Bank of America said on Thursday it will deploy $1 trillion for its environmental business initiative to push for green finance by 2030, expanding on the $300 billion it had announced for the same project in 2019. The second largest U.S. bank said the latest announcement puts its total commitment to sustainable finance by 2030 at $1.5 trillion.

The International Monetary Fund expects inflation in Iran to rise further this year and called for reforms as the economy recovers from the coronavirus crisis.

China is paying a high price for its unofficial ban on coal imports from Australia, with the cost of domestic and alternative foreign supplies rising for both thermal and coking grades of the fuel.

The European Union has suggested that it and the United States suspend tariffs imposed on billions of dollars of imports for six months, EU trade chief Valdis Dombrovskis was quoted as telling Germany’s Der Spiegel on Saturday.

Bitcoin rose above $60,000 to approach record highs on the weekend, breaking out of a two-week tight range and propelled by talk of constrained new supplies against evidence of wider adoption.

The big infrastructure plan unveiled by President Joe Biden last week is meant to do more than revive America’s decaying infrastructure and create jobs.

Four food and groceries delivery services in a letter today sought permission to keep their operations open round the clock during the lockdown. They also demanded an announcement to keep food and grocery delivery services under the purview of emergency service.

Textile and garment manufacturers and exporters today demanded the government to keep factories open during the lockdown to help them offset the losses.

Stocks of 66 listed companies, for whom the floor price was recently lifted, will be allowed to fall a maximum of 2 per cent a day instead of the usual 10 per cent.

Bangladesh Finance and Investment Company Ltd (BD Finance) has signed a deal with US-based Sovereign Infrastructure Group (SIG) to attract $2 billion worth of investment in infrastructure projects in the next two years.

Garment factory owners and union leaders are at loggerheads over the imminent tough lockdown the government is set to impose across the country to curb the rising cases of coronavirus infections.

Canada added 303,000 net jobs in March, blowing past forecasts as the unemployment rate fell 0.7 percentage points to 7.5 per cent -- its lowest level since February 2020, the national statistical agency said Friday.

People can open bank accounts from anywhere as an increasing number of lenders have made digital options available, helping customers avail financial services without visiting branches during the coronavirus pandemic.

Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA), a platform of the primary textile sector, yesterday saw the reelection of Mohammad Ali Khokon, chairman of Maksons Group, as its president for fiscal 2021-23.

The government is developing the country’s first industrial park for electrical and light engineering product manufacturers at a cost of Tk 300 crore in Munshiganj, which could herald a beginning to bring the highly scattered and unorganised industries under a single platform.

President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday unveiled a more than $1.5 trillion budget proposal that would see funding for health, education and social services eclipse defense spending, in a reversal of his predecessor’s policies.

Brazil’s annual inflation rate broke through the ceiling of the central bank’s target range in March at 6.1 per cent, officials said Friday, adding to headaches for policy makers facing an economic slowdown and rising prices.

German industrial production dropped for the second month in a row in February after eight months of gains, as the economic impact of the pandemic began to bite, official data showed Friday.

Energy giant Saudi Aramco said it has struck a 12.4-billion-dollar deal to sell a minority stake in a newly formed oil pipeline business to a consortium led by US-based EIG Global Energy Partners.

In the trendy Koukaki district, a discus throw from the Acropolis in Athens, owners of restaurants that have survived the virus lockdown are trying to keep themselves occupied as the weather and the noises from government improve.