US banks tightened lending standards in the first few months this year, and expect this to continue over the rest of 2023, said a Federal Reserve survey released on Monday.

The Indian rupee fell to a more than two-week low on Tuesday on the back of dollar purchases by importers and short covering by traders, with a rise in US yields also adding to the pressure.

Artificial intelligence could replace 80 per cent of human jobs in the coming years -- but that’s a good thing, says US-Brazilian researcher Ben Goertzel, a leading AI guru.

The multilateral lender says in its latest regional economic update

China's imports contracted sharply in April, while exports rose at a slower pace, reinforcing signs of feeble domestic demand despite the lifting of COVID curbs and heaping pressure on an economy already struggling in the face of cooling global growth.

China’s exports were expected to have risen again in April, albeit at a less robust pace than a month earlier, a Reuters poll showed, supported by unfulfilled orders after last year’s Covid disruptions though slowing global growth is darkening the outlook.

The NBR shared the information a clarification to Bangladesh Bank

It hit $29.77 billion on May 7

The population of US airline pilots and engineers is currently 95.7 per cent white and 9.2 per cent female, according to US data.

Asia and the Pacific is a relative bright spot amid the more somber context of the global economy's rocky recovery, according to a blog of the International Monetary Fund.

Rumee A Hossain has been re-elected as the chairman of the board executive committee of Bank Asia Limited at a meeting of the Board of Directors held recently.

China’s foreign exchange reserves rose more than expected in April, official data showed on Sunday, as the dollar fell against other major currencies.

Hiring in the United States picked up pace in April and unemployment returned to a multidecade low, government data showed Friday, signaling labor market resilience despite higher interest rates to tackle inflation.

Industrial orders at German factories saw their biggest fall in March since the outbreak of the Covid pandemic in 2020, data showed Friday, the latest sign that Europe’s biggest economy is facing a steep downturn.

Apple on Thursday said iPhone sales and money made from services powered quarterly earnings that beat forecasts, despite inflation pressure and the slowing global economy.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina offered Bhutan a scope to build an economic zone in Bangladesh for mutual benefits during a meeting in London with Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema. 

Germany’s Economy Minister Robert Habeck on Friday presented plans to cap the price of electricity used by energy-intensive industries to insulate the sector against sharp cost increases, but the proposal immediately sparked criticism.

The central bank took the decision to comply with IMF's loan conditions

China's foreign exchange reserves rose more than expected in April, official data showed on Sunday, as the dollar fell against other major currencies.

Most of the listed pharmaceutical companies in Bangladesh logged lower profits despite higher sales in July-March of the current financial year owing to a spike in the cost of production.