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BIDA converts over 15% of investment pipeline into active projects
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23 July 2026, 12:18 PM
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Google-parent Alphabet beats expectations, cloud revenue nearly doubles
23 July 2026, 12:15 PM
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22 July 2026, 21:17 PM
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Single online platform planned to ease ship recycling approvals: minister
22 July 2026, 19:53 PM
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BSEC, IMF discuss green bond market development
22 July 2026, 18:25 PM
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Chittagong Chamber urges stronger security at Ctg port
22 July 2026, 17:25 PM
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Zara owner Inditex posts new record profit
The Spanish group, whose other brands include Massimo Dutti, Pull & Bear and Bershka, reported a profit after tax of 1.68 billion euros ($1.77 billion) for the third quarter, up six percent from the same period last year
11 December 2024, 07:43 AM
Biden says Trump economic plan will be 'disaster'
The lame-duck president's speech comes after Trump won a second term largely on the back of US voters' anger at high costs of living under Democrats.
11 December 2024, 05:22 AM
China's leaders to chart economic plans for 2025: report
Beijing is also strapping in for four more years of tensions with the United States under President-elect Donald Trump, who has promised to impose stinging tariffs on China
11 December 2024, 05:18 AM
Chinese firm Bangladesh Prothoma Power to invest $12.24 million inside Bepza EZ
The company will establish a battery plate manufacturing industry
10 December 2024, 14:41 PM
China probes Nvidia for 'violating' anti-monopoly law
Nvidia is also suspected of violating commitments it made in 2020, the statement said, when it acquired Israeli data center firm Mellanox
10 December 2024, 05:42 AM
China export surge slows as leaders eye economic revamp
Exports jumped 6.7 percent on-year to $312.3 billion last month, China's General Administration of Customs said.
10 December 2024, 05:36 AM
ECB to cut rates again amid bleak eurozone outlook
The European Central Bank is expected to cut interest rates again this week amid a darkening outlook, with political turbulence in the eurozone's two biggest economies adding to the troubled picture.
9 December 2024, 20:31 PM
What exactly were global institutions overseeing?
Noted economist Debapriya Bhattacharya raised concerns about the role of global institutions, indicating the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB), in assessing Bangladesh's debt sustainability under the previous regime as the country faces increasing pressure from escalating debt servicing obligations.
9 December 2024, 20:10 PM
Extreme heat puts garment factory workers at risk, study shows
In Dhaka, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Phnom Penh and Karachi, the number of days with "wet-bulb" temperatures - a measurement that accounts for air temperature as well as humidity - above 30.5 degrees Celsius jumped by 42% in 2020-2024 compared to 2005-2009, researchers at Cornell University's Global Labor Institute found
9 December 2024, 07:46 AM
China consumer prices rise at slower rate in November
The consumer price index (CPI), a key measure of inflation, rose 0.2 percent in November year-on-year, down from 0.3 percent in October, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said
9 December 2024, 06:15 AM
Chinese premier warns world financial leaders of 'deglobalisation' risks
Premier Li Qiang made the remarks in his opening speech at a summit attended by the top leaders of organisations including the International Monetary Fund, the World Trade Organisation and the World Bank.
9 December 2024, 05:36 AM
UK employers cut growth forecasts as tax hikes weigh on economy
Growth in 2025 is now seen at 1.6 percent, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) said, down from a projection of 1.9 percent made in June
8 December 2024, 05:43 AM
US clean energy, defense to be impacted by China export curbs
Beijing announced this week it would ban exports of gallium, germanium and antimony to the United States, targeting materials used for everything from semiconductors to solar cells
8 December 2024, 05:00 AM
US job market bounces back from impact of strikes, hurricanes
The labour market's resilience is driving the economy through strong consumer spending, with the closely watched employment report from the Labor Department on Friday showing solid wage growth last month
7 December 2024, 10:41 AM
Walmart, Amazon holiday spending rise as Target, Best Buy stumble, data shows
Holiday shoppers largely browsed at brick-and-mortar stores, making more online purchases at some retailers, snapping up such items as pre-owned Rolex watches,
7 December 2024, 05:09 AM
US Fed officials warn of ongoing risks from elevated inflation
The Federal Reserve has a dual mandate from Congress to keep both inflation and unemployment under control, and recently began rolling back high interest rates in order to better support the labor market
7 December 2024, 05:05 AM
BSC issues tender to dispose of two old oil tankers
The Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) has finally taken steps for the disposal of two of its oldest oil tankers, which, according to experts, had become unfit by 2015.
5 December 2024, 20:20 PM
LC margin bar withdrawn for crisis-hit six banks
They are: IBBL, FSIBL, SIBL, Union, Global Islami, Bangladesh Commerce
5 December 2024, 19:38 PM
MGI’s concern, ADB sign $20 million loan deal for flour milling plant
The plant will produce 660,000 tonnes of wheat with 37% less electricity than regular
5 December 2024, 11:18 AM
Grains for gold: Indian export curbs drive boom in barter smuggling
The practice of smuggling gold to buy grain has persisted even after India, the world's second-largest gold consumer, slashed 9 percentage points from its import duty in July, taking it to the lowest in more than a decade
5 December 2024, 10:38 AM