China’s economy is a study in contradictions. Decades of centralised industrial planning in China have led to endemic overcapacity, which in turn has fuelled destructive price wars across an array of sectors. Yet Beijing’s approach, for all its flaws, also helped create world-class corporate champions like electric-car maker BYD. Officials now want to curb what they call “disorderly competition” in the booming $140 billion artificial intelligence sector. There is some logic to intervening, but that will come at a cost.

President Donald Trump’s administration has revoked Taiwanese semiconductor giant TSMC’s authorization to export US chipmaking equipment to China without a license, further restricting access to US technology in the country.

Transformation of the island projected to add $70-75b directly to GDP

Bangladesh's garment industry sees potential in US tariff policy

Bangladesh's 5G network rollout faces device shortage

Central bank's merger plan accepted by Union Bank

Central bank approves private entities to run credit bureaus

Just a few years ago, jhum farming defined the landscape of Chimbuk’s hillside areas of Sualok and Tongbati in Bandarban Sadar upazila. Farmers cleared forest patches, burned undergrowth, and planted rice, maize, or spices. After harvest, the land would be left fallow for years to recover its fertility.

The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has called on international clothing retailers and brands to place more orders in Bangladesh, citing the country’s relative tariff advantages over competing nations in the United States..The appeal came at a meeting wit

The DSEX gained 10.69 points to finish at 5,631.61

Shoppers on average plan to spend about $1,552 per person, down 5.3 percent from last year

The kingdom has committed $800 billion to tourism under Vision 2030, aiming to boost GDP, jobs and infrastructure.

The DSEX gained 26.65 points to 5,647 by 1:02 pm

The government has issued a revised ordinance on the split of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) into two separate divisions paving the way for revenue officials to head the top and senior positions of the Revenue Policy Division.

Bangladesh’s banking sector is fragile, strained by non-performing loans (NPLs), poor governance, weak regulations and a trail of scandals. At a time when public trust in banks is thin, the role of auditors as the last line of defence has never been more critical. Yet auditors have often failed to deliver robust scrutiny, not least because statutory audit fees have traditionally been set too low to support meaningful oversight.

Gold prices scaled the $3,500 per ounce level to hit a record high on Tuesday, as mounting expectations for a U.S. Federal Reserve interest rate cut this month lifted demand for the precious metal.

Law to establish commercial court to be drafted within a month

The government has requested Interpol to issue red notices against the owners of three garment factories accused of failing to pay workers’ wages and remaining abroad for extended periods, among other allegations.

India's garment imports from Bangladesh hit by land port ban

Indices at the Dhaka Stock Exchange ended trading on a positive note yesterday, rebounding from the losses of the previous day as turnover also rose.