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Bangladesh pivots to Asia, seeks stronger trade ties amid global shifts

Bangladesh pivots to Asia, seeks stronger trade ties amid global shifts

Strategy targets new opportunities amid US tariffs, looming LDC graduation challenges

Representational image of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on April 4, 2025. REUTERS

Stocks slide in Asia as recession fears pummel sentiment, oil hits 4-yr lows

The bar chart shows the tariff rates across Asia countries. Photo: Reuters

Trump kicks all of Asia into the China tariff boat

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus speaks at Boao Forum for Asia conference in Hainan on 27 March. Photo: BSS

Asia must strengthen cooperation as destinies are intertwined: CA

A liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker. File photo

Trump seeks to reshape Asia's energy supplies with US gas

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65.5m adolescent girls, women in Asia suffer Anaemia annually: Experts 

Karishma Vaswani. Sketch: TBS

Behind the rise of the Asian aunty

President Xi Jinping and then-President Donald Trump in Beijing in 2017.Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg

Asia's 2025 will be a year of upheaval and uncertainty

In a departure from the status quo under Fed Chair Jerome Powell, market expectations and the Fed’s interest-rate trajectory are converging. Photo: Reuters

Dollar set for big weekly gain as Powell sends yields up, China data mixed

China Railway workers assemble a pipe jacking machine at the construction site of an underground railway station, in Huzhou, Zhejiang province, China October 17, 2024. REUTERS

IMF warns of risks to Asia's economy as trade tensions, soft China growth bite

Rescue workers pull a boat loaded with relief supplies to distribute among flood-affected people in Feni, Bangladesh on 25 August. Photo: Reuters

Extreme floods across Asia reflect a growing pattern of uncertainty 

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What will US interest rate cuts mean for Asia and the Pacific?

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Rida Khan becomes Miss Asian International 2024