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Xinhua 2019-09-18 17:27:27
Global warming would be more severe than expected by 2100 unless governments take concrete moves to cut greenhouse gas emissions, French scientists warned on Tuesday. By 2100, global mercury rise wou...
-- 2019-09-18 12:50:39
Canada ended the fiscal year 2018-2019 with a deficit of 14 billion Canadian dollars (10.6 billion US dollars) on March 31, said the Finance Department Tuesday. In fiscal year 2017-2018, Canada saw a...
FE Report 2019-09-18 10:33:43
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said on Tuesday they would bring necessary changes in the existing laws to prevent possible buildup of bad loans in the state-owned commercial banks (SoCBs). He sai...
Xinhua 2019-09-17 16:18:18
Astronomers at West Virginia University in the United States have discovered the most massive neutron star to date, which packs 2.17 times the mass of the sun into a sphere only 20 to 30 kilometres....
-- 2019-09-17 14:04:45
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) has approved eight projects involving Tk 89.68 billion. The approval came from the Ecnec meeting held at the NEC conference room with...
Xinhua 2019-09-17 13:52:41
Takehiko Nakao announced his resignation on Tuesday as the president of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), effective Jan. 16, 2020. Nakao assumed office as the bank's president on April 28, 2013.
Reuters 2019-09-17 13:23:38
US President Donald Trump said on Monday Washington had struck trade agreements with Tokyo that could be implemented without congressional approval, but stopped short of assuring Japan that new tariff...
-- 2019-09-17 11:02:09
The government will import 1.4 million metric tonnes of refined petroleum for a six-month period (July-Dec) of the current year from seven state-owned companies of six countries through negotiations....
Siddique Islam 2019-09-17 10:52:34
Credit flowing to new small entrepreneurs fell significantly in the first-half of the year as risk-averse bankers were unwilling to offer such loans. The total lending to the fresh small and medium...
FE Report 2019-09-16 10:04:01
Chairperson of the country's Competition Commission Abdur Rouf said on Sunday the practice of competition will help raise gross domestic product (GDP) by 2.0-3.0 per cent a year. In theory, the compe...
-- 2019-09-15 16:33:47
The pound has hit its highest level against the dollar since July in Britain amid hopes a no-deal Brexit can be avoided. Sterling jumped more than 1 per cent on Friday to over $1.24 against the dolla...
Xinhua 2019-09-15 16:18:25
A newly discovered comet appears to have originated from outside the solar system, said NASA's Jet Propulsion laboratory (JPL) in a release. The object, designated C/2019 Q4, was discovered on Aug. 3...
FE Online Desk 2019-09-15 12:29:05
A number of UAE business groups are set to invest $10 billion (Dh36.7 billion) into Bangladesh, according to data compiled by Bangladesh Economic Forum, which takes place at Conrad Dubai Hotel today (...
-- 2019-09-14 20:38:52
A number of UAE business groups are set to invest $10 billion in Bangladesh, according to the Bangladesh Economic Forum, which will take place at Conrad Dubai Hotel in Dubai on Sunday. More than 300...
-- 2019-09-13 21:53:51
Tariffs imposed or threatened by the United States and China could shave 0.8 per cent off global economic output in 2020 and trigger more losses in future years, the International Monetary Fund said o...
-- 2019-09-13 21:15:08
Europe's largest economy is not facing a bigger downturn or a pronounced recession after contracting slightly in the second quarter but there are no signs of a turnaround yet either, the German Econom...
-- 2019-09-13 20:40:12
The government is set to launch a project to fund the ICT entrepreneurs aiming to develop innovative potentials of young people in the sector. “Under the project to be called 'Bangabandhu Innov...
BSS 2019-09-13 18:49:34
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is considering financing four more projects for contributing further to the country’s infrastructure development, a top AIIB official said. The p...
-- 2019-09-13 18:35:26
Digital Device and Innovation Expo-2019, said to be the largest information technology exhibition in country’s history, is set to begin from October 14. ICT Division, Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park au...
Xinhua 2019-09-13 18:16:21
An international joint research found a new species called Mollisonia plenovenatrix, which is believed to be the oldest chelicerate. The discovery places the origin of chelicerate, a vast group of ar...
-- 2019-09-13 17:19:34
The Asian Development Bank or ADB is set to disburse around $5.0 billion to finance several major development projects in Bangladesh between 2020 and 2022, reports bdnews24.com. The financial i...
Xinhua 2019-09-13 17:11:02
The European Central Bank (ECB) on Thursday announced its key policy decisions to cut the deposit rate by 10 basis points to minus 0.50 per cent and to restart net purchases under its asset purchase p...
-- 2019-09-13 12:11:26
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has invited German and French companies to invest more in Bangladesh, particularly in the country’s Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and High-tech Parks. They ar...
-- 2019-09-13 12:02:45
Permanent Representative (PR) of Bangladesh to the UN Ambassador Masud Bin Momen has stressed the importance of the role of Southern countries in the decision-making process of international economy....
-- 2019-09-13 11:44:09
Japan’s exports likely contracted at the fastest pace in more than three years in August, a Reuters poll showed on Friday. Adding to the challenges policymakers face, Japan’s core consume...
FE Report 2019-09-13 10:28:13
The central bank has doubled the limit of small service exporters for receiving remittances through online gateway operators. These small-value exporters are now allowed to receive overseas payments...
FE Report 2019-09-13 10:26:02
The Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (IDRA) has formed a surveillance committee to monitor the compliance of paying 15 per cent agent commission by the insurers, according to a press sta...
-- 2019-09-12 12:20:53
United Nation’s trade chief has said climate change poses an “existential threat to commodity-dependent developing countries” and highlighted the need to diversify economies and expo...
-- 2019-09-12 11:43:17
A fall in sales of savings certificates along with slow revenue collection has forced the government into heavily taking loans from banks in order to pay expenses. The government’s borrowing ex...
Reuters 2019-09-12 10:38:16
Scientists for the first time have detected water in the atmosphere of an Earth-like planet orbiting a distant star, evidence that a key ingredient for life exists beyond our solar system, according t...
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