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World's first gig economy treaty adopted at the ILO
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$404m WB loan, grant for health, nutrition services in Bangladesh
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China prepares $295 billion plan to fund nationwide AI buildout, Bloomberg News reports
9 June 2026, 16:41 PM
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China exports surge as Beijing withstands Middle East stress
9 June 2026, 12:55 PM
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Tokyo, Osaka top trending destinations for summer travel
Mastercard Economics Institute says in its report on travel trends in 2025
15 May 2025, 11:54 AM
Trump: India has offered US a trade deal with no tariffs
The United States is India's largest trading partner, with bilateral trade totalling some $129 billion in 2024
15 May 2025, 08:14 AM
UK economy beats forecast to grow 0.7% in first quarter
Gross domestic product rose 0.7 percent in the January-to-March period
15 May 2025, 07:07 AM
Nissan is rolling out big cuts. Turning around sales will prove harder
Nissan's sales have plunged 42 percent since the 2017 business year
15 May 2025, 05:16 AM
Stocks drop as fresh trade news awaited, oil down on Iran hopes
News that Beijing was suspending some non-tariff countermeasures on US entities for 90 days following the superpowers' weekend truce did little to inject much more enthusiasm
15 May 2025, 05:12 AM
IMF loan tranches: Agreement with IMF at last
The government has reached a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund for the fourth and fifth tranche of the $4.7 billion loan programme, putting to bed months of uncertainty over their disbursement.
14 May 2025, 18:10 PM
'Panic and paralysis': US firms fret despite China tariff reprieve
Trump's escalating trade war since his return to office saw US duties on Chinese goods -- including toys -- reach a whopping 145 percent
14 May 2025, 08:01 AM
US inflation cooled in April as Trump began tariff rollout
he consumer price index (CPI) eased to 2.3 percent in April
14 May 2025, 07:00 AM
US President Trump blinked in trade war with China. Can Southeast Asia get a break, too?
It took one weekend in Geneva for US President Donald Trump to roll back what has been seen till now as the raison d’etre of his presidency
14 May 2025, 05:06 AM
Trump says 'very strong' trade deal with China will see it 'open up'
US President Donald Trump said Washington had the blueprint for a "very, very strong" trade deal with China
14 May 2025, 02:30 AM
Bepza secures $480 million investment this fiscal year so far
Today, Chinese firm Qingdao Dongfang agreed to invest $4.5 million in Ishwardi EPZ
13 May 2025, 11:46 AM
China lifts Boeing ban after US trade talks: report
Last month the American aircraft maker confirmed that Chinese airlines had stopped accepting delivery of new planes due to huge tit-for-tat levies imposed by both sides.
13 May 2025, 08:03 AM
Most Asian markets extend rally in glow of China-US truce
Equity markets across the world rallied with oil and the dollar
13 May 2025, 05:26 AM
Remittance crosses $25b this fiscal year
Remittance inflow in the first ten months and eleven days of this fiscal year surpassed $25 billion, breaking all previous records.
12 May 2025, 18:04 PM
Banks can now send up to $15,000 for treatment abroad
The earlier limit was $10,000
12 May 2025, 12:02 PM
Stocks, dollar up on US-China trade promise, detail needed
Investors are hoping the White House will soon scale back the 145 percent tariff on Chinese goods
12 May 2025, 06:00 AM
US, China to publish details of 'substantial' trade talks in Geneva
The trade spat between Washington and Beijing has rocked financial markets and raised fears of a global economic slowdown and an inflationary spike in the United States
12 May 2025, 04:00 AM
Wary investors hope US-China talks cool high-stakes trade war
"There are hundreds of billions of dollars of trade on the line."
11 May 2025, 08:11 AM
Trump says will increase trade 'substantially' with India, Pakistan
"I am going to increase trade, substantially, with both of these great Nations," he posted on TruthSocial
11 May 2025, 05:42 AM
US-China talks to defuse trade war begin in Geneva
Senior US and Chinese officials were meeting in Geneva yesterday in a bid to de-escalate a trade war sparked by President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff roll-out and further fuelled by Beijing’s robust retaliation.
10 May 2025, 09:07 AM