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FE Report 2019-04-16 09:58:27
The government has planned to build a comprehensive database for the country's agriculture sector aiming to boost agricultural production and exports. "A comprehensive database will be created to mak...
FE Report 2019-04-16 09:43:39
The country's investment development authorities, on Monday, sought adequate policy support from the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to further promote investment while making the existing initiatives...
-- 2019-04-15 19:53:23
Britain’s privacy regulator wants to stop kids from being able to “like” posts on Facebook and other social media sites as part of tough new rules it’s proposing to protect chi...
Sajibur Rahman 2019-04-15 16:28:21
Only 11 per cent of women are registered users of Mobile Financial Services (MFS) in the country while 30 per cent of men are using such services, a study has revealed. Volume or frequency of need, i...
-- 2019-04-15 14:02:25
The head of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has said that regional economies in Asia were sustaining solid growth despite some negative effects of the Sino-US trade war. In a group interview, the AD...
-- 2019-04-15 11:53:15
The middle class is shrinking in developed economies as increases in workers’ wages have failed to keep up with the rising cost of housing, education and healthcare, the OECD said on Wednesday....
-- 2019-04-15 11:46:38
Facebook Inc said it restored services on Sunday after some users could not access its social networking site, photo-sharing network Instagram and messaging app WhatsApp. However, Facebook did not sp...
-- 2019-04-14 21:56:47
Microsoft has alerted some of its webmail users of possible hacker attacks that could access their email accounts illegally, according to media reports. The technology company said it became aware of...
-- 2019-04-14 18:57:14
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has reportedly handed over to Pakistan a new set of recommendations to boost its fight against financial crimes in the country, especially the terror financing,...
-- 2019-04-14 18:25:24
Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram users appear to be unable to access social network sites and apps as the sites are experiencing offline server issues. Twitter is also packed full of complaints with...
-- 2019-04-14 18:20:58
Tanzania has agreed a new 1.7 billion US dollar financing deal with the World Bank to fund various projects during fiscal year 2019/20, its finance ministry said on Saturday. The agreement, which is...
FE Report 2019-04-14 09:42:16
Tax collection grew by only 7.0 per cent during the first eight months of the current fiscal year widening the shortfall against target. Officials said that the National Board of Revenue (NBR) might...
FHM Humayan Kabir from Washington DC 2019-04-13 13:25:36
The World Bank (WB) has suggested that Bangladesh should merge the problematic commercial banks with the better performing ones. Besides, it recommended making the country's capital market vibrant, s...
-- 2019-04-13 11:46:31
As droughts and floods cut crop harvests and storms tear up buildings and power lines, countries vulnerable to climate change - from Bangladesh to Kenya and Guatemala - have proposed new ways to acces...
FE Report 2019-04-13 09:29:00
Bangladesh has sought US investment, especially in the energy sector under the Indo-Pacific Business Forum. The Forum is seen as a counter mechanism to China's much-hyped Belt and Road (BR) initiativ...
-- 2019-04-12 17:00:32
The German government is set to halve its 2019 growth forecast for Europe’s biggest economy, a government source told Reuters on Friday, reflecting a worsening slowdown linked to a recession in...
-- 2019-04-12 15:37:01
China’s economic growth is expected to slow to a near 30-year low of 6.2 per cent this year, a Reuters poll showed on Friday. The second largest economy of the world is likely to fall the recor...
-- 2019-04-12 11:20:28
The first privately funded mission to the Moon has crashed on the lunar surface after the apparent failure of its main engine. The Israeli spacecraft - called Beresheet - attempted a soft landing, bu...
Syful Islam 2019-04-12 09:42:27
The government is set to fix the target for non-tax revenue (NTR) at Tk 377 billion in the forthcoming budget. The amount is up by Tk 43 billion from current fiscal's original target and by Tk 107 bi...
FHM Humayan Kabir from Washington DC 2019-04-12 09:34:12
Bangladesh may seek financial support from global leaders to aid it in meeting sustainable development goals (SDGs) this afternoon (US local time). Finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal will brief on hi...
-- 2019-04-11 21:38:00
Zimbabwe’s economy grew by 4.0 per cent last year, below an initial target of 4.5 per cent, treasury said on Thursday, as the country struggles with a severe shortage of dollars and surging infl...
-- 2019-04-11 21:19:09
European shares fell on Thursday as investor sentiment was dented by global growth slowdown fears but gains in France thanks to strong earnings helped set a lower limit to the broader decline. The pa...
FE Report 2019-04-11 09:25:04
Interest rate swap is gradually becoming popular in the country's financial market, as many firms are showing interest on such type of derivative to avoid interest rate volatility. Swap is the exch...
-- 2019-04-10 19:51:42
Scientists on Wednesday revealed the first image ever made of a black hole, depicting its hot, shadowy edges where light bends around itself in a cosmic funhouse effect. Assembling data gathered by e...
-- 2019-04-10 19:06:20
The European Central Bank kept its policy unchanged as expected on Wednesday, maintaining interest rates at record lows and keeping its guidance for steady interest rates this year despite a sharp slo...
FE Report 2019-04-10 10:23:08
The proposed new VAT law may have a 'Package VAT'-like system as the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has shifted from its position to scrap the provision. NBR chairman Md Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan sa...
FE Online Report 2019-04-09 19:53:23
Country’s bilateral merchandise trade gap with the rest of the world crossed $10 billion mark in the first eight months of the current fiscal year (FY19), according to the latest statistics of t...
Siddique Islam, from Washington 2019-04-09 19:43:54
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) projected a 7.30 per cent economic growth of Bangladesh in 2019. The April 2019 version of the World Economic Outlook (WEO), released on Tuesday morning in...
-- 2019-04-09 17:09:53
The general inflation marked a 0.08 percentage point rise in March of the current calendar year due to price hike of different food items. The inflation rate went up to 5.55 per cent in...
-- 2019-04-09 15:34:45
India’s retail inflation is expected to have accelerated in March on slightly higher food prices but remain under the RBI’s medium-term target of 4.0 per cent, a Reuters poll predicted. I...
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