- Wednesday, 2 October 2024 |
- Today's FE |
- e-Paper |
- Beta Website
FE Online Desk 2019-03-09 13:54:07
&n...
FE Online Desk 2019-03-09 13:37:15
Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) will hold a dialogue titled Power and Energy Sector: Immediate Issues and Challenges March 10. Mr Nasrul Hamid, MP, State Minister, Ministry of Power, Energy...
Jasim Uddin Haroon 2019-03-09 09:14:53
The budget deficit widened to over Tk 162 billion during the second quarter (Q2) to December of the fiscal year, as increasing government spending overshot revenue earnings, according to an official d...
-- 2019-03-08 13:04:46
Search engine giant Google has created a new Doodle on its homepage celebrating the International Women's Day on Friday. Bangladesh is also celebrating the International Women's Day with the rest of...
FE Report 2019-03-08 10:01:40
Saudi Arabia's commerce and investment minister Dr Majid Bin Abdullah Al Qosaibi on Thursday termed Bangladesh a "new Asian Tiger" and expressed his country's interest to bring the existing relations...
Doulot Akter Mala 2019-03-08 09:33:05
The country's fiscal policies are yet to be fully equipped to support start-up women entrepreneurs at grass-roots level, experts said. Barring the income tax law, no other fiscal law, be it Value Add...
Jasim Uddin Haroon 2019-03-08 09:26:36
The Washington-based IIF said Bangladesh's broad-based domestic demand expansion would continue in the current fiscal year (FY), 2018-19, and also in the next FY, 2019-20, albeit at a slower pace. Th...
-- 2019-03-07 21:11:45
Women comprise only 15 per cent of the total workforce employed in the country’s ICT industry, a survey result has revealed. According to the study, smaller e-commerce companies have higher con...
-- 2019-03-07 19:20:49
Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Thursday asked the scheduled banks to adjust their Advance Deposit Ratio (ADR) or Investment Deposit Ratio (IDR) limit within September 30 this year in line with the central ba...
FE Online Report 2019-03-07 16:52:26
Country’s merchandise trade deficit with the rest of the world declined slightly in the first seven months of the current fiscal year compare to the same period of the past fiscal year. Central...
Reuters 2019-03-07 14:56:49
Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg says the company would encrypt conversations on more of its messaging services and make them compatible, the latest sign that the world’s biggest social...
FE Report 2019-03-07 09:26:58
The existing Banking Companies Act (BCA) should be reformed to empower the Bangladesh Bank (BB) with the authority of dismissing the chairmen and directors of the state-owned banks (SoBs), said BB for...
-- 2019-03-06 17:48:02
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has been named the richest person in the world with an estimated worth of $131 billion dollars (€115.8 billion), according to Forbes. Jeff Bezos founded the company in...
-- 2019-03-06 16:51:24
The Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) has warned that trade disputes and uncertainty over Brexit would hit world commerce and businesses in next two years. The OECD also c...
Yasir Wardad 2019-03-06 10:38:20
The contribution of non-profit organisations to the national economy has been substantial in recent years as the sub-sector is growing rapidly. Such non-profits tend to provide services rather than p...
Mir Mostafizur Rahaman 2019-03-06 09:24:01
Bangladesh eyes investment worth around US$ 15 billion from Saudi Arabian investors, as a high-profile delegation of the country is going to arrive in Dhaka today (Wednesday). "We are expecting a sub...
-- 2019-03-05 17:29:28
A rise in food inflations slightly pushed up the general inflation rate last month. "The general point-to-point inflation rate increased to 5.47 per cent in February," Planning Minister MA Mannan sai...
-- 2019-03-05 16:54:07
The government has initiated a project for setting up an economic zone, dedicated for Japanese investors, at Araihazar in Narayanganj. The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC)...
-- 2019-03-05 12:56:59
Alphabet Inc’s Google will ban political advertising on its platform before the Canadian federal election, after the country introduced stringent transparency rules. The Bill C-76, which was pa...
-- 2019-03-05 09:30:58
The government has decided to collect 15 per cent value added tax (VAT) from the advertisements on internet platforms like Facebook and YouTube. The authorities have not been collec...
FE Report 2019-03-05 09:05:21
Bangladesh economy is likely to grow at a rate of 7.5 per cent in the ongoing fiscal year (FY), 2018-19, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has projected afresh. The newly forecasted gross domestic pro...
-- 2019-03-04 20:27:07
A team of Bangladesh Bank officials and lawyers will sit with the Filipino defendants of a case over the central bank cyber-heist to recover the stolen funds. The delegation will depart for the Phili...
FE Online Report 2019-03-04 16:15:12
Around 24 per cent of the total investments of the country’s banking sector come from the Islamic banks, according to the latest statistics of the central bank. It showed that total Investments...
Xinhua 2019-03-04 13:54:21
A total of 152 countries and international organisations have signed cooperation documents with China so far on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a spokesperson for the annual session of China's top...
FE Report 2019-03-04 09:41:59
The flow of remittances rose by nearly 10 per cent in the first eight months of the current fiscal year, despite significant falloff in February year-on-year, officials said. Bangladeshi nationals wo...
-- 2019-03-03 17:20:47
The World Bank has approved a $100 million credit for improving fiscal forecasting, and public budget preparation and execution. The Strengthening Public Financial Management (PFM) to Enable Service...
-- 2019-03-02 18:16:10
Facebook Inc has filed a lawsuit along with Instagram in US federal court against four companies and three people based in the People’s Republic of China for promoting the sale of fake accounts,...
-- 2019-03-02 17:30:04
A SpaceX rocket with an unmanned crew capsule blasted off on Saturday for the International Space Station, in a key milestone for Elon Musk’s space company and NASA’s long-delayed goal to...
Jasim Uddin Haroon 2019-03-02 09:27:12
The government is considering raising pay and allowances of public servants by 25 per cent as part of "price adjustment," officials said. This includes an annual increment of 5.0 per cent. The fresh...
-- 2019-03-01 20:25:26
US personal income fell for the first time in more than three years in January as dividends and interest payments dropped, pointing to moderate growth in consumer spending after it fell by the most si...
© 2024 - All Rights with The Financial Express
