19+ hour, 30+ min ago   (979+ words) The Financial Express Bangladesh's power crisis has reached a stage where load-shedding is disrupting industrial production, increasing business costs and affecting services dependent on uninterrupted electricity. The fragility of the system became clearer after one of the two 800-megawatt units…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (157+ words) A high-level delegation from Chevron met Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Sunday and discussed the US energy giant’s potential investment in Bangladesh’s energy sector, particularly gas. President of Chevron’s Base Assets and Emerging Countries, Javier La Rosa, led the delegation…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (689+ words) Nestled in the lush green mountains of Central Mexico, next to a sparsely travelled gravel road, few people had reason to wander close ​enough to hear the loud, mechanical whirring of a clandestine cryptocurrency farm. What led police to the…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (342+ words) He made the remarks at a seminar titled "Economic Outlook and Emerging Challenges: Priorities for the Coming Days," jointly organised by the Economic Reporters Forum (ERF) and the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) in Dhaka last week. The distinction he…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (497+ words) Alphabet's Google will invest at least €13 billion ($15.1 billion) in AI infrastructure in nippy Nordic country Finland over the next two years, its biggest European investment, including a major deal for the supply of nuclear power. The US firm said on…...

5+ day, 32+ min ago   (731+ words) Brent crude futures breached $100 a barrel on Wednesday for the first time since Jul 24, hitting a six-week high as the escalating West Asia conflict stoked concerns over oil supplies. The move brought futures prices into line with physical crude and…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (260+ words) The World Bank has signalled its interest in helping Bangladesh strengthen climate resilience in its most vulnerable coastal districts, officials said on Tuesday, as the government pursues a $300 million package to guard against future catastrophic flooding. Bangladesh has recently sought…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (661+ words) Bangladesh's actual protection at the border is roughly double what its tariff schedule suggests, with regulatory and supplementary duties, not customs tariffs, driving both the distortion and the fiscal risk of reform, according to a new World Bank study presented…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (404+ words) Canada's retaliatory tariffs on US goods took effect just after midnight on Tuesday as Prime Minister Mark Carney increased economic pressure on his country's biggest trading partner after negotiations collapsed last month, intensifying an 18-month-old trade war. The counter-tariffs cover…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1480+ words) Tuesday • 8 September 2026 Diplomatic ties between Bangladesh and India have remained strained for more than two years, but bilateral trade has continued to show resilience, with Bangladesh’s exports to its neighbour rising in the first two months of the ongoing fiscal…...