Under the currency swap agreements introduced last month, the banking regulator took $1.17 billion from commercial banks and injected around Tk 20,000 crore in the form of local currencies into the banking system, according to several central bankers.
Customers spent Tk 2,678 crore in Jan this year, up from Tk 2,674 crore in Dec 2023
It hit $19.45 billion on March 27, down from $19.98 billion on March 20
H&M said Wednesday its net profit more than doubled in the first quarter as the world's second biggest fashion retailer worked to control costs
Toyota's US sales for February surged 16% and in Europe gained 14%, Japan sales tumbled by a third
With vessel traffic at the Port of Baltimore suspended until further notice since Tuesday's accident, experts warn of knock-on effects but say these should be manageable in the near term
BYD recorded a net profit of 30 billion yuan ($4.16 billion) last year, up 80.7 percent year-on-year from 16.6 billion yuan in 2022
The US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) "formulates discriminatory subsidy policies for new energy vehicles," said China's Ministry of Commerce
China exported almost $40 billion-worth of pure battery and hybrid cars last year, most of them ended up in Europe
India's Adani Green Energy said on Tuesday it is aware of a US investigation into potential violations of anti-corruption laws by a "third party", but denied any relationship with the entity
Dollar crisis, rise in utility bills taking toll, says Bangladesh Steel Manufacturers Association
The illegal profits from forced labour has risen by 37% since 2014
They demand cancellation of the prices fixed by the Department of Agricultural Marketing on March 15
If the conflict continues until end-March then the unemployment rate will soar to 57 percent, ILO said.
In its first increase in 17 years, the Bank of Japan said it was lifting its short-term policy rate from -0.1 percent to between zero and 0.1 percent.
It signs deal with representative of Kia Corporation
New guideline on supervision charge issued