World powers on Thursday blasted US President Donald Trump’s steep tariffs on imports of vehicles and car parts, vowing retaliation as a widening trade war intensifies.

Trump said this month the United States was in talks with four groups interested in acquiring TikTok, with the app facing an uncertain future in the country.

Earlier, the startups in Bangladesh were not allowed to invest abroad

Satellite service providers asked to route internet traffic through local gateways

The duties take effect at 12:01 am (0401 GMT) on April 3

The IMF said Tuesday it has reached agreement with Pakistan on a new $1.3 billion loan program and reviewed an existing bailout that would, if approved, unlock an additional $1 billion.

The United States added dozens of entities to a trade blacklist Tuesday, its Commerce Department said, in part to disrupt Beijing’s artificial intelligence and advanced computing capabilities.

The US consumer confidence index fell 7.2 points to 92.9 in March,

The shipping ministry has approved a special incentive bonus of Tk 60,000 for all categories of employees of the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) and the ministry for achieving record cargo and container handling at the port.

India is open to cutting tariffs on more than half of US imports worth $23 billion in the first phase of a trade deal the two nations are negotiating, two government sources said, the biggest cut in years, aimed at fending off reciprocal tariffs.

Trump has imposed tariffs and threatened economic warfare; mused that the US could leave allies in the lurch if Russia attacks them; intimidated Greenland; and taunted Canada that it should become the 51st US state.

Both told a packed technical audience at a Paris composites fair this month that they were already making progress in researching what the succeeding generation of models could be made of - and in turn how fast they could be built.

In just a few weeks, the US tourism outlook has clouded as a result of some of President Donald Trump’s policy decisions, which have angered some foreign visitors and prompted fear of a surge in prices and a stronger dollar.

President Donald Trump has made a sharp break from long-standing US policy in several areas, such as appearing to endorse Russia's position on Ukraine, raising questions about US commitment to European security and imposing tariffs on its allies.

Foreign traveler arrivals in the United States are expected to decline by 5.1 percent in 2025 compared to last year

President Donald Trump’s regulatory freeze has injected chaos and uncertainty into a number of lucrative American fisheries

Chinese carmaker BYD on Thursday vowed to conquer Europe with a new compact electric model and super-fast charging capability to rival continental brands.

Artificial intelligence (AI) startup Perplexity on Friday expressed its interest in buying TikTok, which faces a deadline to divest from its Chinese owner or be banned in the United States.

Major tech firms are pushing the administration of President Donald Trump to loosen rules on building artificial intelligence, arguing it is the only way to maintain a US edge and compete with China.

Japanese inflation eased in February, government data showed Friday, with prices excluding fresh food rising 3.0 percent year-on-year in the world’s fourth-largest economy.