The United Nations Committee for Development Policy (CDP) has expressed a positive position regarding Bangladesh’s request to extend its preparatory period for graduation from the least developed country (LDC) category until November 24 in 2029, according to a statement from the Economic Relations Division (ERD) issued today

"About 99 percent of the issues have been settled," Indian commerce minister Piyush Goyal told reporters in Delhi late Monday

The tariffs would partially replace a 50% tariff on many Brazilian goods imposed by US President Donald Trump last year

Bangladesh received $3.42 billion in remittances in May this year as migrant workers and Bangladeshis living abroad sent more money home to help their families celebrate Eid-ul-Azha.

Oil prices rose more than 3 percent on Monday after Iran and the US traded strikes and Israel ordered troops to move further into Lebanon in its battle with Tehran-backed Hezbollah

India's foreign exchange reserves fell to $681.4 ​billion in the week ended May 22, from $688.89 billion ‌a week earlier

The current 11 percent import duty will be suspended until October 30

The ⁠rates are being revised on a fortnightly basis

China's bet on the digital yuan is in stark contrast with the U.S.

On a two-day visit to Dhaka from May 24, the ADB chief met with the prime minister and finance minister

The price of North Sea Brent crude and West Texas Intermediate slipped close to five percent to $99.41 and $92.49 a barrel

Bangladesh's apparel exports to the European Union (EU) fell 19.26 percent year-on-year to €2.89 billion in January-February this year, according to data from Eurostat

The EU is Mexico's third-largest trading partner, lagging far behind the United States and China

Brent crude futures settled at $103.54 a barrel, up 96 cents

Official inauguration of mango exports was held today, although shipments had already started two days earlier

Brent crude futures rose $1.27, or 1.21 percent, to $106.29 a barrel

The factory will manufacture a wide range of outdoor products, including tents, canopies, backpacks, duffel bags, sleeping bags, tarpaulins, waterproof dry bags, inflatable pillows and mattresses, mosquito nets, carpets, mats, folding chairs, and storage baskets

Shilpi Jha, senior commercial specialist and IP policy advisor for South Asia at the US embassy in New Delhi, attends AmCham roundtable

Brent crude oil futures fell 88 cents, or 0.8 percent, to $110.40 a barrel

The world's two top economies spent much of 2025 embroiled in an escalating trade war