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FE REPORT 2021-09-18 10:18:24
Commerce minister Tipu Munshi has urged all parties to support a 12-year extension proposal by the LDC Group in the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The extension will help the LDCs get preferential t...
FE REPORT 2021-09-18 08:38:37
Bangladesh can emulate Vietnam's development experiences by adapting their policies to its context in the changing paradigm, including increasing investment on innovation and technology, research and...
MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN 2021-09-18 08:34:50
As Bangladesh struggles to keep its position as the second-largest apparel exporter of the world, the country is desperately in need of policy support to make a solid foothold on potential man-made fi...
-- 2021-09-17 20:58:14
Three Chinese astronauts returned to earth on Friday after a 90-day visit to an unfinished space station in the country's first crewed mission since 2016. In a small return capsule, the three men - N...
-- 2021-09-17 12:54:22
Alphabet's Google and Apple have removed jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's tactical voting app from their stores, his team said on Friday, after Russia accused the US tech firms of medd...
Zaidi Sattar 2021-09-17 11:49:17
While theories about the gains from trade originated from the minds of thinkers and thought leaders in Europe and North America, the practice of leveraging international trade to transform poor backwa...
-- 2021-09-17 09:57:23
Facebook is taking a more aggressive approach to shut down coordinated groups of real-user accounts engaging in certain harmful activities on its platform, using the same strategy its security teams t...
FE REPORT 2021-09-17 09:45:33
Some 49-66 per cent of Bangladesh's social-safety-net-allowance-and food-support beneficiaries are not poor, says the World Bank, indicating porous delivery system for the state annuity. It is one of...
-- 2021-09-16 19:07:36
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has launched the Human Capability Development Programme (HCDP), the Saudi Press Agency reported on Wednesday. It is one of the pr...
-- 2021-09-16 18:44:12
Scientists say the Southern Hemisphere ozone hole is larger than usual and already surpasses the size of Antarctica. The European Union’s Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service said Thu...
-- 2021-09-16 16:55:17
Popular social media Facebook, e-commerce giant Amazon, and American multinational technology company Google have deposited Tk 4,60,73,460 as VAT to the state coffer. These three giants paid the amou...
FE ONLINE DESK 2021-09-16 13:16:52
Social Protection Programmes remain central to Bangladesh’s sustainable development policy and are progressively benefitting the poorer households, says the World Bank. It adds that by improvin...
-- 2021-09-16 09:09:58
A SpaceX rocket ship blasted off from Florida on Wednesday carrying a billionaire e-commerce executive and three less-wealthy private citizens he chose to join him in the first all-civilian crew eve...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM 2021-09-16 08:27:50
The central bank now tightens noose around loose-run lending operations by non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) limiting their loan or lease rescheduling to only thrice. Officials of the Bangla...
-- 2021-09-15 14:43:08
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday said the per capita foreign debt of Bangladesh citizens is now Tk 24,890. The minister revealed this information in parliament while replying to a tabl...
-- 2021-09-15 10:12:30
Apple Inc unveiled the iPhone 13 and a new iPad mini on Tuesday, expanding 5G connectivity and showing off faster chips and sharper cameras without raising the phone's price. The Cupertino, Cali...
FE REPORT 2021-09-15 08:21:32
Bangladesh Bank (BB) governor Fazle Kabir on Tuesday termed the state of governance in the financial sector lax and underscored its improvement for the sake of sound economic health of the country. H...
-- 2021-09-14 20:56:46
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has decided to set up a Tk 30 billion refinance scheme for the agriculture sector to deal with the financial crisis caused by Covid-19 pandemic. "The Tk 30 billion fund, named "A...
-- 2021-09-14 19:30:42
A Russian court on Tuesday said it had fined US social media giants Facebook and Twitter for failing to delete content that Moscow deems illegal, part of a wider crackdown on the internet and Big Tech...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-09-14 18:39:08
Bangladesh requested Oman to pursue the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for DFQF market access for Bangladeshi products, foreign ministry said on Tuesday. The GCC is a coalition of six gulf countries...
-- 2021-09-14 13:12:25
For Lauren Rash, it’s the little things that have snarled production at her tent factory here, like the many shades of black Velcro. Her company, Diamond Brand, just launched a new line of high...
-- 2021-09-14 11:51:10
Nearly 340,000 new jobs were created in the second quarter (Q2) of this year, up 1.5 per cent from the first quarter, data released Monday by the National Statistics Institute (ISTAT) showed. The mai...
-- 2021-09-14 10:35:38
Apple has issued a software patch to block so-called "zero-click" spyware that could infect iPhones and iPads. Independent researchers identified the flaw, which lets hackers access devices t...
-- 2021-09-14 09:35:53
For Lauren Rash, it’s the little things that have snarled production at her tent factory here, like the many shades of black Velcro. Her company, Diamond Brand, just launched a new line of high...
REZAUL KARIM 2021-09-14 08:48:27
Facing LDC graduation drawbacks for the current crisis, Bangladesh urges the UK to simplify its Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) system through amending its 'goods graduation' provision. The g...
DOULOT AKTER MALA 2021-09-14 08:36:41
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has amended the relevant rules granting the exporters an extended time to avail bonded warehouse facility, as imported raw materials get stuck following external ma...
-- 2021-09-13 11:30:59
Yet another billionaire entrepreneur is set to ride into space this week, strapped inside the capsule of a SpaceX rocketship as part of an astro-tourist team poised to make history as the first all-ci...
FE REPORT 2021-09-13 08:52:23
Experts at a virtual dialogue on Sunday emphasised the need for redefining SMEs and startups in the proposed National Industrial Policy to ensure adequate financing - to have a vibrant private sector...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON 2021-09-12 10:09:43
Bangladesh's budget deficit amounted to a record Tk 1.87 trillion in the past financial year as stimulus packages and emergency health payouts bloated public spending against revenue shrinkage for p...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2021-09-12 10:03:27
Bangladesh finally attains 1.0- per cent share in the Shanghai-based New Development Bank (NDB) as the country has been offered one of three fortunate shareholders after the five founding BRICS nati...
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