Gold rally continues, hits Tk 2.86 lakh per bhori

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.
30 January 2026, 00:00 AM

Meta shares jump on strong earnings report

Meta on Wednesday reported quarterly earnings that topped market expectations, as revenue grew along with investments in artificial intelligence.
30 January 2026, 00:00 AM

Insurance sector faces demand-supply gap

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.
30 January 2026, 00:00 AM

Trump-era trade stress leads Western powers to China

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.
30 January 2026, 00:00 AM

Bangladesh Bank bought nearly $4 billion in FY26 so far

The central bank purchased $55 million from five commercial banks today
29 January 2026, 20:11 PM

Samsung logs best-ever profit on AI chip demand

A global frenzy to build AI data centres and develop the fast-evolving technology has sent orders for advanced high‑bandwidth memory microchips soaring
29 January 2026, 13:03 PM

Gold nears $5,600 as investors seek safety

Spot gold shot up 2.6 percent to $5,538.69 an ounce by 0349 GMT
29 January 2026, 10:54 AM

Dollar struggles to recover from losses

The dollar struggled to bounce back Wednesday following another selloff fuelled by Donald Trump’s suggestion he was happy with the currency’s recent decline, while tech firms helped most Asian equity markets extend their rally.
29 January 2026, 00:00 AM

SoftBank in talks to invest up to $30b more in OpenAI

SoftBank Group Corp is in talks to invest as much as an ​additional $30 billion in OpenAI, a person familiar with ‌the matter said on Tuesday, as the Japanese conglomerate doubles down on its bet on the ChatGPT owner.
29 January 2026, 00:00 AM

Europe scores tentative trade deal win over India

Adversity sometimes moves things along like nothing else. Under pressure from the threat of Washington’s tariffs, India and the European Union on Tuesday agreed the contours of a trade deal after muddling through stop-start negotiations for nearly 19 years.
29 January 2026, 00:00 AM

Euro tops $1.20: who wins, who loses?

The jump came after the US president expressed indifference to the greenback's latest decline
28 January 2026, 11:29 AM

Gold's blistering rally continues past $5,200 as dollar plunges to 4-year low

US gold ‌futures for February delivery surged 3.1% to $5,237.70 per ounce
28 January 2026, 11:08 AM

What we know about the EU-India trade deal

Here is what Brussels and New Delhi agreed in what Modi called the "mother of all deals"
28 January 2026, 10:30 AM

Dollar struggles to recover from losses after Trump comments

Trump did little to dismiss that when asked Tuesday if he was worried about the decline.
28 January 2026, 09:32 AM

Gold climbs, silver jumps 8%

Gold rose on Tuesday as geopolitical uncertainty underpinned safe-haven demand, while silver surged 8 percent to hover near all-time highs.
28 January 2026, 00:00 AM

Why US geopolitical uncertainty matters for the dollar

Donald Trump’s new brand of imperialism doesn’t sit well with the dollar. The greenback dropped against other major currencies as the US president talked about taking control of Greenland, and continued falling even after he backed down. The issue is less that geopolitical animosity can unseat the dollar as the world’s dominant currency, and more that it can erode a key benefit: financial surveillance and sanctions power.
28 January 2026, 00:00 AM

US may announce cut in reciprocal tariffs on Bangladesh next week: Lutfey Siddiqi

The special envoy to the chief adviser briefed the media about Bangladesh’s engagement at the WEF
27 January 2026, 19:37 PM

Hybrid cars top choice for consumers in Europe in 2025: data

Despite the only modest overall sales growth, consumers continued to shift towards hybrid and battery-electric vehicles
27 January 2026, 16:55 PM

EU, India successfully conclude major trade deal

The EU has eyed India -- the world's most populous nation -- as an important market for the future
27 January 2026, 12:08 PM

Venezuela forecasts $1.4 bn oil investments in 2026, up 55%: president

Drawing in foreign investors following the ouster of Nicolas Maduro
27 January 2026, 09:42 AM