PARIS, France, Jan 30 (AFP: The French economy grew 0.9 percent in 2025, statistics office INSEE said in a preliminary estimate Friday, a slowdown from the 1.1 percent growth seen the previous year.Annual growth in the eurozone's second-largest economy was...
NEW YORK, Jan 30 (AFP) : The US dollar sank to a four-and-a-half-year low against the euro this week after President Donald Trump said the weakened currency was doing "great."While US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent backed a strong dollar the...
MADRID, Jan 30 (AFP) : Spain's economy grew 2.8 percent last year, fuelled by strong consumer demand, rising exports and a robust tourism sector, according to a preliminary estimate Friday by the national statistics institute (INE).While down from a 3.5...
The interim government this week noted tangible progress in streamlining investment and trade processes, citing improved inter-agency coordination and faster decision-making as key drivers of economic competitiveness.The updates were presented at the 7th meeting of the Investment Coordination Committee, where...
A day after hitting a record high, the prices of gold in Bangladesh fell sharply on Friday, with the Bangladesh Jewellers Association (BAJUS) cutting the rate by Tk 14,638 per bhori.In a notification, BAJUS said it fixed the price of...
Visiting home just got easier for Bangladeshi expatriates, as a new initiative slashes one-way Saudi-Bangladesh airfares to a wallet-friendly Tk 20,500.Commerce Adviser Sk Bashiruddin, who is also Adviser to the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism, said a total of...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-31 00:00:00
Speakers at a seminar on Thursday said the proposed National Equipment Identity Register (NEIR) could play a critical role in strengthening digital security, curbing illegal device trade, and safeguarding government revenue, but its success would depend on coordinated implementation, public...
Eastern Bank PLC has officially launched a dedicated Trade Hub at the Chattogram Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) to provide specialised trade-related banking services for customers operating within the CEPZ area. The Trade Hub was inaugurated by Riad Mahmud Chowdhury, Deputy...
Apple on Thursday forecast higher-than-expected revenue growth of up to 16% for the March quarter, powered by strong demand for its iPhones and a sharp rebound in China and accelerating demand in India, reports Reuters.That followed holiday-quarter results that beat...
Global equity funds had a third straight week of inflows in the week to January 28 on upbeat earnings expectations, while safe-haven assets like gold and bond funds also saw solid demand amid uncertainty over potential US tariff moves under...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-31 00:00:00
The benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) saw a second consecutive week of gains, buoyed by sustained investor interest in banking stocks amid growing political clarity ahead of the national election.Market analysts attributed the ongoing recovery to broad-based...
LONDON, Jan 30, (AFP): British drugs group AstraZeneca announced Friday a deal with the Chinese group CSPC Pharmaceutical to help develop and market CSPC's weight-loss injections.The agreement hands AstraZeneca exclusive global rights outside China for the drugs, according to a...
WELLINGTON, Jan 30 (AFP): New Zealand rejected an invitation to take part in US President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" on Friday, joining a small list of nations to knock back the proposal."New Zealand will not be joining the Board...
CARACAS, Jan 30(AFP): The United States on Thursday eased sanctions on Venezuela's oil industry after Venezuelan lawmakers passed reforms paving the way for US companies to return -- a key goal of President Donald Trump's intervention in the country.Within an...
DAKAR, Senegal (AP): Niger's military leader accused the presidents of France, Benin and Ivory Coast of supporting armed groups that attacked an Air Force base in the capital early Thursday, wounding four soldiers and damaging an aircraft.Nigerien forces responded quickly,...
KYIV, Ukraine, Jan 30 (AFP): Russia launched over 100 drones and one missile at Ukraine overnight, the Ukrainian air force said Friday, a day after US President Donald Trump announced Moscow had agreed to a week-long pause in attacks on...
BEIJING, Jan 30 (AFP): Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Friday that the UK has a "huge amount to offer" China, after his attempts to forge closer ties prompted warnings from US President Donald Trump.The first visit to China by...
QAMISHLI, Syria, Jan 30 (AP): The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces announced a new agreement Friday with the country's central government intended to stabilize a ceasefire that ended weeks of fighting and to lay out the steps toward integration between the...
A US Navy destroyer has docked at the Israeli port of Eilat, Israel's Ynet news website reported on Friday, citing the military, as tensions between Washington and Iran escalate, report agencies.Ynet said the arrival of the destroyer at the southern...
MADARIPUR, Jan 30 (BSS): The Haji Shariatullah Tantpalli project in Madaripur-Shariatpur, undertaken at a cost of around Tk 3 billion (Tk 300 crore), has virtually turned into a wasteland due to prolonged suspension of work.Although the first phase of the...
DUBLIN, Jan 30 (Reuters): A transatlantic rift and jittery markets may be unnerving investors, but the aircraft leasing giants that own half the global fleet say their industry has rarely felt more resilient.Having preserved tariff-free status for most aircraft, the...
Oil prices are likely to hold near the $60 a barrel mark this year, as the prospect of oversupply in the market offsets the impact of geopolitical tensions that could disrupt cargoes, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, reports Reuters.The...
LONDON, Jan 30 (Reuters): Gold, silver and copper prices tumbled on Friday after hitting record highs this week, as jittery investors moved to lock in profits with hopes for aggressive US interest rate cuts starting to fade and the dollar...
Md Shafiul Alam | 2026-01-31 00:00:00
Economic development and good governance depend not merely on the availability of resources, but on how efficiently, transparently, and effectively those resources are planned, managed, and utilized.In this context, the three Ps-Public Financial Management (PFM), Project Management (PM), and Public...
Nilratan Halder | 2026-01-31 00:00:00
Volumes have been written about sports but followers or fans are hardly lucky enough to draw attention even remotely similar to professional games and sports personalities. But without spectators or viewers no sport or game is what it is. The...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2026-01-31 00:00:00
Something unusual happened at the World Economic Forum (WEF) this year which is reverberating through the corridors of power in Europe and elsewhere. The banker-turned politician Mark Carney, currently the prime minister of Canada, had the audacity to say that...
In Kushtia district, tobacco cultivation is steadily increasing due to the influence and inducements offered by tobacco companies. Areas that once produced rice, pulses, vegetables and other food crops are now being widely converted into tobacco fields effectively turning fertile...
As communication has expanded through the internet and other digital media, people enjoy many benefits. But alongside these gains, cybercrimes are spreading like a virus, and the situation is getting increasingly alarming.Cyberbullying is on the rise in Bangladesh, affecting men,...
Tanim Asjad | 2026-01-31 00:00:00
Though national elections are drawing closer, with less than two weeks to go, the contesting political parties have yet to unveil their election manifestos. The candidates, however, have made various commitments to voters. To what extent they will be able...
Muhammed Showaib | 2026-01-31 00:00:00
Bangladesh's push to recover stolen assets has entered a much trickier and consequential stage with business tycoon Mohammad Saiful Alam dragging the country to international arbitration under the Bangladesh-Singapore bilateral investment treaty. Having acquired Singaporean citizenship only in recent years...
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