barely clear 2 per cent this year, according to a Reuters poll of economists who said the greater risk was a further downgrade to their view, at odds with widespread optimism in markets since the start of the year.

Germany is set to narrowly escape a recession this year, the government said Wednesday, as Europe’s biggest economy weathers the fallout from the Ukraine war better than expected.

Indian shares fell to their lowest level in over a week on Wednesday, dragged by Adani group stocks after a short seller raised fresh concerns about the group’s debt in a report that had a ripple effect across the market.

British retail giant Primark’s CEO Paul Marchant has praised the development Bangladesh’s garment sector has achieved in production of apparels in green factories.

The eurozone economy grew in January for the first time in six months, a closely watched survey showed Tuesday, raising hopes that Europe will avoid a recession this winter.

The euro hit a nine-month peak against the dollar on Monday as comments on European interest rates signalling additional jumbo rate rises contrasted with market pricing for a less aggressive Federal Reserve.

India plans to slash the import duty on gold because higher taxes have made it more profitable for smugglers, who can offer hefty discounts and denting the market share of banks and refiners, government and industry officials told Reuters.

Brazil and Argentina aim for greater economic integration, including the development of a common currency, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Argentine leader Alberto Fernandez said in a joint article they penned.

Bangladesh is poised to become the source of most of the European Union’s (EU) apparel as China, the largest apparel supplier worldwide, is witnessing a decrease in its share of trade with the bloc. 

Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque has urged the developed countries to keep the food and agricultural inputs out of the purview of war and sanctions.

It is now crucial to hold different players of the telecom industry other than mobile network operators accountable to ensure better voice and data services for consumers, according to various experts.

China will start full-fledged flight operations with Bangladesh from February this year, according to the newly appointed Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen.

A Philippine bank at the centre of an unsolved $81 million cyber heist has appealed a New York Supreme Court decision to dismiss the bank’s motion to throw out the Bangladesh central bank’s lawsuit against it.

Reaching the financial inclusion goal would take 200 years for Bangladesh if the country keeps working at the current pace in the area, said Shah Md Ahsan Habib, a professor at the Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM), today. 

The global economic crisis and supply shortage may fuel energy prices in Bangladesh, but the local rates should be adjusted and decreased when the international prices fall, Dhaka Chamber President Barrister Md Sameer Sattar said today.

India's foreign exchange reserves rose to a five-month high in the week ended January 13, according to the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) statistical supplement released on Friday.

A Philippine bank at the centre of an unsolved $81 million cyber heist has appealed a New York Supreme Court decision to dismiss the bank's motion to throw out the Bangladesh central bank's lawsuit against it.