Venezuela sits on the world's largest proven oil reserves

Trump last week said he would impose 100% tariffs on Canada

The World Trade Organization has faulted the United States in a dispute brought by China over US green energy subsidies, in a ruling slammed by Washington on Friday as “absurd”.

Oil prices dipped a few cents per barrel on Friday, consolidating recent gains and holding near six-month highs on Friday, supported by nagging tensions between the US and Iran.

President Donald Trump said Friday he would nominate former Federal Reserve governor Kevin Warsh to be the next US central bank chief, a move that has sparked cautious optimism among observers.

China’s factory activity slowed in January, official data showed Saturday, missing forecasts after a brief rise into positive territory at the end of last year.

In one fell swoop, decades of oil sector nationalization ended in Venezuela this week, as the global leader in known reserves opened up to private firms while seeking Washington’s benediction.

The US dollar gained on Friday after former Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh was selected to be the next ​Fed chair, and as the US currency recovered from a sharp selloff earlier in the week that analysts say was ‌overdone in the short-term.

Interim president Delcy Rodriguez of oil-rich Venezuela said Friday she had agreed on energy cooperation with India, a day after Caracas opened its hydrocarbons sector to private companies.

Participants bagged Tk 224 crore export orders while local sales hit Tk 393 crore

This time, a vessel named MV WF Artemis brought in 58,359 tonnes

Precious metals prices tumbled on Friday after surging in recent days when investors sought a safe haven over doubts about Trump's policies

State can reduce royalties for larger projects, cut taxes at discretion

Gold surged past the Tk 285,000 mark per bhori from yesterday morning, breaking all previous records as the global rally of the metal continues.

Meta on Wednesday reported quarterly earnings that topped market expectations, as revenue grew along with investments in artificial intelligence.

The insurance sector is facing a serious gap between demand and supply, as most products, designed by urban elites, ignore the needs of rural and low-income people, said Md Main Uddin, professor of the Department of Banking and Insurance at the University of Dhaka.

Britain’s Keir Starmer is the latest Western leader to thaw trade ties with China in a shift analysts say is driven by US tariff pressure and unease over Donald Trump’s volatile policy playbook.

The central bank purchased $55 million from five commercial banks today

A global frenzy to build AI data centres and develop the fast-evolving technology has sent orders for advanced high‑bandwidth memory microchips soaring

Spot gold shot up 2.6 percent to $5,538.69 an ounce by 0349 GMT