While green investment grew 20% last year, it is way short of the $1.5 trillion required this decade, and emissions in the 10 countries in the region could overshoot their 2030 pledges by 32% if they continue on their current trajectory, it warned.

But further gains may depend on response, analysts say

The IMF executive board confirmed Friday that it had reappointed Kristalina Georgieva to serve for a second five-year term at the helm of the international financial institution

BGMEA President SM Mannan Kochi says in a press briefing today

The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics says in quarterly GDP estimate

The cabinet committee on economic affairs says

The multinational bank made Tk 43 crore in 2023, up from the previous year's Tk 13 crore

Megafarms are being set up to produce camel milk on industrial scales

Beijing's commerce minister dismissed as "groundless" US concerns that a surge of low-cost Chinese exports posed a risk to global markets, as Washington's Treasury chief on Monday wrapped up a visit aimed in part at addressing the issue

Some 70% have already paid festival bonus, Industrial police say

Leather exports rose 9.8% year-on-year in Jul-Mar of FY24

Ueda said the central bank could "respond with monetary policy" if currency moves significantly drive inflation and wages, suggesting sharp yen falls could affect the timing of the next rate hike

Hopes of keeping the crown have rested on a long-promised $25,000 model. If the project gets scrapped, as Reuters reported on Friday, boss Elon Musk has one remaining advantage: using Tesla’s data trove to develop self-driving technology

Global food prices rose in March, the first increase since July, pulled higher by cooking oil prices despite the cost of grains continuing to ease, the UN's Food and Agricultural Organization said Friday

Samsung, which generates the bulk of its operating profit from semiconductors, is forecast to more than double earnings this year, per analysts' estimates gathered by LSEG

Tesla has canceled the long-promised inexpensive car that investors have been counting on to drive its growth into a mass-market automaker, according to three sources familiar with the matter and company messages seen by Reuters

January-March operating profits were expected to rise 931.3 % to 6.6 trillion won ($4.89 billion) while operating profits in the same period last year totalled around 640 billion won

Bangladesh power firms more than doubled coal-fired electricity generation in 2023 from 2022 to a record 17 terawatt hours (TWh), data from energy think tank Ember shows

Elon Musk's auto giant reported 386,810 global deliveries over the period, down 8.5 percent, reflecting in part a weak sales market in China, where it faces heavy competition from local electric vehicle (EV) makers

Telenor on Wednesday said its Norwegian unit will lay off around 100 employees and substantially reduce its number of temporary staff and consultants