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-- 2020-08-08 20:46:58
The government considers enhancing the skills of the country’s capable population and their productivity to fulfill the demand of the labour markets, both at home and abroad, aiming to face the...
FE Online Report 2020-08-08 19:20:31
The overall status of business in the country in the last quarter (April-June, 2020) of the fiscal year 2019-2020 (FY20) was extremely poor due to negative impact of deadly coronavirus. While all the...
-- 2020-08-08 18:55:32
Looking for a new way to communicate during the pandemic? A Los Angeles company has created phone booth-sized machines to beam live holograms into your living room, reports Reuters. The device made b...
-- 2020-08-08 13:55:50
Italy's foreign trade picked up in June compared to May, with imports rising by 16.1 per cent and exports by 14.4 per cent, the National Statistics Institute (ISTAT) has said in a report. The month-o...
MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN 2020-08-08 09:38:31
Bangladesh has got confirmation of another US$970 million loan from China to be used for strengthening its electricity grid. This loan will be provided to the state-run Power grid Company of Banglade...
-- 2020-08-07 17:17:30
The government is going to form a special fund, 'Bangladesh Delta Fund', for implementing its long-term integrated master plan, ‘Delta Plan 2100’, to harness the huge potentials of Banglad...
UNB 2020-08-07 16:15:51
Bangladesh is one of the hotspots of series of floods in the world, a latest study says, noting that 250 million coastal dwellers will face rising floods globally. The study identifies a series of fl...
-- 2020-08-07 12:39:56
The seismic blasts which rocked the Lebanese capital of Beirut have delivered another calamitous blow to a country already in the throes of an unprecedented economic crisis. Two huge explosions rocke...
MONIRA MUNNI 2020-08-07 09:37:20
The country's apparel exports to its major destinations, including the US, Germany, Italy and the UK, witnessed a drastic fall during the first half (H1) of current calendar year, mainly due to the on...
FE Report 2020-08-07 09:37:17
Bangladesh Competition Commission (BCC) has suggested taking steps against any possible anti-competitive activities for ensuring competitive allocation and spending of the government-announced stimu...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM 2020-08-07 09:31:35
The government's net borrowing through selling savings tools dropped by more than 71 per cent to Tk 144.28 billion in FY '20 from Tk 499.39 billion a year ago, according to official figures. A dras...
FE Online Desk 2020-08-06 13:55:04
The Executive Board of the French Development Agency (Agence Française de Développement - AFD) has recently approved a Concessional Loan of 150 million euro to support the People's Repub...
-- 2020-08-06 13:13:50
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved an additional $3.0 million in grant assistance for procuring urgently needed medical supplies for emergency response to the coronavirus pandemic in Bangla...
UNB 2020-08-06 12:58:42
The government has planned to borrow Tk 5714.5 billion from various sources both at home and abroad over the next three fiscal years, including the running one, mainly to face the economic challenges...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-08-06 12:18:40
The Covid-19 pandemic has triggered huge job losses, especially for women, in the ready-made garment (RMG) sector in Bangladesh exposing the sector's sensitivities by destabilising global supply chain...
-- 2020-08-06 11:17:03
Facebook has deleted a post from US President Donald Trump’s page for violating its policy against spreading misinformation about the coronavirus. Facebook said on Wednesday that the “vid...
-- 2020-08-06 11:08:48
The GDP growth rate of the Philippines dropped by 16.5 per cent in the second quarter of 2020, the lowest recorded quarterly growth since 1981, bringing the country to a technical recession. In a vir...
MONIRA MUNNI 2020-08-06 09:29:27
Bangladesh has emerged as the third largest sourcing country for the US-based apparel and fashion companies in 2020, advancing from the last year's sixth position despite the Covid-19 pandemic, acco...
FE Online Report 2020-08-05 13:36:51
Japan will provide 330 million US dollar to Bangladesh as an Official Development Assistance (ODA) loan. In this regard Mr. ITO Naoki, Ambassador of Japan to Bangladesh, and Ms. Fatima Yasmin, Secret...
-- 2020-08-05 12:37:14
Global current account surpluses and deficits narrowed in 2019, and the Covid-19 pandemic could narrow the imbalances further in 2020, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in its annual External...
FE Online Desk 2020-08-05 01:41:22
Business Initiative Leading Development (BUILD) has advocated for quarterly announcement of Monetary Policy Statement (MPS). "The MPS should be announced quarterly in a precise format as fiscal yea...
-- 2020-08-04 17:06:38
Singapore researchers have developed ‘electronic skin’ capable of recreating a sense of touch, an innovation they hope will allow people with prosthetic limbs to detect objects, as well as...
FE ONLINE DESK 2020-08-04 16:01:55
Bangladesh may grab the opportunity maintaining the business competiveness as some Japanese firms are intending to relocate their business and searching new destinations for supply chain adjustments,...
-- 2020-08-04 09:40:36
Economic activity in the US manufacturing sector expanded in July amid a resurgence in new Covid-19 infections, the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) reported Monday. The Purchasing Managers' Ind...
FE Online Report 2020-08-03 19:49:08
The inflow of remittances crossed US$ 2.50 billion-mark in July—before the celebration of Eid-ul-Azha -- highest ever the country received in a month, officials said. Remittances from Banglades...
REUTERS 2020-08-03 13:10:15
India’s worsening economic outlook as coronavirus cases soar has raised the chance the central bank will cut interest rates at its policy review on Thursday, in spite of inflationary pressures....
-- 2020-08-03 10:52:19
Piling on top of the pre-pandemic stock of jobless population, economists apprehend the newly unemployed resulting from firms severely scaling back on their activities as part of ‘lockdown&rsquo...
Reuters 2020-08-03 10:38:52
US astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, who flew to the International Space Station in SpaceX’s new Crew Dragon, splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday after a two-month voyage that wa...
-- 2020-08-03 10:10:07
Japan’s economy shrank an annualised 2.2 per cent in January-March, unchanged after a second revision, data from the Cabinet Office showed on Monday. The additional revision for the gross domes...
-- 2020-08-03 09:28:25
Remittances across the world could decline by $108.6 billion this year as job losses mount and employers trim payrolls amid a Covid-19 pandemic that has devastated economies, according to a report by...
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