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
Reuters
24 September 2026 • Business
US says China trade truce extended as Trump welcomes Xi
Reuters, Washington
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

Cost of foreign debt rises 27% in first half of FY25

Bangladesh paid $1.98 billion in principal and interest in Jul-Dec of 2024, up from $1.57 billion in the same period the previous year
26 January 2025

Boeing warns Q4 loss bigger than expected on costs from labor strike

The US aviation giant projected a loss of $5.46 per share, much above the $1.55 foreseen by analysts, according to a profit warning that cited the costs of a new labor agreement, among other factors.
26 January 2025

US Fed prepares to pause in first rate decision since Trump's inauguration

The Fed cut its key lending rate by a full percentage point in the last four months of 2024 and indicated it would move more cautiously going forward amid an uptick in inflation away from its long-term target of two percent
26 January 2025

Govt signs LNG deal with US firm

The government has signed a heads of agreement (HOA) with the US-based Argent LNG to import up to 5 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas per year for 20 years.
25 January 2025

Trade wars sparked by Trump tariffs would be ‘catastrophic’, WTO chief says

The World Trade Organization chief said on Thursday that any tit-for-tat trade wars prompted by US President Donald Trump’s tariff threats would have catastrophic consequences for global growth, urging states to refrain from retaliation.
25 January 2025

Trump tells elites: produce in US or pay tariffs

US President Donald Trump issued a blunt warning to global elites in a video appearance at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday: Make your products in the United States or pay tariffs.
25 January 2025

Kamalapur ICD looking for an operator for five years

Tender has been floated, as the previous contract with Saif Powertec is set to end next month
25 January 2025

Renata’s sales grow 12%, but profit plunges 35%

Higher wages and currency depreciation caused the profit to fall
25 January 2025

Trade wars sparked by Trump tariffs would be 'catastrophic', WTO chief says

WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a former Nigerian finance minister, starts her second term as head of the global trade watchdog this year at a time when Trump's tariff threats have raised the spectre of trade wars
25 January 2025

Solar power surpasses coal in EU for first time

Solar overtook coal in the European Union’s electricity production in 2024, with the share of renewables rising to almost half the bloc’s power sector, according to a report released Thursday.
23 January 2025

Trump’s tariff threats are ‘leverage’

Donald Trump’s recent threat to impose 25 percent tariffs on Canada and Mexico is a negotiating tactic, the president’s long-time informal economic advisor argued Wednesday.
23 January 2025

Musk bashes Trump-backed AI mega project

The comments marked a rare instance of a split between the world's richest man and Trump, with Musk playing a key role in the newly installed administration after spending $270 million on the election campaign.
23 January 2025

Sri Lanka’s inflation dropped to minus 2% in December

Sri Lanka’s consumer price inflation dropped to minus 2 percent year-on-year in December after easing to minus 1.7 percent in November, official data showed on Tuesday, as the country posted a strong rebound from its worst financial crisis in decades.
22 January 2025

US pulls out of global corporate tax deal

US President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from a global minimum tax agreement on his first day in office has unnerved EU officials, who expressed “regret” over the move.
22 January 2025

Trump touts $500b AI project

President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a major investment to build infrastructure for artificial intelligence led by Japanese giant Softbank, cloud giant Oracle and ChatGPT-maker OpenAI.
22 January 2025

As Trump takes aim at EVs, how far will rollback go?

As part of his flurry of first-day actions, US President Donald Trump took aim at electric vehicles, a cornerstone of the Biden administration’s climate change agenda.
22 January 2025

Bangladesh eyes fruit imports, trade boost with Pakistan

Business delegations of the two nations sat in a meeting today at the FBCCI
22 January 2025

Govt preparing SME Policy 2025: SME Foundation chairperson

The five-year SME Policy is scheduled to come into effect in July this year and end in June 2030
22 January 2025

RMG exports to EU rise by 2.99% in Jan-Nov

In the 11 months, Bangladesh shipped garments worth $18.15 billion, second highest after China
22 January 2025

BSTI to issue temporary clearance certificates for industrial raw materials

The clearance will be issued on a consignment basis under certain conditions
22 January 2025