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Trump’s tariff formula misleading, flawed: Warn experts

The tariff calculations used by the Trump administration to justify retaliatory tariffs on multiple countries, including Bangladesh, have come under scrutiny for their questionable methodology and lack of transparency.

According to reports, the administration’s “Tariffs Charged to the U.S.A.” calculation includes not just direct import duties on American goods but also factors in currency manipulation and trade barriers. However, critics argue that no clear explanation has ...

Dhaka too reviewing tariffs on US products

Bangladesh is reviewing its tariffs on products imported from the United States, informed Shafiqul Alam, press secretary to Chief Adviser Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus.

In a Facebook status, the press secretary said, the National Board of Revenue is identifying options to rationalise tariffs expeditiously, which is necessary to address the matter.

The United States is a close friend of Bangladesh and our largest export destination. We have been working ...

CA leaves for Bangkok to attend BIMSTEC Summit

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus departed for Bangkok at 8:55 am (Thursday morning) by a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight to attend the sixth Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Summit. Chief Adviser's High Representative on Rohingya and priority issues Dr Khalilur Rahman informed that the BIMSTEC Summit 2025 will focus on seven key pillars of regional cooperation: Trade, Investment and Development; Environment and Climate Change; Security; Agriculture and Fo...

Bangladesh now faces 37pc tarifrs on exports to USA

US President Donald Trump announced reciprocal tariffs to match duties put on US goods by other countries, ratcheting up a trade war he kicked off on his return to the White House.
[caption id="attachment_33284" align="alignleft" width="576"] US President Donald Trump delivers remarks on tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 2, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria[/caption]

During an event in the White House Ros...

Gulf states not to allow US to use airfields, skies to attack Iran

Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states have imposed a ban on US warplanes using their airfields or skies to attack Iran after US President Donald Trump over the weekend threatened to bomb the country.
[caption id="attachment_33272" align="alignleft" width="557"] US Air Force C-17 Globemaster aircrafts at al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar, on 7 September 2021 (Olivier Douliery/AFP)[/caption]

Saudi Arabia, t...

BJP, RSS fear regime change in India like Hasina

Dilip Deodhar, a well-known Nagpur-based RSS researcher, said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) have tried to leave their differences behind, and the fall of the Hasina government in Bangladesh had a huge role to play.
"The Sangh had apprised the BJP leadership of its concerns that a regime change that took place in Bangladesh through street protests could also happen in India. Many of the Opposition leaders had spoken after the Bangladesh results that a similar thing was needed in the country. So, the concerns were not unwarranted. Both the Sangh and the BJP know that there are external forces that do not want India to have its own foreign policy."
Things between the BJP government at the Centre and its p...
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