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To dump west, embrace BRICS

BY HABIT, the choreographed Indian crowd began to chant ‘Modi Modi’ at an event for the Indian prime minister’s two-day visit to China. The Chinese hosts, on the other hand, greeted him with a knowledgeable display of Indian classical music, something Indians would struggle to reciprocate if it ever came to that. There’s a trade deficit, and there’s evidently a cultural...

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Is BRICS way forward?

I RETURNED to the US from Cuba just a few hours before president Donald Trump signed a memorandum on June 30 tightening the long-standing US economic blockade. The memorandum includes a statutory ban on US tourism to the neighboring island...

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BRICS’ criticism brings Trump 10pc tariff threat

US president Donald Trump threatened China, India and some of the world’s fastest-emerging economies with higher import tariffs, hitting back at BRICS’ criticism of his trade policies as the bloc met Monday...

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BRICS nations hit out at Trump tariffs

BRICS, representing half the world’s population and 40 per cent of global economic output, is divided about much, but has found common cause when it comes to mercurial Trump and his tariff wars...

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BRICS nations voice concerns over Trump tariffs

BRICS leaders meeting in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday are expected to decry US President Donald Trump’s ‘indiscriminate’ trade tariffs, saying they are illegal and risk hurting the global economy.

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BRICS nations to denounce Trump tariffs

BRICS leaders meeting in Rio de Janeiro from Sunday are expected to decry Donald Trump’s hardline trade policies, but are struggling to bridge divides over crises roiling the Middle East.

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Rio to host BRICS summit wary of Trump

A summit of BRICS nations will convene in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday and Monday, with members hoping to weigh in on global crises while tiptoeing around US president Donald Trump’s policies.

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BRICS-backed bank to lend $1b to Bangladesh

The BRICS-established New Development Bank has planned to raise its lending to Bangladesh development projects to US$ one billion this year, a vice-president of the Shanghai-based multilateral lender said in Dhaka on Tuesday.

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Trump threatens to place 100pc tariffs on BRICS

US president Donald Trump reiterated Thursday his threat to place 100 per cent tariffs on BRICS nations, as the deadline loomed for him to impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico.

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Yarn, accessories expo begins

The 10th Yarn, Fabrics, and Accessories Show began on Wednesday at the International Convention City Bashundhara in the capital Dhaka, bringing together over 150 international suppliers to showcase yarns, fabrics, accessories, chemicals and screen-printing machinery...

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4-day yarn, fabrics, accessories show begins tomorrow

The 10th Yarn, Fabrics and Accessories Show, a focused sourcing event for yarn, fabrics and accessories, is scheduled to take place from December 11 to 14 at the International Convention City Bashundhara in the city. ..

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How BRICS redefines global cooperation

THE 16th BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, felt like a deliberate contrast to the annual IMF and World Bank meetings taking place in Washington. The timing couldn’t have been more telling. The optics of this contrast were hard to miss, giving off the impression of a bloc standing firmly apart from the US-dominated global order. While the West may see Kazan...

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Why Türkiye pursues BRICS membership

AT THIS week’s BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia, the presence of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan underscored Türkiye’s longstanding interest in joining the BRICS alliance. As the sole NATO member exploring membership in this predominantly non-Western organisation, Türkiye’s pursuit of BRICS reflects Ankara’s shifting foreign policy stance toward...

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Key issues of dispute between China and India

China and India are talking again after a years-long freeze, with leaders Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi meeting at a BRICS summit this week and the two sides striking a deal on issues related to their disputed border.

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FS to lead Bangladesh in BRICS Summit

Foreign secretary Md Jashim Uddin will lead Bangladesh delegation at the 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia from Tuesday to Wednesday.

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BRICS Summit 2024

THE BRICS Summit will be held in Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, a Russian city located at the confluence of the Volga and Kazanka rivers in central European Russia, from...

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Algeria joins BRICS New Dev Bank

Algeria has been approved for membership in the BRICS New Development Bank, the country’s finance ministry has announced...

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Perils and promise of emerging multipolar world

THE World Bank’s release on May 30 of its latest estimates of national output, up to the year 2022, offers an occasion to reflect on the new geopolitics. The new data underscore the shift from a US-led world economy to a multipolar world economy, a reality that US strategists have so far failed to recognise, accept or admit...

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Minimum tariff value of cotton fabrics increased

Finance minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali on Thursday proposed rationalising at the import level the minimum value of certain products, including cotton and synthetic fabrics, for imposing duty to safeguard the local industry...

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De-dollarization and BRICS’ ascendancy

IN THE aftermath of the prolonged conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the aggravating Middle East crisis, where escalating humanitarian crises compound existing tensions, the global landscape has undergone...