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Mexico’s government significantly reduced its 2025 economic growth forecast on Tuesday, citing fears of uncertainty surrounding potential US tariffs to be imposed by President Donald Trump. Trump is expected to announce new tariffs on Wednesday, targeting all countries that impose taxes on American imports, in addition to existing levies on steel and aluminum, and upcoming tariffs on car imports. With ...

A series of essential household bills are rising at the start of April, with warnings that single parents are among the hardest hit. Water bills, energy prices and council tax are all going up on Tuesday , although the minimum wage is also increasing. The charity Citizens Advice said the finances of millions of people on the lowest incomes were ...

Prices of the petroleum fuels will remain unchanged for the month of April. As per an announcement of the Energy and Mineral Resources Division, the retail prices of fuel in the country will remain unchanged as per the existing price structure. Accordingly, the prices of both diesel and kerosene will remain at Tk 105 per liter, octane at Tk 126.00 ...

Japan announced on Monday that it would inject over $5 billion into Rapidus, a semiconductor venture aiming to mass-produce next-generation chips in the country by 2027. The country’s industry ministry revealed it would provide 802.5 billion yen ($5.4 billion) to Rapidus, a joint venture involving major companies like Sony, Toyota, and IBM. This new funding brings Japan’s total assistance to ...

Over Taka 4.25 crore toll was collected from 49,489 vehicles on the Padma Bridge from Thursday midnight to Friday midnight. Executive Engineer of Padma Bridge Sight Office Abu Sayad told BSS that homebound people are going to their destinations through the Mawa end of Munshiganj, the entrance of the southern part of the country, by using various vehicles on Padma ...

A total of Tk 33,852,900 was collected as toll from the Jamuna Bridge in the last 24 hours, up until Friday midnight. During this period, over 48,000 vehicles crossed the bridge, officials said. Ahsanul Kabir Pavel, Executive Engineer of the Jamuna Bridge site office, said 48,335 vehicles of various types passed through the bridge during this time, marking the highest ...

Gold prices have surged in Bangladesh once again, hitting a record high ahead of Eid. The price of 22-carat gold has increased by Tk 1,773 per bhori (11.664 grams), reaching Tk 157,872, the highest ever recorded in the country. The Bangladesh Jewellers Association (Bajus) issued a statement on Friday, 28 March, confirming the price hike. The new rates will take ...

China Eastern Airlines has planned to operate flights from Bangladesh’s port city of Chattogram to Kunming to help people from the country’s east to take treatment in hospitals in the southern Chinese city, officials said Saturday. China has dedicated four Kunming hospitals for the treatment of patients from Bangladesh, but the high air ticket cost is seen as a major ...

Bangladesh Bank has announced a positive milestone for the country’s foreign exchange reserves, which have crossed $25 billion ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations. According to data released by the central bank on Thursday (March 27), the country’s gross reserves now stand at $25.44 billion, largely due to a record inflow of remittances in March. Remittance inflows reached an all-time high ...

Emarketer has forecasted that X, formerly known as Twitter, will see growth in ad revenue this year, driven by brands’ fear of potential retaliation from owner Elon Musk, a politically connected billionaire. Musk’s close ties to U.S. President Donald Trump and his leadership of a government department focused on cutting public sector jobs have created a climate where many advertisers ...