Bangladesh reiterated its commitment to enhancing labour rights, ensuring a safe and decent working environment, and strengthening the implementation of labour laws with the support of the International Labour Organisation鈥檚 technical assistance...
US president Donald Trump touted ties with China as 鈥榚xcellent鈥� on Wednesday, saying the superpowers reached a deal after two days of talks aimed at preserving a truce in their damaging trade war...
Cash-strapped Sri Lanka on Wednesday announced a 15 per cent increase in the electricity price to shore up revenues for the state-run utility, in line with conditions imposed by an IMF bailout...
US consumer inflation ticked up in May, in line with analyst expectations, government data showed Wednesday as president Donald Trump鈥檚 sweeping tariffs began to ripple through the world鈥檚 biggest economy...
Drawing high-powered tech CEOs and a presidential visit, the Vivatech trade fair opened in Paris on Wednesday with a bang as Nvidia boss Jensen Huang announced a major push into Europe...
A US federal appeals court is allowing president Donald Trump鈥檚 global tariffs to remain in effect for now while it considers the case on an expedited track...
Zimbabwe will ban exports of lithium concentrates from 2027 in hopes that mining companies start processing and refining the critical mineral locally, the government said...
Shares in Hino Motors, the truck-making unit of Japanese auto giant Toyota, plunged Wednesday after it announced a merger with a subsidiary of Germany鈥檚 Daimler Truck...
Shares in Zara owner Inditex fell Wednesday after the world鈥檚 biggest fashion retailer posted disappointing first quarter sales as concerns mount over US president Donald Trump鈥檚 trade war...
The number of bank accounts holding deposits of over Tk 1 crore declined by 719 in March due to poor business environment in the country...
The country鈥檚 readymade garment exports to the United States, the single largest export destination of Bangladesh, experienced a robust growth of 29.34 per cent to $2.98 billion in January-April of 2025, amid ongoing tariff fears...
Commerce adviser Sk Bashir Uddin on Monday said that a huge anarchy had prevailed in the country鈥檚 leather sector over the last 15 years during the previous regime, which led to a drastic fall in this sector...
Despite hopes for a fair return, seasonal traders expressed disappointment over the low prices of rawhides during this year鈥檚 Eid-ul-Azha...
Britain鈥檚 unemployment rate has reached the highest level since July 2021, official data showed on Tuesday, after businesses were hit by a UK tax rise and US tariffs kicked in...
The World Bank slashed its 2025 global growth forecast Tuesday, citing trade tensions and resulting policy uncertainty, as US president Donald Trump鈥檚 wide-ranging tariffs strained ties and weighed on economic outlooks...