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In tight market, China resells record LNG volumes
2 April 2026, 00:00 AM
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OpenAI raises $122b in boosted funding round
2 April 2026, 00:00 AM
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Gold ticks up
2 April 2026, 00:00 AM
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How China can survive without the Strait of Hormuz
1 April 2026, 15:50 PM
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Dollar holds firm as Middle East ceasefire hopes rise
1 April 2026, 12:51 PM
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Oil slides as Middle East uncertainty keeps markets on edge
1 April 2026, 12:34 PM
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Asia's factory activity slows on cost pressure from Iran war
1 April 2026, 10:36 AM
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Asia barters for scarce energy as Iran crisis throttles supplies
1 April 2026, 00:00 AM
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What do countries and companies want in global plastic treaty talks?
More than 200 consumer-facing companies including Unilever, PepsiCo and Walmart have joined the so-called Business Coalition for a Plastics Treaty.
22 April 2024, 05:42 AM
Administrator appointed for Sonali Life Insurance
Brig Gen (retd) SM Ferdous has already joined office: IDRA spokesperson
21 April 2024, 11:50 AM
Remaking Made in India will be a long slog
The production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme unveiled in 2020 is losing shine after a soaring start
21 April 2024, 11:17 AM
IMF's Gopinath says high U.S. deficits fueling growth, higher interest rates
Gopinath told a fiscal forum at the IMF and World Bank spring meetings that US deficits are projected to rise for years with one of the world's steepest curves for debt.
21 April 2024, 05:11 AM
Jewellers cut gold prices by Tk 840 a bhori
From today, each bhori of 22-carat gold will cost Tk 118,798
20 April 2024, 13:34 PM
Stocks sink, oil jumps after Israeli attack on Iran
Asian shares and bond yields sank on Friday while safe-haven currencies, gold and crude oil jumped after reports Israel attacked Iran in a continuing series of assaults
19 April 2024, 06:00 AM
Gold price hits new record again
Jewellers are selling each bhori of gold at Tk 119,637 from 7pm today
18 April 2024, 14:15 PM
Govt raises bottled soybean oil price to Tk 167 a litre
But cuts loose soybean oil price by Tk 2 a litre
18 April 2024, 11:04 AM
‘Farmer, RMG workers, migrants main drivers of Bangladesh economy in first 50 years’
However, their contribution would not remain the same in the years to come, says a book published from London
18 April 2024, 10:05 AM
China and EU trade tensions risk a full trade war
China and Europe face a "slow motion train accident" as a rising tide of protectionism threatens to become a full trade war, the head of a European business lobby group warned on Wednesday, a day after Germany's chancellor conveyed European concerns to Beijing.
17 April 2024, 15:20 PM
Another garment factory receives LEED green certification
Bangladesh now has 215 LEED-certified factories
17 April 2024, 14:31 PM
Dutch-Bangla joint venture firm to establish bag factory in Cumilla EPZ
BSK Bangladesh will invest $6.14 million
17 April 2024, 11:52 AM
Import of another 124,000 tonnes of rice given go-ahead
Some 91,000 tonnes will be parboiled rice and 33,000 tonnes sunned rice
17 April 2024, 11:09 AM
BASIC Bank employees want merger with another state bank
They submitted a memorandum to Bangladesh Bank governor
16 April 2024, 14:11 PM
IMF lowers Bangladesh’s economic growth forecast
Bangladesh economy to grow 5.7% in FY24, the lender says
16 April 2024, 13:44 PM
Tesla to lay off more than 10% of staff globally as sales fall
Tesla will lay off more than 10 percent of its global workforce, an internal memo seen by Reuters on Monday shows, as it grapples with falling sales and an intensifying price war for electric vehicles.
15 April 2024, 15:00 PM
Credit card use slightly down in Feb
Plastic money transactions fell 4.77% to Tk 3,057 crore
15 April 2024, 13:26 PM
BB gets five merger proposals from banks
No new proposal will be accepted before the completion of the five, BB says
15 April 2024, 11:27 AM
Oil slips as risk premium eases after Iran attack
Oil prices slipped by about 1 percent on Monday, with the market downplaying the risk of broader regional conflagration after Iran's weekend attack on Israel.
15 April 2024, 10:55 AM
US growth may be a global boon, but inflation could derail the train
The data registered quickly in markets that lowered the outlook for a Fed monetary easing, something global officials no doubt have noticed ahead of discussions this week that may center on whether the world's post-pandemic bout of inflation and tight monetary policy is ending, or simply on hold until it is clear what happens in the US
15 April 2024, 06:24 AM