China’s imports and exports plunged in November to levels not seen since early 2020, official figures showed Wednesday, as severe Covid restrictions hit the economy hard.

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has agreed to give $250 million in loan as budget support to implement the Strengthening Social Resilience Programme (sub-programme 2).

The next ten years are crucial for Bangladesh to prepare, adapt and transform societies, economies and all ecosystems as the world is now facing triple and interconnected crises: the climate emergency, rapid damage to biodiversity and extreme poverty, FBCCI President Md Jashim Uddin said.

Leather and leather goods export from Bangladesh will rise by 10 times to $10 billion by 2030 from the existing $1 billion, Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi said today.

Euro zone inflation may have peaked but will subside so slowly that it could be years before it gets back to the European Central Bank's 2 per cent target, keeping pressure on the ECB to tighten policy well into 2023.

Bangladesh is the globe’s one of the lowest carbon emitters, but still the country is committed to cut carbon emissions by 89.47 million tonnes or 21.85 per cent of carbon dioxide by 2030, FBCCI President Md Jashim Uddin said today.

India gave a list of Indian products to Moscow for access to Russian markets, Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said on Monday, as his country seeks to narrow a growing trade deficit with Russia at a time when Moscow faces acute shortages of some crucial materials following Western sanctions.

Major oil-producing countries led by Saudi Arabia and Russia agreed Sunday to maintain their current output levels in a climate of uncertainty and ahead of fresh sanctions against Moscow coming into force next week.

US job gains were unexpectedly robust in November despite efforts to cool the economy, while unemployment held steady and wages ticked up, the government reported Friday.

Russia on Saturday denounced a $60 price cap on its oil agreed by the EU, G7 and Australia, even as Ukraine suggested it was not tough enough and might have to be revisited.

Brazil’s economic growth slowed to a weaker-than-expected 0.4 percent in the third quarter, according to official figures released Thursday, as the central bank’s aggressive interest-rate hikes put the brakes on Latin America’s biggest economy.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has driven countries across the world to boost energy efficiency, creating  “huge potential” to tackle high prices, security and climate change, the IEA said on Friday.

US shale oil drillers turned from scrappy wildcatters into multi-millionaires over the past two decades, propelling the United States to become the world's largest producer, but now they are running out of runway.

AFP, Moscow.The Kremlin Saturday said it would "not accept" a price cap on Russian oil agreed by the EU, G7 and Australia towards limiting Moscow's funds for the Ukraine offensive, Russian news agencies reported.."We will not accept this price cap," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov to

The Group of Seven (G7) nations and Australia on Friday said they had agreed a $60 per barrel price cap on Russian seaborne crude oil after European Union members overcame resistance from Poland and hammered out a political agreement earlier in the day.

US consumer spending increased solidly in October, while inflation moderated, giving the economy a powerful boost at the start of the fourth quarter as it navigates a high interest rate environment.

Germany’s Bundestag lower house of parliament voted by a majority on Thursday to back the ratification of the European Union’s free trade agreement with Canada, five years after it provisionally went into force.

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Thursday the chance of global growth falling below 2 per cent next year was increasing due to continued effects of the war in Ukraine and simultaneous slowdowns in Europe, China and the United States.

Representatives of European Union governments were discussing on Thursday a price cap on Russian seaborne oil at $60 per barrel, with a review every two months, yielding to pressure from some countries to lower the cap, diplomats said.

Unemployment in the eurozone has dropped to a record low, at 6.5 per cent in October, the EU’s Eurostat statistics office said Thursday.