Geneva, 28 May (D. Ravi Kanth) – The United States, Australia, and Brazil attempted last week to hijack the Doha agriculture negotiations from the core ministerial mandates, but the large majority of developing countries, including China, India, Indonesia, and Egypt,…
Geneva, 29 May (D. Ravi Kanth) – China and South Africa have upped the ante for strengthening the flexibilities in the World Trade Organization’s Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) agreement based on the repo rt prepared by the…
Geneva, 25 May (Kanaga Raja) – Rising market concentration and corporate rentierism in core sectors of the global economy are a major driver of growing global income inequality, according to the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
Dhaka May 27 – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Sunday deferred the investigation report in the Faisal Arefin Dipon murder case to July 3.
Dhaka, May 27 – The Appellate Division of Supreme Court will deliver its order Monday on an appeal against a High Court notice asking the authorities concerned to explain to why directives should not be given to wind up Destiny…
DHAKA- The government today approved the ‘Gold Policy-2018’ to ease the import and export of the precious metal as well as ensure transparency in its trade inside the country.
Speakers at a seminar in the city on Tuesday urged the government to form a price commission for agro products and pass an act on food and nutrition right to ensure food security in Bangladesh and make the agriculture sector…
By Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Anis Chowdhury Kuala Lumpue and Sydney, May 21 (IPS) – Agriculture is critical for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) notes, ‘From ending poverty and hunger to responding…
Jakarta, May 21 (AP/UNB) — International stars of acting, music and sports have signed a letter urging Indonesia’s president to ban what they say is a brutal trade in dog and cat meat for human consumption.
Dhaka, May 19 – Mobile phone traders of Bashundhora City Shopping Complex agitated on the street protesting the drive on their shops at complex by Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) on Saturday.
Dhaka, May 17 – Despite the government’s assurance of keeping the market stable during Ramadan, the prices of various essentials in kitchen markets have marked a sharp rise.
A high-profile United States trade delegation appears to have returned empty-handed from its mission in China. The result is hardly a surprise, given the scale and one-sided nature of the US demands. The Americans pushed for a wholesale remaking of…
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Dhaka, Apeil 29 – The present government has opened 10 land ports at the borders to facilitate export-import goods with India, shipping minister Shajahan Khan has said.
Dubai ports operator DP World recorded a 7.3 per cent increase in gross container volumes in the first quarter compared to the same period in 2017, the company said. The firm handled 17.6 million twenty-food equivalent units (TEUs) in the…
Washington, April 24 – Oil prices are forecast to average $65 a barrel over 2018, up from an average of $53 a barrel in 2017, on strong demand from consumers and restraint by oil producers, while metals prices are expected…
Dhaka, April 26 – The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh or TCB will start selling essential commodities from May 6 in open markets across the country including capital city Dhaka in a bid to keep the prices at tolerable limit ahead…
Dhaka, April 21 – Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) president Siddiqur Rahman said on Saturday that a vested quarter continues to criticize and spread propaganda against a safe and transparent industry in the name of ‘so-called’ research.
By Federico Mayor Zaragoza Apr 20 (IPS) – “If we don’t do everything possible to democratize globalization, globalization will pervert national democracies”, said the former Secretary-General of the United Nations, as President of the “International Panel on Democracy and Development”…
Geneva, 19 Apr (Kanaga Raja) – Digital platforms lead to efficiency gains such as from lower transaction costs, lower consumer prices and increased access to markets, but also raise concerns that the market power of certain platforms may lead to…
London, Apr 19 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday called upon the Commonwealth member countries to work for making multilateral trade regime more inclusive and sustainable one.
Geneva, 6 Apr (D. Ravi Kanth) – In a robust response to US President Donald Trump’s latest threat that he would consider slapping tariffs on an additional $100 billion on imports of Chinese goods, Beijing said it would impose “comprehensive…
Geneva, 5 Apr (Kanaga Raja) – A number of practices by Israel with regard to the Occupied Palestinian Territory have imposed economic costs on the Palestinian people, either by obstructing their economic activity or impeding economic advancement and development, a…
Dhaka, Apr 8 – Though she struggles with two kids, everyday household chores and unbearable traffic jam on the city streets, Sharmin Akhter is worried little about her shopping to celebrate Pahela Baishakh with her family and friends as she…
Washington, Apr 6 (AP/UNB) — China vowed on Friday to fight the U.S. “at any cost” after President Donald Trump proposed slapping an additional $100 billion in tariffs on Chinese goods in an escalating trade dispute between the world’s two…
President Donald Trump instructed the U.S. trade representative to consider slapping an additional $100 billion in tariffs on Chinese goods on Thursday in a dramatic escalation of the trade dispute between the two countries.
Mymensingh, April 6 – Chhatra League of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) has taken the charge of student-teacher center (TSC) canteen allegedly without following any written agreement.
Dhaka, Apr 5 – State Minister for Power Nasrul Hamid on Thursday said that political outlook is big a factor in cross border power trading and regional cooperation.
Geneva, 4 Apr (D. Ravi Kanth) – China, in a tit-for-tat response to the unilateral crowbar trade measures being imposed by Washington on Chinese goods, signalled on Wednesday that it would slap tariffs on more than 100 American products in…
Bangladesh and India will now be able to send and receive containerised goods through railways as trial run of first container train from India to Bangladesh was flagged off on Tuesday.