Bangladesh and India plans to work closely on various bilateral issues, especially in connectivity, security, counter terrorism, energy cooperation and migrant welfare, said Indian State Minister for External Affairs on Sunday.

Central banks` repeated warnings that there are limits to what they can do to bolster the sputtering world economy could suggest they are about to pull back and pass the baton to governments.

The Dhaka stocks Sunday closed in red as most of the major sectors, other than the banks, witnessed notable price corrections.

Gold prices rose for the second straight session on Monday, after falling in the preceding eight, buoyed by post-holiday buying in China.

European stock markets slipped lower on Monday as shares in Deutsche Bank fell, weighing on the broader European banking sector, while some major airline shares also declined.

Credit institutions in Vietnam expected credit growth to reach 21.82 per cent in 2016, according to the State Bank of Vietnam`s (SBV) survey for the fourth quarter on Monday.

Chinese Foreign Ministry on Monday officially announced the visit of its President Xi Jinping to Bangladesh, India and Cambodia.

MP Tulip Siddiq has been appointed to the shadow cabinet of UK Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Net inflow of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) from China increased by 5 per cent in the last fiscal year (FY16), reveals Bangladesh Bank (BB) statistics.   

China is expected lend Bangladesh a record $40 billion and the loan agreements is likely to be signed during President Xi Jinping’s Bangladesh tour next week, officials have hinted.

Twenty-five members of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have committed a total of SDR 243 billion (US$340 billion) in bilateral borrowed resources with maximum terms through end-2020.

Destroyed houses are seen in a village after Hurricane Matthew passes Corail, Haiti, October 6, 2016. Reuters

Syndication mode may help minimise risks along with reduction of non-performing loans (NPLs) in the country`s banking sector, senior bankers and experts have said.

Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith called upon Dutch businessmen and investors to make a visit to Bangladesh to explore business and investment opportunities in the country.

SYDNEY, Oct 06 (Xinhua): A new report has found that stillbirth deaths will cost the Aussie economy 681.4 million Australian dollars (518.96 million US dollars) over the next five years.

Bangladesh`s economy would grow at the rate of 6.9 per cent in 2016, which would remain unchanged until 2017, according to the World Economic Outlook (WEO) 2016 of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), reports BSS.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to lay foundations of two mega projects in Chittagong next week.

The cabinet committee on public purchase approved Wednesday a project of over Tk 221 million to provide young people with skills development training and job placements.

Bangladesh has been elected chairman of the Asia-Pacific Information Superhighway Working Group for next one year.

Stocks finished modestly higher for the three consecutive sessions on Wednesday as investors booked marginal profit in the later part of the trading session.