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FE Online Desk 2020-05-06 23:24:42
FBCCI on Wednesday urged the country’s banks to take quick steps to disburse the stimulus money declared by the government to stave off the impact of the coronavirus on the economy. Sheikh Fazl...
FE Online Desk 2020-05-06 21:57:11
Mr. Azam J Chowdhury, on behalf of Omera Gas One Ltd. and Omera Petroleum Ltd. has donated 1,000 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to the jail authorities to ensure the safety of the staff of Dhaka...
-- 2020-05-06 19:37:14
Leading economists have said a sound foreign currency reserve and debt ratio to GDP alongside debt repayment capability to largely help Bangladesh offset COVID-19 impacts on its economy. But they fea...
FE Online Desk 2020-05-06 18:14:22
BRAC Bank has collaborated with Bidyanondo Foundation for providing food to the community that have been affected worst by COVID-19. The bank has contributed Tk 5.0 million for this purpose. Th...
-- 2020-05-06 16:38:40
China plans to send four crewed space missions and the same number of cargo craft to complete work on its permanent space station within about two years, officials said after the launch of a newly des...
-- 2020-05-06 12:37:10
The government is likely to go for a strategic 'recovery plan' in the next budget (2020-21) with a greater focus on agriculture and health sectors to revive the national economy hit hard by the corona...
Siddique Islam 2020-05-06 09:23:00
The government has increased its bank borrowing target by more than 54 per cent to nearly Tk 730 billion to partly finance the budget deficit of the current fiscal year, officials said. The governmen...
FHM Humayan Kabir 2020-05-06 09:20:30
After 11 years, the outlay of the Annual Development Programme, or ADP, could almost flatten as revenue income fell in the aftermath of coronavirus outbreak, officials said on Tuesday. They said the...
FE Online Desk 2020-05-05 22:28:02
Vivo has overtaken Samsung in smartphone sales. Vivo has achieved this milestone in the Indian market in the first three months of this year despite the impact of the coronavirus situation. Internati...
-- 2020-05-05 22:19:22
Huawei launched ten all-new air engine Wi-Fi 6 series models for the Asia Pacific region which are ideal for laying a high-quality fully-wireless campus. The products stand out with technological inn...
-- 2020-05-05 18:50:55
The country’s export earnings witnessed a massive slump, recording an 85 per cent year-on-year drop in April as the coronavirus pandemic continues to roil the global economy. Readymade garments...
-- 2020-05-05 13:03:13
Bangladesh Bank (BB) aims to release new currency notes of Tk 250 billion in the market before the Eid. The central bank sources said the money would be released about a week before the Eid-ul-Fitr....
-- 2020-05-05 11:42:18
Indonesia’s economic growth in the first quarter (Q1) slowed significantly more than expected to the weakest in nearly two decades, as the coronavirus pandemic brought business activity to a...
-- 2020-05-05 11:10:53
The Philippines' headline inflation further slowed down to 2.2 per cent in April 2020, from 2.5 per cent in March 2020, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said on Tuesday. "This brings the yea...
-- 2020-05-05 10:06:06
Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google on Monday said they would ban the use of location tracking in apps that use a new contact tracing system the two are building to help slow the spread of the n...
FHM Humayan Kabir 2020-05-05 09:26:54
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) board is likely to approve US$500 million worth of credit support for Bangladesh on Thursday (May 7) to help the latter meet its budget deficit during the current fina...
FE Online Desk 2020-05-04 22:14:21
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has directed banks/financial institutions to provide special loan/investment facility to revive cottage, micro, and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) that were affected financia...
REUTERS 2020-05-04 15:40:53
The euro zone economy will contract less than many of the more pessimistic projections suggest but the recovery may be slow and gradual, the European Central Bank’s Survey of Professional Foreca...
-- 2020-05-04 11:42:56
Asia’s factory activity was ravaged in April, business surveys showed on Monday, and the outlook dimmed further as government restrictions on movement to contain the coronavirus outbreak froze g...
Reuters 2020-05-04 10:47:40
The world’s richest nations must ensure their COVID-19 recovery plans are sustainable and help meet the goals of the Paris climate accord, according to leading global investor groups that togeth...
SYFUL ISLAM 2020-05-04 09:53:32
The government is likely to set a 6.0 per cent GDP (gross domestic product) growth target for the fiscal year, 2020-21, finance ministry officials say. The rate is 2.2 per cent lower than the origina...
DOULOT AKTER MALA 2020-05-04 09:37:09
The government has set a Tk 3.30-trillion revenue collection target for the National Board of Revenue (NBR) for the fiscal year (FY) 2021. The target is 1.35 per cent higher than that of the original...
FE REPORT 2020-05-04 09:32:09
The flow of inward remittance dropped by nearly 25 per cent in April following the coronavirus outbreak in different parts of the world, officials said. Remittances from Bangladeshi nationals working...
FE REPORT 2020-05-04 09:23:21
Ready-made garment (RMG) export in April 2020 declined by 84.86 per cent, which is $366.58 million over the corresponding month in the last calendar year. Export earnings from the apparel sector were...
-- 2020-05-03 21:08:20
The government has taken an initiative to take opinion from all sections of people through website on the budget for the next fiscal year (FY21) to be placed in parliament in June. Various stakeholde...
-- 2020-05-03 18:55:14
Thousands of employees in the retail sector are at the risk of losing their jobs if shops do not reopen before Eid. The International Labour Organization (ILO) has already estimated that almost 25 m...
-- 2020-05-03 18:22:31
The Bangladesh Bank has announced a suspension on interest payments on all loans due in April and May in a bid to help borrowers during the coronavirus pandemic. In a notice on Sunday, the central ba...
FE Online Desk 2020-05-03 01:51:42
“Esho Shobai”, on behalf of E-commerce-based marketplace Evaly, has recently distributed Iftar items and food among 4,000 people in 1,000 families. To help destitute and unemployed people...
Asif Ibrahim, Nihad Kabir, Abul Kasem Khan, Syed Nasim Manzur and Dr M Masrur Reaz 2020-05-02 21:23:46
Restriction must be eased out in a manner that can help get maximum economic gain with minimum loss of lives through the pandemic, and at the appropriate time. Life or livelihood? That is the que...
-- 2020-05-02 21:21:23
The Economist, the leading source of analysis on international business and world affairs, has listed Bangladesh as the ninth strongest economy in its report on the financial strength of 66 emerging e...
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