A Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) leader, also speaking on condition of anonymity, said US buyer GAP has already instructed its suppliers to pay the additional tarif ...

The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the American Chamber of Commerce in Hanoi expressed concern to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick in a letter dated Saturday, saying the tariff, to take ...

The adviser, however, noted that the IMF has raised concerns over a number of issues including the need to increase foreign currency reserves, stabilise the exchange rate, and reduce the budget defici ...

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Trump had called last month on Tehran to hold negotiations on its nuclear programme with Washington, but threatened to bomb Iran if diplomacy fails ...

The move comes as Trump is looking to revamp the US diplomatic corps to ensure a dedicated implementation of his "America First" policies ...

Among those present were Commerce Adviser Sheikh Bashir Uddin, Industry Adviser Md Adilur Rahman, High Representative of the Chief Adviser Khalilur Rahman, and the Chief Adviser's Special Envoy for In ...

Police have arrested a man in connection with the murder of his wife in Madhyam Halishahar area under Bandar Police Station in Chattogram city. The suspect, Md Sobuj Khandakar, was detained last night ...

The Korean court upheld parliament's impeachment of Yoon for briefly declaring martial law on December 3, sparking South Korea's worst political crisis in decades ...

Responding to an official readout from the Bangladeshi side on the Modi-Yunus meeting in Bangkok and a Facebook post by Yunus’ spokesperson Shafiqul Alam, the people said on condition of anonymity tha ...

Other than Bangladesh, the affected countries are Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iraq, Nigeria, Jordan, Algeria, Sudan, Ethiopia, Tunisia, and Yemen ...

The three nations signed the pact for the hub during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Sri Lanka, the first by a global leader since Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake took off ...