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Remittance crosses $25b this fiscal year

Remittance inflow in the first ten months and eleven days of this fiscal year surpassed $25 billion, breaking all previous records.

10h ago

Banks can now send up to $15,000 for treatment abroad

The earlier limit was $10,000

16h ago

Stocks, dollar up on US-China trade promise, detail needed

Investors are hoping the White House will soon scale back the 145 percent tariff on Chinese goods

22h ago

US, China to publish details of 'substantial' trade talks in Geneva

The trade spat between Washington and Beijing has rocked financial markets and raised fears of a global economic slowdown and an inflationary spike in the United States

1d ago

Wary investors hope US-China talks cool high-stakes trade war

"There are hundreds of billions of dollars of trade on the line."

1d ago

Trump says will increase trade 'substantially' with India, Pakistan

"I am going to increase trade, substantially, with both of these great Nations," he posted on TruthSocial

1d ago

US-China talks to defuse trade war begin in Geneva

Senior US and Chinese officials were meeting in Geneva yesterday in a bid to de-escalate a trade war sparked by President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff roll-out and further fuelled by Beijing’s robust retaliation.

2d ago

US and China set for talks in bid to 'de-escalate' trade war

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer are set to confer with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in the Swiss city

2d ago

Inflation biggest concern for Bangladesh in 2025: WEF

The World Economic Forum (WEF) releases Global Risks Report 2025

3m ago

DCCI wants lower interest rates for private-sector credit growth

The leading chamber also demanded a loan classification deadline extension by 3 to 6 months

3m ago

Food processors protest tax hike

They also urge govt not to raise gas prices

3m ago

Taiwan's TSMC says net profit rose 57% in fourth quarter

Net profit for the three months to December jumped 57 percent on-year to NT$374.7 billion (US$11.4 billion).

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US consumer inflation rises in December but underlying pressures ease

The consumer price index (CPI) accelerated to 2.9 percent last month from a year ago, up from 2.7 percent in November, the Labor Department said in a statement on Wednesday.

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'Everything on the table' to respond to Trump tariffs: Trudeau

"If the US administration chooses to still implement tariffs, we will respond purposefully, forcefully, resolutely," he said.

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Trump’s policies won’t push up inflation

Donald Trump’s policies are not likely to cause inflation to reignite as many analysts fear, one of the president-elect’s longtime economic advisers told AFP Tuesday, less than a week before Trump returns to the White House.

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Hasina, family members included in list for money laundering probe: BFIU

11 separate teams will be formed to investigate people, companies of 11 groups

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Boeing 2024 plane deliveries tumble on labor, safety woes

The annual figure was well below 2023 deliveries and less than half the 766 aircraft European rival Airbus brought to customers last year.

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Beijing 'firmly opposes' US ban on smart cars with Chinese tech

"Such actions disrupt economic and commercial cooperation between enterprises... and represent typical protectionism and economic coercion," foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said

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