The United States has broadened the reach of its steel and aluminium tariffs, the Commerce Department said Tuesday, impacting hundreds more products that contain both metals such as child seats, tableware and heavy equipment...
A record 383 aid workers were killed in 2024, the United Nations said Tuesday, branding the figures and lack of accountability a 鈥榮hameful indictment鈥� of international apathy 鈥� and warned this year's toll was equally disturbing...
Russian and Ukrainian presidents Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky looked set for a peace summit after fast-moving talks Monday between Donald Trump and European leaders that focused on the key issue of long-term security guarantees for Kyiv...
Singapore鈥檚 non-oil domestic exports slipped 4.6 per cent in July from a year earlier, government data showed Monday, as shipments to the United States plunged by more than 40 per cent...
The US government said Saturday it is suspending visitor visas for Gazans after a far-right influencer with the ear of president Donald Trump complained that wounded Palestinians had been allowed to seek聽medical treatment in the United States...
Nationals from five countries were involved in the Bangladesh Bank reserve heist that occurred in February of 2016, according to a senior official at the Criminal Investigation Department, the investigating agency of the cyber heist...
Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky will head to Washington on Monday to discuss 鈥榚nding the killing and the war鈥� with United States president Donald Trump, he announced Saturday...
A United States senator on Friday announced an investigation into whether Meta AI chatbots were allowed to engage in potentially harmful online exchanges with children...
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin made no breakthrough on Ukraine at their high-stakes summit on Friday, pointing to areas of agreement and rekindling a friendship but offering no news on a ceasefire...
THERE is something profoundly disquieting about a moral catastrophe unfolding under the glaring light of international attention鈥攐nly to be met with an American shrug and a diplomatic shrug-off. Israel鈥檚 unfolding plan to seize full military and administrative control of Gaza, paired with the dismaying acquiescence of the United States, ought to alarm every...
The United States Department of State has said that Bangladesh鈥檚 human rights situation stabilised despite some concerns after Professor Muhammad Yunus-led interim government had taken over following the ouster of the Sheikh Hasina-led regime on August 5, 2024 amid mass student protests...
Bangladesh will buy two bulk carrier ships from a United States company at Tk聽935.71 crore.
The readymade garment exporters of the country said that they should focus on increasing competitiveness, building capability and removing non-tariff barriers, rather than overthinking the United States鈥� tariffs on India, China and other rivals.
The United States on Monday toughened its terrorist designation of separatist militants in Pakistan鈥檚 southwest Balochistan province who were behind a major train attack in March.
US semiconductor giants Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices will pay the United States government 15 per cent of their revenue from selling artificial intelligence chips to China, according to media reports...
Top leaders of the National Citizen Party on Monday held a meeting with United States charg茅 d鈥檃ffaires at its embassy in Dhaka Tracey Ann Jacobson at her Gulshan residence where they discussed the country鈥檚 political situation, reforms and the forthcoming national election.
The next challenge for the Bangladesh economy would be to graduate from the status of the least developed country, which would be a bigger challenge than the US tariff, said Commerce Adviser SK Bashir Uddin...
Apple will invest an additional $100 billion in the United States, taking its total pledge to $600 billion over the next four years, US president Donald Trump said Wednesday...
The first casualty of a hefty 39-per cent tariff on Swiss imports into the United States may be gold refining, after it emerged that certain gold bars could face the levy...
United States president Donald Trump said on Friday that he would meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in one week in Alaska, and suggested that an eventual deal between Moscow and Kyiv to end the war in Ukraine could involve swapping territory...
India faces an ultimatum from the United States with major political and economic ramifications both at home and abroad: end purchases of Russian oil or face painful tariffs.
Donald Trump has announced a 100 per cent tariff on semiconductors from firms that do not invest in the United States 鈥� sparking volatility in Asian chipmaker shares Thursday...
The United States began charging higher tariffs on goods from dozens of trading partners Thursday, in a major escalation of president Donald Trump鈥檚 drive to reshape global commerce in America鈥檚 favour...
China鈥檚 exports rose more than expected last month, with official data on Thursday showing a jump in shipments to the European Union and other markets offset a drop in those to the United States...
The annual human rights report produced by the United States will scale back criticism of El Salvador, Israel and Russia, a report said Wednesday, as officials hinted it would focus instead on what they call dwindling freedom of expression in Europe...
The readymade garment exports to the United States from Bangladesh witnessed a robust growth of 25.13 per cent to $4.25 billion in the first half of 2025, from January to June...
Maxcrete Limited, an AAC block and panel manufacturer, obtained the United States Green Building Council鈥檚 (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certificate...
As the United States ramps up tariffs on major trading partners globally, president Donald Trump is also disrupting strategies that could be used 鈥� by Chinese companies or others 鈥� to circumvent them...
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Wednesday said that the country still had the scope for bargaining over the tariff rate the United States imposed on Bangladeshi exports to the US.
The United States State Department said on Monday that some visa applicants will soon be required to pay bonds of up to $15,000 to discourage visa overstays as part of president Donald Trump鈥檚 crackdown on migration...
