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Doulot Akter Mala 2021-01-07 09:34:05
A total of 2.6 million or 52.41 per cent of the taxpayers remained non-respondent to the mandatory provision of submission of income tax returns by the stipulated time, prompting the National Board of...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON 2021-01-07 09:30:20
The deposit growth in the country's banking sector increased by a record 13 per cent to approximately Tk 12.5 trillion in October last year, even as interest rate is at historic low, the central bank...
Reuters 2021-01-06 22:59:47
Facebook Inc has dropped the ‘likes’ button from its redesigned public pages used by artists, public figures and brands, the social media company said on Wednesday. Facebook Pages will on...
-- 2021-01-06 19:13:34
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has reiterated that the economy of Bangladesh is in good shape as it is getting more dynamic and stronger day by day and there is no mismatch or distortion in the ec...
Reuters 2021-01-06 16:35:01
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order banning transactions with eight Chinese software applications, including Ant Group's Alipay mobile payment app, the White House said, esc...
-- 2021-01-06 12:00:06
Chad and several other countries are already in deep debt distress and more will join their ranks this year, given the severity of the global recession triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic, World Bank G...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM 2021-01-06 08:41:20
All the scheduled banks will have to keep additional 1.0 per cent general provisioning against loans, which have enjoyed deferral/ time extension facilities, instead of all unclassified loans earlie...
DOULOT AKTER MALA 2021-01-06 08:20:26
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is in the process of reviewing the import duties and taxes on rice and onion to rationalise their prices in the domestic market, according to the officials. It i...
-- 2021-01-05 21:36:20
Bangladesh’s export earnings have plummeted once again due to the coronavirus pandemic as a second and larger wave of infections has continued to shatter its major markets in the West. The coun...
FE Online Report 2021-01-05 19:28:54
Malnutrition can reduce the working capacity of the ready-made garment (RMG) workers and productivity by 20 per cent. Hence, it is very important to implement the Plan of Action (2021, 2041), taken up...
-- 2021-01-05 18:49:14
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday said Bangladesh, with its 165 million hard-working people in between two large economies like China and India, is a lucrative destination for investment....
-- 2021-01-05 18:11:20
The general point-to-point inflation rate came down by 0.23 percentage point to 5.29 per cent in December last year. Planning Minister MA Mannan gave the information while briefing reporters after we...
Global Times 2021-01-05 15:36:29
China's biggest rocket contractor China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) has outlined its aim to conduct more than 40 space launch missions in 2021, and the construction of the coun...
FE REPORT 2021-01-05 13:00:23
Some Tk 102.20 billion undisclosed income came into the formal channel in the first half (H1) of the current fiscal year, helped by the government's blanket opportunity. In a statement on Monday, the...
THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION 2021-01-05 10:33:59
When Priya’s boyfriend posted a nude photo of her online, he told her it would give her a confidence boost by making her an object of desire for other men. Instead she felt powerless knowing th...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-01-05 09:46:31
Net outflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) from Bangladesh declined further in the past fiscal year, according to a new estimate of the country’s central bank. The estimate, released by Ban...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2021-01-05 09:34:52
Foreign aid disbursement by development partners jumped by 34 per cent in July-November, thanks to the release of a budgetary support by Japan, officials said on Monday. Economic Relations Division...
FE Online Report 2021-01-04 15:43:40
Bangladesh has the ability to enhance the credit-based spending to support Covid-affected sectors as the country is ‘at low risk in terms of vulnerable debt sustainability.’ A policy note...
-- 2021-01-04 11:06:40
Asian factory activity expanded moderately in December thanks to robust demand in regional giant China, business surveys showed on Monday, the latest sign that manufacturers are emerging from the init...
DOULOT AKTER MALA 2021-01-04 08:46:05
The government has received a record Tk 8.80 billion in tax from the holders of undisclosed money in the first half of the current fiscal year. Between July and December, some 6,937 people disclosed...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-01-03 21:28:43
The inflow of remittances crossed the $21billion-mark for the first time in the just-concluded calendar year, registering an increase of nearly 19 per cent, despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, offi...
-- 2021-01-03 20:02:32
Inward remittances witnessed a massive growth of 37.6 per cent in the first six months of the current fiscal 2020-21 compared to the corresponding period of the previous fiscal. According to the fina...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-01-03 16:46:49
The central bank has extended the deadline for execution of the stimulus package for the cottage, micro, small and medium enterprises (CMSMEs) by more three months. Under the revised deadline, schedu...
FE REPORT 2021-01-03 08:36:24
Concerted government efforts backed by political will are required to prevent money laundering and bringing discipline in the financial sector, Professor Mustafizur Rahman, distinguished fellow of the...
FE REPORT 2021-01-03 08:26:45
The apex body of tea producers has requested the government to provide a 20 per cent subsidy, in addition to the existing export incentive facility to the tea sector, with a view to boosting the expor...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN 2021-01-03 08:17:09
The government has kept almost all oil-fired power plants shut and import of expensive LNG to a minimum to reduce energy procurement costs owing to lower winter demand and sluggish economic activiti...
FE Online Report 2021-01-02 21:05:20
Millennium Information Solution Limited (MISL), a software company for Islamic banking and finance in Bangladesh, has won the ‘Technology Provider of the Year’ GOLD Award. The award was a...
-- 2021-01-02 14:38:23
After plunging into the worst recession in decades amid coronavirus (COVID-19) shutdowns in 2020, the US economy has been recovering in recent months. With alarming case spikes and a long-delayed fis...
-- 2021-01-02 13:21:38
Tencent’s online games were removed and then reinstated on Huawei’s app store on Friday in a dispute over revenue sharing by the Chinese multinational technology conglomerate holding compa...
FE REPORT 2021-01-02 10:37:55
Commerce Secretary Dr. Md. Jafar Uddin, on Thursday, said Bangladesh will lose a number of duty-free quota-free (DFQF) facilities after its graduation from the existing least developed country (LDC) s...
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