Economy

Mon, 20 Jan 2025, 01:38 am

শিরোনাম :

Israel continues strike on Syria military sites Rayo stymie Real’s climb to Liga summit Tk 14,000 set as minimum wage for cold storage workers BNP suggests reforms for public administration overhaul Probes, trials of war crimes cases stalled Coldwave hampers daily life across Bangladesh Dhaka becomes 3rd most polluted city with AQI score of 283 Body of JU student recovered from dormitory 550 individuals’ Tk 15,000cr frozen for investigation Financial Accountability: Critical step towards new future

Economy

Prices set for potato, egg, onion ignored

The prices of egg, potato, and onion in the markets in the capital remained high on Friday—the first day after the government set the prices of three locally produced food

Chip designer to the world in $54bn market return

UK-based chip designer Arm Holdings has secured a $54.5bn (£43.6bn) valuation, as it makes its highly-anticipated return to the stock market. The shares were priced at $51 each, which is

Reasons behind record inflation are chicken and egg: Planning Minister

In the month of August, the food sector saw 12.54 percent inflation. This record inflation was caused due to chicken and egg, commented Planning Minister MA Mannan. He made this

China emerges from deflation as August prices rebound

China’s consumer price index rebounded in August as the world’s second-largest economy emerged from deflation, official data released Saturday showed, despite sluggish domestic consumption that is complicating the country’s post-Covid

Global rice prices hit 15-year high after India curbs: FAO

Global rice prices reached a 15-year high in August after top exporter India banned some overseas sales of the grain, the Food and Agriculture Organization said Friday. While global food prices eased

Global trade finance gap expands to $2.5 trillion in 2022: ADB

The global trade finance gap grew to a record 2.5 trillion US dollars in 2022 from 1.7 trillion dollars two years earlier, as rising interest rates, flagging economic prospects, inflation,

Turkey’s annual inflation nears 60pc in August

Turkey’s annual inflation approached 60 per cent last month, official data showed on Monday, putting pressure on the central bank to further hike interest rates at the risk of angering

Pakistan inflation stalls high despite IMF bailout

Pakistan’s headline inflation persisted at 27.4 percent year-on-year in August, official data showed, as a tumbling rupee and soaring bills blamed on an IMF bailout package hampered government efforts to

Sri Lanka repays $100m in 2nd installment of loan taken from Bangladesh

Sri Lanka has paid another $100 million in the second installment out of $200 million loan given by Bangladesh in a currency swap, said a Bangladesh Bank spokesperson on Friday.

US investments to Bangladesh will increase more, hopes Kamal

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal expressed his hope that the investments from the USA would increase more in the coming days as the US investors are keen to invest further