Economy

Tue, 21 Jan 2025, 03:55 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

Bitcoin tops $60,000 on US fund approval hopes

Bitcoin breached the $60,000 mark for the first time since April on growing optimism that American regulators will greenlight the first US futures exchange-traded fund for the cryptocurrency. The digital

IMF forecasts 6.5 percent growth for Bangladesh this fiscal

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has forecast that Bangladesh’s gross domestic product (GDP) will grow by 6.5 percent in the current fiscal year 2021-22. The agency made such a prediction

ADB raises climate financing target to $100 bln by 2030

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has announced it is elevating its ambition to deliver climate financing to its developing member countries (DMCs) to $100 billion for the 2019–2030 period. “The

UK job vacancies reach 20-year high

The number of job vacancies in the UK has hit a record high, according to the latest official figures. Vacancies hit 1.1 million between July and September, the Office for

Money laundered by e-commerce firms to be recovered: Murad Hassan

Those who have laundered money through e-commerce platforms will be brought to book and the money laundering will be recovered, said the State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Md Murad

Price of retail LPG goes up again

Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has adjusted LPG prices in local market again on Sunday as global energy prices reached to a record high with a 500 percent surge in

Mukesh Ambani joins $100 billion club among world’s richest Bezos, Musk

Mukesh Ambani, Asia’s richest person, joined Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk in the world’s most exclusive wealth club with a fortune of at least $100 billion. The chairman of India’s

Lebanon resumes talks with IMF for int’l support

Lebanon has resumed talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), seeking a recovery program with international support, the Finance Ministry said in a statement. The statement issued on Monday said

ADB appoints Edimon Ginting as country director for Bangladesh

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has appointed Edimon Ginting as its new Country Director for Bangladesh. Ginting assumed office today. He succeeds Manmohan Parkash who recently joined ADB’s South Asia

United Airlines ‘right’ to insist on staff vaccines

The boss of United Airlines has said that firing staff who refuse to get a coronavirus vaccine is “just the right thing to do”. Around 300 of the airline’s 67,000