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Novozymes awards eight BD textile cos

Novozymes awards eight BD textile cos

FE Online Desk 2017-11-05 10:21:21

  The Danish company Novozymes, the world leader in biological solutions for wet processing, awarded textile manufacturers contributing to sustainable production in Bangladesh, said a statement....

Facebook Developer Circle organises Hack Day

Facebook Developer Circle organises Hack Day

-- 2017-11-05 07:54:50

Facebook Developer Circle: Dhaka organised Hack Day at the Independent University in the city yesterday (Saturday), said a press release.  As with other countries in the world, the Hack Day was...

Govt to send 100,000 drivers abroad in five yrs

Govt to send 100,000 drivers abroad in five yrs

-- 2017-11-05 06:31:12

The government has taken an initiative to send  nearly 100,000 drivers abroad in the next five years for  their increased demands in different countries across the globe. Expatriates' Welfa...

Chinese archaeologists discover cave-dwelling agrarian society

Chinese archaeologists discover cave-dwelling agrarian society

-- 2017-11-05 04:59:14

Chinese archaeologists have found a large amount of carbonised rice grains in caves dating from the New Stone Age, challenging the conventional view that cave dwellers were solely hunter gathers and d...

Afghanistan moves to block WhatsApp

Afghanistan moves to block WhatsApp

-- 2017-11-05 01:02:39

Journalists, media groups, and users of social media in Afghanistan have accused the government of censorship after it moved to block the WhatsApp and Telegram messaging services. The editor of one o...

Visitors throng Dhaka Income Tax Fair

Visitors throng Dhaka Income Tax Fair

FE Report 2017-11-04 12:25:28

The Income Tax Fair 2017 in the capital drew a huge number of visitors on Friday, the third day of the weeklong event, as it was a public holiday. Most of the people visiting the fair on the day we...

Apple's iPhone X hits Asia

Apple's iPhone X hits Asia

-- 2017-11-04 12:23:01

SYDNEY/BEIJING:  Long, snaking lines formed outside Apple Inc stores in Asia early on Friday as fans flocked to buy the new iPhone X, a turnout that contrasts with the more lackluster launches fo...

World markets themes for the week ahead

World markets themes for the week ahead

Reuters 2017-11-04 12:00:00

Following are five big themes likely to dominate thinking of investors and traders in the coming week and the Reuters stories related to them. 1/TRUMP ON TOUR US President Donald Trump embarks on hi...

Twitter's rewritten rules published

Twitter's rewritten rules published

BBC 2017-11-04 12:00:00

Twitter has published a new version of its rules, which it says will clarify its policies and how it enforces them. It is part of a series of changes as the social network tries to address complaints...

Non-organic way to boost Hilsha output

Non-organic way to boost Hilsha output

-- 2017-11-04 12:00:00

Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute (BFRI) has been carrying out intensive research to breed Hilsha in the hatchery using artificial methods.  The methods, which include producing larvae fro...

IMF gives Venezuela six months to improve data

IMF gives Venezuela six months to improve data

-- 2017-11-04 11:56:58

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has given Venezuela six months to improve the flow of economic data saying it had violated IMF rules on the timely provision of some statistics. The Fund said...

Japan jacks up lending rate to Bangladesh

Japan jacks up lending rate to Bangladesh

FHM Humayan Kabir 2017-11-04 10:06:55

The much-cherished softest lending by Japan is all over as the donor has hiked the interest rate to 1.0 per cent from 0.01 per cent for Bangladesh, officials said. The Asian economic powerhouse has a...

Qatar's hiring of Bangladeshis softens as crisis lingers

Qatar's hiring of Bangladeshis softens as crisis lingers

Arafat Ara 2017-11-04 09:42:52

The outflow of Bangladeshi workers to Qatar has fallen sharply in recent months in the aftermath of unrest exacerbated by sanction on it by Saudi Arabia and allies. Sector-insiders said although the...

Bangladesh to get $457m loan from WB

Bangladesh to get $457m loan from WB

-- 2017-11-04 06:41:14

Bangladesh is set to receive a total of US$457 loan from the World Bank (WB) for implementing two projects regarding trade and business. To this end, two separate agreements will be signed with WB o...

Canada exports, imports drop in Sept

Canada exports, imports drop in Sept

-- 2017-11-04 03:29:29

Canada’s imports and exports dropped for the fourth consecutive month in September, resulting the trade deficit remained at C$3.18 billion ($2.48 billion), according to Statistics Canada data....

US trade gap edges up in Sept

US trade gap edges up in Sept

-- 2017-11-04 03:19:50

The US trade deficit widened slightly more than expected in September as rising exports of goods and services were offset by a jump in imports. The Commerce Department said on Friday the trade gap in...

US unemployment rate falls to 17-year low

US unemployment rate falls to 17-year low

-- 2017-11-04 03:10:58

US unemployment fell to its lowest level in nearly 17 years in October, according to data released on Sunday, which President Donald Trump said was proof his policies were bearing fruit. Job creation...

Int'l workshop on revival of waqf begins Saturday

Int'l workshop on revival of waqf begins Saturday

FE Online Desk 2017-11-03 12:07:53

A two-day international workshop on `Revival of Waqf for Socio Economic Development’ jointly organised by Islamic Research and Training Institute of Islamic Development Bank, Islami Bank Banglad...

Twitter employee shuts down Trump account

Twitter employee shuts down Trump account

-- 2017-11-03 12:00:00

US President Donald Trump’s @realdonaldtrump Twitter account was “inadvertently deactivated” due to human error by a Twitter Inc employee on Thursday and was down for 11 minutes befo...

Hard bargain holds back another mega PPP project

Hard bargain holds back another mega PPP project

FHM Humayan Kabir 2017-11-03 12:00:00

A hard bargain by a foreign donor held back Bangladesh's another public- private partnership (PPP) project as it made the funding of Dhaka Bypass conditional to government counter-guarantee. The proj...

Trending apps to increase efficiency of your startup

Trending apps to increase efficiency of your startup

FE Online Desk 2017-11-03 08:04:52

According to the different metrics found on internet, globally the following startups are using these apps to increase efficiency- Slack The best example of new sort of communication system comes fr...

US job growth likely to rebound in Oct

US job growth likely to rebound in Oct

-- 2017-11-03 02:57:27

US job growth likely rebounded sharply in October after hurricane-related disruptions depressed employment in September, in a move that could seal the case for an interest rate increase from the Feder...

Army may get new metro rail project

Army may get new metro rail project

Munima Sultana 2017-11-03 02:46:31

Bangladesh Army is likely to be engaged in a new metro rail development project in the city's corridor as per a recommendation made in 20-year transport plan. Though the Army has no experience in imp...

Fed keeps rates unchanged

Fed keeps rates unchanged

-- 2017-11-02 12:31:06

The Federal Reserve kept its interest rates steady on Wednesday and pointed to solid US economic growth and a strengthening labour market while playing down the impact of recent hurricanes, a sign it...

BB maintains firm stance against digital hundi

BB maintains firm stance against digital hundi

-- 2017-11-02 12:00:00

Bangladesh Bank (BB) continues to maintain its strict position to stop digital hundi in order to enhance remittance inflow through mobile financial service, such as mobile banking. "The inflow of re...

Facebook ad revenue tops $10 billion

Facebook ad revenue tops $10 billion

BBC 2017-11-02 11:20:20

Facebook profits soared in the third quarter as it brought in more than $10 billion from advertising. The firm said profits were $4.7 billion (£3.5 billion) in the three months to the end of Se...

Banks lack skilled workers in ICT: BIBM

Banks lack skilled workers in ICT: BIBM

-- 2017-11-02 07:52:20

A research of Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM) Thursday said 80 per cent banks in the country do not have enough skilled and efficient manpower in the ICT section to face any accidents.A...

Bank of England hikes interest rates

Bank of England hikes interest rates

-- 2017-11-02 07:04:35

Bank of England raised interest rates for the first time in over a decade despite the fact that wages are growing weakly in the UK and the country faces the growing threat of a disastrous ‘no de...

BD focuses on $1b trade with Vietnam

BD focuses on $1b trade with Vietnam

-- 2017-11-02 05:48:06

Bangladesh Ambassador to Vietnam Samina Naz has met Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and emphasised taking bilateral trade to US$ 1 billion by tapping newer potentials that the two countries ma...

Social media sites under scrutiny for 'Russian meddling’

Social media sites under scrutiny for 'Russian meddling’

BBC 2017-11-01 12:00:00

Facebook, Twitter and Google lawyers on Tuesday defended themselves to US lawmakers probing whether Russia used social media to influence the 2016 election. The three firms faced hard questions at a...