H&M operating profit improves but sales still sluggish
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25 September 2026 • Global Economy
Chinese-Bangladeshi JV, BPDB to build 10MW solar plant at Bhasanchar
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25 September 2026 • Global Economy
H&M operating profit improves but sales still sluggish
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24 September 2026 • Business
US says China trade truce extended as Trump welcomes Xi
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24 September 2026 • Business
OECD lifts global growth forecast despite Mideast war
AFP, Paris
24 September 2026 • Global Economy
Gold prices fall
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23 September 2026 • Global Economy

EU trade chief says bloc will respond swiftly to US tariffs

Sefcovic said the EU sees "no justification for sudden, unilateral tariff increases" by the United States, adding that businesses rely on economic stability and predictability.
20 February 2025

Trump says US auto tariffs to be around 25%

US President Donald Trump expanded his offensive against trading partners on Tuesday, threatening 25 percent tariffs on imported cars, and similar or higher duties on pharmaceuticals and semiconductors.
19 February 2025

US lawmakers confirm Howard Lutnick as commerce secretary

Lutnick, who was chief executive of financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald, is a close ally of Trump's and has been a defender of imposing tariffs on US imports.
19 February 2025

HSBC targets $1.5 bn in annual cost savings after revamp

Elhedery's plan for a "simpler, more dynamic, and agile organisation" has shaken up Europe's largest bank, whose shares in Hong Kong have rallied to an 11-year high.
19 February 2025

Trump says he will introduce 25% tariffs on autos, pharmaceuticals and chips

Trump has long railed against what he calls the unfair treatment of US automotive exports in foreign markets.
19 February 2025

Bangladesh, IMF mutually deferred loan tranche

The International Monetary Fund's move to disburse the fourth and fifth tranches of a $4.7 billion loan together was a mutual decision, the finance ministry said in a press release yesterday.
18 February 2025

Musk launches ‘scary smart’ AI chatbot

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company unveiled on Monday the latest version of its chatbot, Grok 3, which the billionaire hopes will find traction in a highly competitive sector contested by the likes of ChatGPT and China’s DeepSeek.
18 February 2025

Honda ready to revive takeover talks if Nissan CEO Uchida leaves, FT reports

Japan's second- and third-largest automakers by sales after Toyota Motor had been in talks to create a $60 billion firm after a lack of hybrid models in the U.S. and competition from local rivals in China had sent Nissan's earnings diving.
18 February 2025

DeepSeek removed from South Korea app stores

Chinese AI app DeepSeek will not be available to download in South Korea pending a review of its handling of user data, Seoul authorities said Monday.
17 February 2025

China bank lending hits record high in January

New bank loans in China surged more than expected to a record high in January as the central bank moved to shore up a patchy economic recovery, reinforcing expectations for more stimulus in coming months as US tariffs threaten to pile more pressure on the economy.
17 February 2025

Japan growth slowed in 2024 despite stronger Q4

Japan’s economic growth slowed sharply last year, official data showed Monday, although the rate for the fourth quarter topped expectations.
17 February 2025

Gulf Food Fair begins in Dubai

41 Bangladeshi companies are participating among 5,500 exhibitors from over 129 countries
17 February 2025

Japan 2024 growth slows despite stronger fourth quarter

Gross domestic product expanded 0.1 percent in 2024, well down from 1.5 percent the year before, the data showed
17 February 2025

China's Xi meets business leaders including Alibaba's Jack Ma

Since coming to power more than a decade ago, Xi has consistently sought to bolster the role of state enterprises in the world's second-largest economy and warned against the "disorderly" expansion of the private sector.
17 February 2025

No supply shortage of edible oil

The Bangladesh Vegetable Oil Refiners and Vanaspati Manufacturers Association has reassured consumers and traders that there is no supply shortage of bottled edible oil in the local market.
16 February 2025

US tariffs loom large in South Korea’s ‘steel city’

Smoke billows from chimneys as factories churn in South Korea’s steelmaking heartland, now under threat from Washington’s swingeing new tariffs on the port city’s largest export.
16 February 2025

Broadcom, TSMC eye possible Intel deals to split storied chipmaker, WSJ reports

Broadcom and TSMC are not working together, and all of the talks so far are preliminary and largely informal, the Journal added
16 February 2025

Trump tariffs fuel US auto anxiety

An additional 10 percent tariff on imports from China -- a major auto parts supplier -- has already been imposed
16 February 2025

Global stocks buffeted by tariff threats and data

Stock markets diverged and the dollar dipped on Friday as traders tracked US President Donald Trump’s latest tariff announcement, economic data and earnings.
15 February 2025