H&M operating profit improves but sales still sluggish
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Oil prices fall as Iran says it is open to diplomacy to end the war
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US says China trade truce extended as Trump welcomes Xi
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OECD lifts global growth forecast despite Mideast war
24 September 2026
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H&M founding family builds stake as turnaround struggles to gain traction
23 September 2026
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Oil falls $1 on better supply outlook, hopes for US-Iran talks
23 September 2026
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Gold prices fall
23 September 2026
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Global Economy
NCT deal with DP World / Pro-BNP workers’ body urges PM for dialogue before any decision
22 September 2026
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BB governor urges India to boost imports from Bangladesh
22 September 2026
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Oil prices climb ahead of potential US-Iran talks
22 September 2026
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Bepza secures $480 million investment this fiscal year so far
Today, Chinese firm Qingdao Dongfang agreed to invest $4.5 million in Ishwardi EPZ
13 May 2025
China lifts Boeing ban after US trade talks: report
Last month the American aircraft maker confirmed that Chinese airlines had stopped accepting delivery of new planes due to huge tit-for-tat levies imposed by both sides.
13 May 2025
US tariff pause on Beijing puts pressure on 'China-plus-one' countries
Now, everything is up in the air again following a breakthrough in US-China trade talks
13 May 2025
Most Asian markets extend rally in glow of China-US truce
Equity markets across the world rallied with oil and the dollar
13 May 2025
China commits about $10 billion in credit lines to Latin America
President Xi Jinping delivered a speech to kick off a ministerial meeting of the China-CELAC Forum
13 May 2025
Trade war de-escalation: US, China reach deal to slash tariffs
The United States and China have agreed to temporarily slash reciprocal tariffs in a deal that surpassed expectations as the world’s two biggest economies seek to end a damaging trade war that has stoked fears of recession and roiled financial markets.
12 May 2025
Remittance crosses $25b this fiscal year
Remittance inflow in the first ten months and eleven days of this fiscal year surpassed $25 billion, breaking all previous records.
12 May 2025
Markets rally after China and US slash tariffs for 90 days
Stocks rallied Monday after Chinese and US officials made “substantial progress” at trade talks in Geneva and slashed their tit-for-tat tariffs for 90 days, fuelling hopes the two sides will pull back from a standoff that has rattled global markets.
12 May 2025
Banks can now send up to $15,000 for treatment abroad
The earlier limit was $10,000
12 May 2025
Stocks, dollar up on US-China trade promise, detail needed
Investors are hoping the White House will soon scale back the 145 percent tariff on Chinese goods
12 May 2025
Washington hails ‘progress’ after trade talks with China
Washington expressed optimism after trade talks with China aimed to de-escalate trade tensions sparked by President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff rollout.
11 May 2025
Wary investors hope US-China talks cool high-stakes trade war
Investors are hopeful that US-China trade talks will cool a trade war between the world’s two largest economies and dispel some of the uncertainty clouding financial markets, though few expect a major breakthrough just yet.
11 May 2025
Wary investors hope US-China talks cool high-stakes trade war
"There are hundreds of billions of dollars of trade on the line."
11 May 2025
Trump says will increase trade 'substantially' with India, Pakistan
"I am going to increase trade, substantially, with both of these great Nations," he posted on TruthSocial
11 May 2025
US-China talks to defuse trade war begin in Geneva
Senior US and Chinese officials were meeting in Geneva yesterday in a bid to de-escalate a trade war sparked by President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff roll-out and further fuelled by Beijing’s robust retaliation.
10 May 2025
US and China set for talks in bid to 'de-escalate' trade war
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer are set to confer with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in the Swiss city
10 May 2025
IMF approves $1 bn Pakistan payout despite India's objections
Pakistan came to the brink of default in 2023, as a political crisis compounded an economic downturn and drove the nation's debt burden to terminal levels
10 May 2025
China's consumption slide deepens as tariff war bites
The world's second-largest economy has grappled with persistent deflationary pressure in recent years, with longstanding woes in the property sector and export headwinds impeding growth
10 May 2025
US and China prepare for trade talks as Trump floats tariff cut
Tariffs imposed on the Asian manufacturing giant since the start of the year currently total 145 percent, with cumulative duties on some goods reaching a staggering 245 percent.
10 May 2025
EU accelerating free trade talks with Asia: trade chief
The European Union is accelerating free trade talks with Asia following hefty tariffs by US President Donald Trump, the bloc’s trade chief said Wednesday.
8 May 2025