April2025

The International Monetary Fund announced on Wednesday that it and Ivory Coast authorities had struck a staff-level agreement, opening the door for payments of roughly $740 million. The IMF stated in a statement that the announcement...

New Zealand’s prime minister proposed Thursday a new alliance to battle global export restrictions, enlisting members of a 12-nation trans-Pacific free trading agreement and the European Union. The US tariffs had “shocked” financial markets, though Donald...

Japan’s government said Thursday it received “positively” US Donald Trump’s pause on new tariffs but still “strongly” demands that Washington reconsider other levies. “We received the latest US announcement positively,” chief government spokesman Yoshimasa Hayashi told...

A $150 million investment deal has already been inked with a Chinese company, according to Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud Bin Harun, executive chairman of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA). “An agreement has been signed with a...

A minister stated on Wednesday that France would attempt to reduce its budget by five billion euros in order to help control its debt, but that some of the money would be redirected to defense. Amelie...

Handa Industries Limited, a well-known clothing manufacturing company with headquarters in China that produces high-quality knitted textiles, dyeing techniques, and clothing worldwide, is planning to invest US$150 million in Bangladesh. They want to spend $50 million...

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed today by SolarPower Europe and the Bangladesh Sustainable and Renewable Energy Association (BSREA) to promote knowledge and technical expertise sharing. On behalf of their respective parties, SolarPower Europe’s chief...

In the ‘Bangladesh Investment Summit 2025’, the National Citizen Party (NCP), a political party in Bangladesh initiated by the Students Against Discrimination and the Jatiya Nagorik Committee, is highlighting inflow of US$15 billion Foreign Direct Investment...

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) today showed arrested four individuals including two former policemen and sent them to jail in a crimes against humanity case lodged over Abu Sayed murder in Rangpur during the July-August mass...

Today, bKash, a mobile financial services provider, received the ‘Excellence in Investment Award-2025’ in recognition of its noteworthy contribution to the nation’s economy through luring foreign direct investment.Kamal Quadir, the founder and CEO of bKash, received...