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FE Online Desk 2019-07-16 11:35:58
Malaysia is expected to lift the moratorium on Bangladeshi workers next month, according to the Southeast Asian country's Human Resources Minister M Kulasegaran. "I hope we can conclude within one or...
Doulot Akter Mala 2019-07-16 09:43:31
The Public Private Partnership (PPP) Authority has sought tax benefits for some new areas to help attract private investors, officials said. The agency, under the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), has r...
Global Times 2019-07-15 20:53:13
Property prices in China held stable in June with slower growth rates amid an ongoing crackdown on speculation in the real estate market, figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) sh...
-- 2019-07-15 17:00:16
A China-Bangladesh joint venture company, M/S Golden Ocean Limited, will invest $1.46 million to establish a garment accessories industry in Ishwardi Export Processing Zone. In this regard, Banglades...
-- 2019-07-15 16:48:12
India aborted the launch on Monday of a spacecraft intended to land on the far side of the moon less than an hour before liftoff. The Chandrayaan-2 mission was called off when a “technical snag...
-- 2019-07-15 15:20:47
China's GDP expanded 6.3 per cent year on year in the first half of 2019 to about 45.09 trillion yuan (about 6.56 trillion US dollars), data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Monday....
Munima Sultana 2019-07-15 10:13:53
The government has finally decided to take out loan from Asian Development Bank (ADB) to reconstruct and expand the Dhaka-Sylhet highway, sources said. They said the costly Dhaka-Sylhet four-lane pro...
FE Report 2019-07-15 10:05:56
Visiting South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon said his country is willing to invest in energy, infrastructure, and ICT in Bangladesh to boost economic cooperation between the two nations. The Asia...
-- 2019-07-14 17:57:54
Visiting South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon on Sunday expressed his country's desire to take Bangladesh-Korea ties to the next level through stronger collaboration in key areas to bring mutual pr...
Arafat Ara 2019-07-14 10:57:49
The number of outbound women workers has increased by more than 10 per cent in the first six months of the current calendar year amid allegation of different types of workplace exploitation. Accord...
Doulot Akter Mala 2019-07-14 10:10:50
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has introduced a country-neutral minimum value for customs assessment from the current fiscal year (FY) with an upward revision for the majority of products. Min...
FE Report 2019-07-13 21:33:48
China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) on Friday assured Bangladesh of providing all-out support to the country's development. The assurance came when finance minister AHM Mustafa Kama...
-- 2019-07-13 21:00:10
Bangladesh will seek Korean investment for producing new and diverse products in the country as South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon arrived in Dhaka on Saturday afternoon on a three-day official v...
BBC 2019-07-13 18:53:48
One of the most significant Russian space missions in the post-Soviet era has launched from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The Spektrum-SG telescope is a joint venture with Germany that will map X-rays across...
-- 2019-07-13 10:36:45
The US Federal Trade Commission approved a roughly $5.0 billion settlement with Facebook Inc this week over its investigation into the social media company’s handling of user data, a source fami...
FE Report 2019-07-13 09:38:53
Importers said they have been bleeding after the slapping of a 5.0 per cent advance tax (AT) on imports, effective from July 01. Many importers said they require extra money to pay it at a time when...
-- 2019-07-12 18:20:22
Singapore’s economy grew at its slowest annual pace in a decade in the second quarter, preliminary data showed on Friday, raising bets that a technical recession and monetary policy easing could...
Siddique Islam, from Kuala Lumpur 2019-07-12 12:08:33
Bangladesh business leaders and experts have accentuated the signing of a free trade agreement (FTA) with Malaysia to boost bilateral trade and investment. They made the recommendation at a programme...
FE Report 2019-07-12 10:01:51
The World Bank said it will continue support Bangladesh in its quest for achieving the upper-middle income country status by ensuring green growth. Chief executive officer of the global lender Krista...
Doulot Akter Mala 2019-07-12 09:51:00
Businesses and tax-officials are holding opposite views over the existing corporate tax rates, taking into consideration the country's poor tax-GDP (gross domestic product) ratio and investment scenar...
-- 2019-07-11 19:30:46
Bangladesh will form a committee to negotiate signing Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Malaysia. The information was revealed at the ‘Showcase Bangladesh-Go Global’ at the Royale Chulan Ho...
-- 2019-07-11 17:35:26
Visiting Dutch Queen Maxima Zorreguieta Cerruti on Thursday highly praised the expansion of financial inclusion in Bangladesh through simplification of the digital financial services. She also assure...
FE Report 2019-07-11 09:54:59
The central bank said as a regulator it will not shoulder the responsibility of failure on the part of the People's Leasing and Financial Services Ltd (PLFSL), which is now facing liquidation. "Liqui...
-- 2019-07-10 22:11:04
Prime Minister’s ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy has said Bangladesh should further open up its economy for more foreign investments. “We are now living in an age of globalisation. W...
-- 2019-07-10 19:30:54
The export earnings from the country’s furniture industry witnessed an 18.53 per cent growth in the last fiscal year (FY19). The country bagged $74.89 million from furniture export in FY19, whi...
FE Online Desk 2019-07-10 12:54:14
Trade uncertainty will weigh on growth and investment in Asia-Pacific despite somewhat easier financial conditions, said S&P Global Ratings in a report published on Tuesday, titled "Asia Pacific Q...
-- 2019-07-10 11:00:36
Mexico's finance minister Carlos Urzua has quit over differences with the country's left-wing president Andrés Manuel López Obrador. In a letter, made public on his Twitter account on T...
Arafat Ara 2019-07-10 10:50:43
The government's net borrowing from state-owned savings instruments rose by about 8.0 per cent in the first 11 months of the just-concluded fiscal year compared to the corresponding period of the pr...
FE Report 2019-07-10 10:15:32
After a sharp rise, the average inflation rate fell to 5.48 per cent in the just-concluded fiscal year, the government said. The inflation rate is 0.08 percentage points lower than the government's 5...
Jasim Uddin Haroon 2019-07-10 10:13:18
The government is increasingly borrowing from the banking system going beyond the regular monthly calendar of auctions. Primary dealers (PDs) said the government had borrowed money six-times over the...
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