Bangladesh is unlikely to regain benefits offered under the generalised system of preferences (GSP) from the United States if the programme is revived in the near future because of several issues related to labour rights in the country, Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed said yesterday.
The Chinese government should use its tax-and-spend policies to help boost flagging economic growth, a senior IMF official told AFP ahead of key meetings this week in Washington.
They are: Md Shahidullah Azim, Enamul Haque Khan (Bablu), Miran Ali, M Mohiuddin Chowdhury, Asif Ashraf, Rezwan Selim, ANM Saifuddin, Md Shihabuduzza Chowdhury, Shams Mahmud and Sharif Zahir
The consumer goods giant said on Thursday it was keeping its full-year outlook for 3-5 percent underlying sales growth and an underlying operating margin of at least 18 percent
Apple failed to send tens of thousands of customer disputes about credit card transactions to Goldman Sachs, and when it did the bank did not follow federal requirements for investigating claims, the bureau said
64 percent of the members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 751 rejected the contract, the union said on X
The United States is very close to achieving a soft landing, the rare feat of tackling inflation without spurring a long recession, the IMF’s chief economist told AFP.
The removal comes amid bumper harvest projections and surplus stock
The United States and five of its allies on Friday condemned the use of trade practices that amount to economic coercion in a joint declaration that did not single out other countries but appeared to be aimed at China.
India’s central bank may not cut the key lending rate before February unless inflation falls sharply or a global crisis unfolds, a top treasury official of Axis Bank said.
Sri Lanka lifted import restrictions on 286 items, the Finance Ministry said on Saturday, a fresh sign the South Asian nation is starting to emerge from its worst economic crisis in decades.
China’s economic growth is expected to be “relatively high” in the second quarter compared to the prior year, mainly due a low base of comparison, while consumer inflation is projected to be above 1 per cent by December, the central bank governor said.
European Union countries will try again next week to pass a deal on new renewable energy targets, which have been stalled by concerns from France and other states that the law sidelines nuclear energy.
The nationals of the North American country spent Tk 61.5 crore in March this year
Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Thursday called for stronger collaboration with Malaysia to protect palm oil products threatened by a European Union trade law he termed “discrimination”.
The eurozone entered into a technical recession at the start of the year, shrinking by 0.1 per cent for a second consecutive quarter, figures from the EU’s statistic agency showed Thursday.
German industrial production edged up in April but remained “subdued”, official data showed Wednesday, adding to fears of a longer recession in Europe’s largest economy.
China’s exports shrank much faster than expected in May while imports extended declines with a grim outlook for global demand, especially from developed markets, raising doubts about the fragile economic recovery.