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FE REPORT 2021-01-25 12:53:08
Global inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) showed a steep fall of US$859 billion in 2020 from $1.5 trillion a year earlier as the fallout of Covid-19, says a UN report. The provisional estimate...
FE Report 2021-01-25 12:35:50
Disagreeing with a recent survey that showed upper poverty rate reaching 42 per cent in the country in December 2020, Planning Minister M A Mannan on Sunday said current poverty rate might be within 2...
FHM Humayan Kabir 2021-01-25 12:35:38
The Bridges Division, failing to implement projects in time, has proposed to surrender more than 43 per cent of its fund allocations in the development budget, officials said on Saturday. The divisio...
FE REPORT 2021-01-24 08:54:30
Upper poverty rate in Bangladesh almost doubled to 42 per cent in December 2020 from 21.6 per cent in 2018 for Covid-19, according to a latest household survey. Lower or extreme poverty rate also inc...
FE REPORT 2021-01-24 08:47:32
Despite the single-digit interest regime, the private sector investment has remained stagnant because of both corruption and some weakness of the country's judicial system, an economist says. "The go...
Reuters 2021-01-23 10:51:36
Boeing Co said on Friday (US standard time) it will begin delivering commercial aeroplanes capable of flying on 100 per cent biofuel by the end of the decade, calling reducing environmental damage fro...
FE REPORT 2021-01-23 09:54:32
The country's current account balance recorded a surplus for the fifth consecutive month, reaching US$ 4.1 billion in November 2020, as against a deficit of $1.4 billion recorded in the same period...
REUTERS 2021-01-22 15:49:37
Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Friday it would block its search engine in Australia if the government proceeds with a new code that would force it and Facebook Inc to pay media companies for the...
Reuters 2021-01-22 12:49:45
Facebook on Thursday said it was referring its decision to indefinitely suspend the accounts of former US President Donald Trump to its independent oversight board. Trump will remain suspended while...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON 2021-01-22 08:29:07
The country's merchandise exports exceeded the pre-Covid-19 level in December, showing a rebound in shipment, despite sluggish import. Some 55,905 twenty-foot equivalent units were shipped in Decembe...
Reuters 2021-01-21 14:27:09
An Indian parliamentary panel on Thursday will question Facebook executives on concerns around WhatsApp’s privacy policy changes, a source said, days after the technology ministry asked the mess...
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Twitter has locked the account of China’s US embassy for a tweet that defended China’s policies in the Xinjiang region, which the US social media platform said violated the firm’s po...
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Devices designed for improving customer marketing and sports performance are now being used in the fight against Covid-19 as companies deploy their technologies to meet new needs during the pandemic....
Reuters 2021-01-21 10:37:09
Scientists in Beijing have developed a new gene therapy which can reverse some of the effects of ageing in mice and extend their lifespans, findings which may one day contribute to similar treatment f...
Doulot Akter Mala 2021-01-21 08:50:49
The National Board of Revenue's (NBR) Customs Wing has given permission to re-export fertiliser to Nepal after importing it from China, under entrepot trade, imposing a condition of 10 per cent local...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM 2021-01-21 08:14:19
The surplus liquidity in the banking system might fuel inflationary pressure in the country in the near future, the Bangladesh Bank (BB) has said in its just-published annual report for the fiscal y...
Reuters 2021-01-20 18:11:13
Scientists in Beijing have developed a new gene therapy which can reverse some of the effects of ageing in mice and extend their lifespans, findings which may one day contribute to similar treatment f...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-01-20 18:02:40
Bangladesh is in talks with several African countries to sending workers and Sudan and Kenya have already agreed to take Bangladeshi farmworkers, said Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Wednesday....
Reuters 2021-01-20 12:57:13
YouTube said on Tuesday it was extending a one-week ban on outgoing US President Donald Trump uploading videos or live-streaming to his channel for at least an additional seven days. Alphabet Inc&rsq...
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Janet Yellen, US President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for Treasury Secretary, urged lawmakers on Tuesday to “act big” on coronavirus relief spending, arguing that the economic benefit...
FE Report 2021-01-20 09:01:54
Bangladeshi women domestic workers receive the lowest wage in Oman, according to a study. It has showed that Filipino women call the highest rate of pay as elsewhere in the gulf region. The minimu...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2021-01-20 08:45:24
The Planning Commission (PC) has taken a tough stance against the projects in the Barishal region that have made very poor progress, in terms of their execution. Planning Minister M.A. Mannan himse...
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The government has appointed Bangladesh Bank (BB) deputy governor Ahmed Jamal as the director of the Board of Directors and the member of the executive committee of the bank for the next three years....
Reuters 2021-01-19 12:41:19
Lunar rocks retrieved by a historic Chinese mission to the moon weighed less than initially targeted, but China is still willing to study the samples with foreign scientists, the mission’s spoke...
FHM Humayan Kabir 2021-01-19 09:03:23
The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has sought 10 per cent higher funds than its allocation to finance some mega projects ahead of the annual development programme (ADP) revision, officials said o...
SYFUL ISLAM 2021-01-19 08:59:14
Amid the skyrocketing prices of edible oils in the local market, a government body has suggested withdrawing value-added tax (VAT) to tame inflation. The Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission (BTTC)...
Dalia Hakura 2021-01-18 20:38:10
Countries incur debt by borrowing. Borrowing can enable countries to finance important development programs and projects-but, taken too far, the burden of debt repayment can overwhelm a country's fina...
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The 3.32-kilometre long tunnel under the Karnaphuli River in Chattogram is expected to be ready for vehicular movements by 2022. “The overall progress of Karnaphuli Tunnel has reached 62...
REUTERS 2021-01-18 12:59:42
China's economy picked up speed in the fourth quarter, with growth beating expectations as it ended a rough coronavirus-stricken 2020 in remarkably good shape and remained poised to expand further thi...
Reuters 2021-01-18 12:57:38
Billionaire Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit reached space for the first time on Sunday with a successful test of its air-launched rocket, delivering ten NASA satellites to orbit and achieving a k...
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