April2025

Wall Street stocks finished little changed on Monday in the first day of a news-jammed week that includes earnings from several tech giants and major economic data releases. Major indices meandered in and out of positive...

Seminar speakers emphasized that the small and medium business (SME) sector should support more female entrepreneurs in addition to streamlining and improving trade license procedures and financing accessibility for women. They highlighted this at a joint...

Japan has provided the International Organization for Migration (IOM) $3.5 million to improve living conditions of the Rohingyas and host communities in Cox’s Bazar and Bhasan Char. An Exchange of Notes was signed by Japan Ambassador...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus inaugurated the three-day Police Week-2025at Rajarbagh Police Lines here this morning. Later, he exchanged views with police officers at the Rajarbagh Police Auditorium. The event, held in Dhaka, is aimed at...

Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said on Monday a “major restructuring” of the economy was needed to weather a “new storm” generated by US President Donald Trump’s trade war. Wong was campaigning ahead of Saturday’s election,...

Asian Development Bank (ADB) today hosted a business opportunities seminar (BOS) aimed at providing a platform for accessing information on a wide range of ongoing and upcoming opportunities. The BOS was held for ADB-financed projects where...

A significant shipment of rice from Vietnam has reached Bangladesh, with the arrival of the vessel MV Thai BINH-9 at the bustling Chittagong Port. The ship is carrying a substantial 20,000 metric tons of Atop rice,...

The head of the International Monetary Fund said Friday that financial leaders meeting in Washington this week had shown a “remarkably constructive spirit,” despite the uncertainty from Donald Trump’s tariff plans. The US president’s stop-start rollout...

Pakistan high commissioner to Bangladesh Syed Ahmed Maroof today called on foreign secretary Md Jashim Uddin and briefed him about the “regional issues”, a Bangladesh foreign office statement said. “The High Commissioner of Pakistan briefed the...

According to the US Navy, a Monday accident on the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier caused a US warplane to go overboard into the Red Sea. “The F/A-18E was actively under tow in the hangar...