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PM’s adviser says at the conference of the Confederation of Asia-Pacific Chambers of Commerce and Industry. Bangladesh would develop 200 economic zones (EZs) in the country eyeing foreign direct investment (FDI) to implement planned industrialization and save agricultural land, Prime Minister’s Private Sector Adviser Salman Fazlur Rahman said on Tuesday.

The regional development bank came up with the suggestions in its policy brief placed at a seminar titled ‘Resolving Nonperforming Loan Puzzle: Learning from International Experience’ at a Dhaka city hotel on Tuesday

Rising expectations that China and the United States will soon reach an interim trade deal provided fresh impetus to Asian markets on Wednesday, with Donald Trump saying the talks were “in the final throes”.

Companies that make top brands including Kit Kat chocolate and Dove soap may face fines if they fail to buy more green palm oil under new rules aimed at improving the controversial industry’s environmental sustainability.

An outright tax on wealth may seem out of style but two Democrats vying for the presidency in 2020, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, say the United States should adopt one.

With the import of 2773 tons of onion through Teknaf land port of Cox’sbazar in the last three days the total volume of the delivery of onion from neighbouring country Myanmar now stands at 17953 tons in last 25 days of the current month.

Country’s premier bourse, Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) ended today continuing the winning streak.

Asian shares rose on Wednesday as upbeat signals from Sino-US trade talks fanned hopes of an easing of tariff hostilities, while expectations the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates low supported sentiment.

A senior Federal Reserve official said Tuesday that he expected US economic growth to “be weak” in the fourth quarter of the year as businesses cut inventories due to trade uncertainty.

The government has created scope for life insurance companies to join hands with it in development work through investing in infrastructure bonds. Officials concerned said a new regulation to this end has also allowed the insurers to invest in immovable assets in city corporation and municipal areas.