Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) President Tanaka Akihiko, during a five-day visit to Bangladesh, underscored the strategic importance of the Moheshkhali-Matarbari Integrated Infrastructure Development Initiative

The finance minister has directed all financial institutions, including banks and insurance companies, to deliver digital services tailored to customers' needs, ensuring citizens can access essential services from the comfort of their homes

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has relaxed a provision of the Bank Company Act, 1991 until June 30, 2027 in favour of defaulter Abdul Monem Sugar Refinery Ltd (AMSRL), allowing it to open import LCs (letters of credit)

The success of Samsung Electronics and SK hynix in particular has led to a corresponding increase in government tax revenues

Brent crude futures fell 34 cents, or 0.47 percent, to $71.78 a barrel

The company recorded Tk 4,142 crore in net revenue during the July-March period of the 2025-26 financial year, up from Tk 3,662 crore a year earlier

Revenue jumped to T$2.513 trillion ($78.71 billion) in the April-June quarter

Saudi Arabia, Russia and five other members of the enlarged (OPEC+ are meeting online on Sunday to discuss quotas for August

Washington is seeking to move away from unilateral trade preferences and ineffective aid toward a fairer and more reciprocal economic relationship with Dhaka centred on trade, investment and long-term cooperation

The waiver, part of 60-day peace talks between Tehran and Washington, was issued on June 22 and expires August 21

The research by the German Economic Institute, or IW, found a 7.7 percent rise in EU exports to the US

Brent futures were up 14 cents, or 0.19 percent, at $71.94 a barrel

The World Bank upgraded Vietnam to an upper-middle-income country this week, citing strong sustained growth

Further vulnerability stems from the EU's dependence on the US for technology

The free trade pact will instead be subject to annual reviews, unless a country decides to withdraw entirely

Brent futures lost 77 cents or 1.1 percent to $70.80 a barrel

Overall remittance inflows grew 17.30 percent year-on-year in FY26

World Bank lending to China peaked at $2.42 billion in 2017

Brent August crude futures were down 1%, at $72.4 a barrel

Sri Lanka had raised petrol and diesel prices by almost 50 percent after the US and Israel launched attacks on Iran on February 28