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-- 2021-05-08 16:01:56
LR Global, one of the top fund managers in Bangladesh, has pledged to resume its efforts to promote foreign direct investment in the country, which were hindered in 2015. The fund manager also vowed...
BABUL BARMAN 2021-05-08 11:37:10
Stocks extended the winning streak for the fourth consecutive week as investors continued their buying interest based on better-than-expected earnings and eased virus worries. The week saw five tradi...
SYFUL ISLAM 2021-05-08 09:18:39
Bangladesh is enacting new customs rules to administer all the tariff preferences given under various bilateral, regional and multilateral pacts, officials have said. The new rules being framed by th...
UNB 2021-05-07 17:53:09
The government should prioritise consumption protection and employment promotion in the upcoming national budget amid the Covid-19 pandemic, said renowned economist and public policy analyst Dr Debapr...
FE REPORT 2021-05-07 10:29:34
The trustee boards of two closed-end mutual funds -- MBL 1st Mutual Fund and AIBL 1st Islamic Mutual Fund, managed by LR Global BD Asset Management -- have declared dividends for the year ended on Mar...
FE REPORT 2021-05-07 10:12:34
The revenue board has identified irregularities in using VAT registration number for export-import and other business activities. The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has found that the old invalid Bu...
FE REPORT 2021-05-07 10:07:40
The central bank on Thursday issued a guideline for trust fund management in payment and settlement services for mobile financial services (MFS), payment service provider (PSP) and payment system oper...
FE REPORT 2021-05-07 09:48:33
The Bangladesh Insurance Association (BIA) has demanded withdrawal of 15-per cent value-added tax (VAT) on reinsurance commission in the 2021-22 fiscal budget. Addressing a virtual press conference o...
FE REPORT 2021-05-07 09:45:12
The government's top brass wants guarantee from telecoms operators that the people of the republic benefit from the tax rate if reduced. It is true that tax rate on telecommunications is high and the...
FE Report 2021-05-07 09:39:52
Speakers at a discussion on Thursday recommended providing budgetary and policy supports to the startups for enhancing their rapid growth in the post-Covid period. "The startups can play a proactive...
Siddique Islam 2021-05-07 09:28:50
Imports from the Asian Clearing Union (ACU) member countries increased by more than 23 per cent in the March-April period of this calendar year, officials said. The amount of ACU payment rose to US$1...
MONIRA MUNNI 2021-05-07 09:20:35
Bangladesh's apparel exports to the US sustained a negative growth of over 8.0 per cent during the first quarter of 2021 year-on-year, showing a much slower recovery compared to China and Vietnam. US...
FE REPORT 2021-05-06 10:17:48
Union Bank, a fourth generation private commercial bank, has moved to raise a capital above Tk 4.0 billion from the capital market. To raise the capital, the bank will submit its IPO (initial public...
FE Report 2021-05-06 09:34:36
A survey found that 61.57 per cent people had lost their jobs in March and April last year, due to adverse economic impact of the Covid-19 lockdown. Only 15 per cent of these people returned to their...
FE REPORT 2021-05-06 09:21:20
The government is expected to place a Tk. 6.0 trillion national budget for the fiscal year (FY2021-22) in parliament on June 03 next, people familiar with the development said on Wednesday. They said...
-- 2021-05-05 22:07:21
Bangladesh is going to prepare an action plan within one month to tackle the possible challenges of Bangladesh’s graduation from the status of a least developed country (LDC) after sorting out t...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-05-05 11:08:12
Stocks opened higher on Wednesday as bargain hunters continued their buying appetite riding on regulatory initiatives and better than expected corporate declarations. The market opened higher and DSE...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-05-05 10:41:37
The board of directors of Mutual Trust Bank has recommended a 10 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2020. The final approval of the dividend will come during the annual genera...
FE Report 2021-05-05 10:12:51
The securities regulator has approved the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (Capital Market Stabilisation Fund) Rules, 2021 on receipt of public opinion. The BSEC earlier formulated the r...
BABUL BARMAN 2021-05-05 10:08:51
The government's revenue earnings from the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) slumped by 30 per cent month-on-month in April as share sales by sponsor-directors fell sharply. Market insiders said low amount...
FE REPORT 2021-05-05 09:51:56
The United Commercial Bank Limited (UCB) will invest an aggregate amount of funds worth Tk 2.0 billion in a venture capital fund and a private equity fund as well. The bank's board of directors has t...
FE REPORT 2021-05-05 09:33:34
Economists and business leaders on Tuesday unequivocally criticised the existing budgetary provision for legalising 'black money' and said the opportunity is biased against the honest taxpayers. They...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-05-04 11:50:09
Dhaka stocks opened higher on Tuesday as bargain hunters showed their buying appetite riding on the regulatory move and better-than-expected corporate declarations by some companies. The market opene...
FE Report 2021-05-04 10:24:30
Foreign companies from now on will be allowed to be the sponsor of mutual funds (MFs) managed by local fund managers. The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) on Monday took the decis...
DOULOT AKTER MALA 2021-05-04 10:14:51
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has decided to settle some 30,000 export shipments using Asycuda system following difficulties of the exporters concerned to avail cash incentives from the central...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2021-05-04 10:10:50
India has disbursed only US$895 million worth of assistance in last one decade against its commitment of $7.50 billion worth of three lines of credit (LoCs) during the period, officials said on Friday...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM 2021-05-04 09:55:44
Bangladesh's foreign exchange (forex) reserve crossed US$45 billion-mark for the first time on Monday following lower import payment obligations and higher growth of inward remittance, officials said....
THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION 2021-05-03 15:25:10
The people of Shaniazan union, in northern Bangladesh, still remember when a river burst its banks in the early 1990s and engulfed their homes, leaving the land too sandy to grow traditional rice and...
-- 2021-05-03 09:34:55
The central bank has allowed banks to provide remittance facilities to the e-commerce platforms for facilitating their activities in Bangladesh, officials said. All authorized dealer (AD) banks are n...
-- 2021-05-03 09:14:01
Industries are again worried about their future as business activities have slowed down in the second quarter of 2021 following a strong resurgence of the Covid-19, according to a survey. As per the...
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