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Sofia Noor Rafa 2021-09-24 19:15:03
Why is Google the most popular and used search engine? It is one of the most arguable topics ever. The discussion on this might get bigger than big, and facts can hit each other up. Long ago, technol...
-- 2021-09-24 19:05:56
China's central bank on Friday declared all transactions involving Bitcoin and other virtual currencies illegal, stepping up a campaign to block use of unofficial digital money. Chinese banks were ba...
-- 2021-09-24 17:04:07
The Indian state of Karnataka, home to India's Silicon Valley, has proposed a ban on online games involving betting and wagering, sparking concerns that growing state regulations could hit the nascent...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM 2021-09-24 09:47:45
The central bank sees a possible broad-based economic recovery in the near future due to improvement in Covid situation and wider reopening. It, however, warned of lurking downside risks from both...
-- 2021-09-24 09:05:00
US social audio app Clubhouse launched a feature on Thursday to let users virtually wave at friends inside its audio-only chat app to show they are open to a private chat, in a move to expand beyond p...
-- 2021-09-24 08:59:39
A former World Bank official who prepared reports at the center of a data-rigging scandal that aided China defended IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva on Thursday as the Economist magazine called for her...
-- 2021-09-23 20:17:02
President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Gilbert F. Houngbo has said it is outrageous that rural small-scale farmers in developing countries, who grow one-third of the g...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-09-23 17:13:50
Bangladesh still has a long way to go to accomplish the vision of ‘Sonar Bangla’ or the golden Bengal, as dreamt of by Bangabandhu, economic analysts and former officials say. They regret...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-09-23 14:31:08
The central bank of Bangladesh has simplified its regulations on releasing foreign exchange for private travel purposes. Under the relaxations, authorised dealer (AD) banks have been allowed to endor...
FE ONLINE DESK 2021-09-22 20:21:30
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said although the government has lowered the interest rates on different national savings instruments, the interest rates on savings certificates are still highe...
-- 2021-09-22 18:33:50
China's pledge to stop building coal-fired power plants overseas could cull $50 billion of investment as it slashes future carbon emissions, analysts said, although Beijing's own domestic coal program...
-- 2021-09-22 18:00:20
The government of Bangladesh plans to launch fifth-generation (5G) mobile network services on a trial basis at the end of this year. Prime Minister's Information and Communication Technology Affairs...
FE ONLINE DESK 2021-09-22 13:11:32
A relatively young country having gained independence a little over 50 years ago, Bangladesh has still made exceptional strides in reducing poverty and boosting shared prosperity over the last five...
-- 2021-09-22 12:46:29
The Asian Development Bank has cut Bangladesh’s growth forecast from 6.8 per cent to 5.5 per cent for 2021 in its latest report on the state of Asian economies. The Manila-based institution als...
-- 2021-09-21 19:51:12
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has launched a new country partnership strategy (CPS) for Bangladesh that aims to boost competitiveness and employment and promote green growth and climate resilience....
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-09-21 14:36:59
The government on Tuesday lowered the rate of return on savings schemes. The Internal Resources Division (IRD) under the Ministry of Finance (MoF) issued a notification to this effect on Tuesday. Th...
FE REPORT 2021-09-21 08:35:19
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has brought relaxation in foreign-exchange regulations in export, import, remittance and other trade services to overcome economic challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, said BB...
-- 2021-09-20 21:16:31
Four more products will get cash incentives from the government against their exports, according to the central bank. The new products, each of which will receive the cash support at the rate of 4.0...
Md Maidul Islam Chowdhury, Alok Roy, Nazmun Nahar Mily and Sayera Younus 2021-09-20 20:36:23
Covid-19 pandemic is an unprecedented crisis for the modern world. Integration among countries across the globe through globalisation has made the crisis unique in its kind. Bangladesh also could not...
FE ONLINE DESK 2021-09-20 18:31:11
Noting that Bangladesh has an investment-friendly climate, the Saudi investment minister has said there is potential for more Saudi investment in Bangladesh. Saudi investment minister Khalid Al-Falih...
-- 2021-09-20 18:13:03
Mobile financial service Nagad has handed over Tk 33.20 million (Tk 3,31,94,877) to the Bangladesh Post Office as its revenue share for FY21. Posts and Telecommunications Division Secretary Md. Afzal...
DOULOT AKTER MALA 2021-09-20 10:27:16
The government presses the brake on sales of national savings certificates (NSC) by way of slashing receivable commissions of commercial banks against transactions in these borrowing tools. The banks...
Siddique Islam 2021-09-20 09:45:58
A glut of idle money and a concurrent investment holdup amid the pandemic hangover leave Bangladesh's Islamic banking sector in a quandary with excess liquidity in the vault, sources say. They say th...
-- 2021-09-19 19:42:32
The United Arab Emirates central bank sees increased risks of illicit financial flows emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic, including money-laundering and terrorism financing, it said in a report publi...
-- 2021-09-19 19:33:16
India on Sunday reported 30,773 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, taking the total to 33.4 million, as it seeks to reopen the country to overseas tourists. The death toll rose by 309 t...
-- 2021-09-19 12:01:37
Four amateur astronauts have splashed down successfully in the Atlantic Ocean after three days in space. They are the first all-civilian team ever to orbit the Earth. The Inspiration4...
ISMAIL HOSSAIN 2021-09-19 10:02:35
Like most of the businesses in Bangladesh, the pandemic Covid-19 has brought the software and ICT sector, especially the smaller and medium ones, to its knees. Over a third of computer software firms...
DOULOT AKTER MALA 2021-09-19 08:43:29
Government's growing dependence on at-source-tax collection, including tax on service-holders' pay, is practically shifting tax burden onto common people because of absence of effective refund mechani...
-- 2021-09-18 17:17:42
SOLbazaar, Bangladesh, the world's first peer-to-peer energy exchange network, has been named as one of the 15 finalists for the Earthshot Prize 2021. The Earthshot Prize has announced its first ever...
-- 2021-09-18 15:20:44
Google abused the dominant position of its Android operating system in India, using its "huge financial muscle" to illegally hurt competitors, the country's antitrust authority found in a report on it...
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