February2025
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Syria’s economy minister discusses resuming cooperation with World Bank
Feb 25, 2025According to state media, Syria’s economy minister met with the World Bank’s Middle East director on Monday to talk about resuming collaboration with the institution, which was halted under Bashar al-Assad’s overthrown regime. The new leaders... -
Hein Schumacher to step down as Unilever CEO
Feb 25, 2025On Tuesday, the British consumer products behemoth Unilever announced that finance leader Fernando Fernandez will succeed chief executive Hein Schumacher, who will leave on March 1. “Mutual agreement” was used to make the decision, the business... -
Tesla rolls out advanced self-driving functions in China
Feb 25, 2025The US electric vehicle behemoth Tesla said Tuesday that it has begun providing sophisticated self-driving features for its vehicles in China, such as autopilot on city streets. The “Full Self-Driving” capability that Tesla provides in the... -
DoorDash to pay New York delivery workers $17 mn for using their tips
Feb 25, 2025Drivers in New York state who claimed that DoorDash had defrauded them of their tips by using them as basic pay would get close to $17 million from the US delivery service, officials announced Monday. The... -
CA requests Maldives to regularise undocumented Bangladeshi expatriates
Feb 25, 2025Professor Muhammad Yunus, the chief adviser, asked the Maldivian government today to take into account regularizing the undocumented Bangladeshi expats who are already residing there and hiring additional Bangladeshi workers. When Shiuneen Rasheed, the High Commissioner... -
Alibaba to spend more than $50 billion on artificial intelligence and cloud computing over the next three years
Feb 25, 2025Chinese tech giant Alibaba said Monday it will spend more than $50 billion on artificial intelligence and cloud computing over the next three years, a week after co-founder Jack Ma was seen meeting with President Xi... -
Bolivia inaugurates steel plant built with Chinese loan
Feb 25, 2025With a loan from China, Bolivia, which is short on foreign exchange, opened a steel facility Monday that it hopes will lessen its dependency on metal imports. In order to increase its economic and political influence... -
Spain’s Telefonica sells Argentina’s subsidiary for $1.2 bn
Feb 25, 2025On Monday, the government of Libertarian President Javier Milei announced a probe into competition issues after Spanish telecom behemoth Telefonica agreed to sell its Argentine business to Telecom Argentina for $1.2 billion. In a statement provided... -
Japanese Ambassador meets Commerce Adviser
Feb 25, 2025Sk Bashir Uddin, the Commerce Advisor, received a courtesy call from Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh SAIDA Shinichi today at his office at the Bangladesh Secretariat in the capital. The topics of the meeting included the Commerce... -
NBR launches online import-export hub to streamline international businesses
Feb 25, 2025In order to streamline international commerce, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) today created an online import-export gateway that offers customs and tariff-related information from a single platform. The chief guest at the launching event was...