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-- 2020-12-03 15:18:41
The euro zone economy will contract again this quarter as renewed lockdown measures stifle activity, according to a Reuters poll which showed the bloc’s GDP would then return to pre-crisis level...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM 2020-12-03 09:01:04
The central bank has relaxed its regulations for receiving cash incentives on the money sent by expatriate Bangladeshis further aiming to expedite the inflow of remittances despite the Covid-19 pand...
-- 2020-12-02 20:22:52
The government has approved a proposal to import 50,000 tonnes of parboiled non-Basmati rice from India in the year 2020-21 through international quotation. Additional Cabinet Secretary Abu Saleh Mos...
-- 2020-12-02 19:11:23
The government has decided to follow the direct procurement method (DPM) for procuring the vaccines for the Covid-19 considering it as a matter of urgent state necessity. The Cabinet Committee on Eco...
-- 2020-12-02 14:26:15
Some 84 per cent of resorts in the Maldives have been granted permission to reopen by the Ministry of Tourism since July, local media reported on Wednesday. Tourism Ministry statistics showed that 13...
-- 2020-12-02 14:16:20
US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Tuesday that economic activity has continued to recover from its depressed second-quarter level, but momentum has slowed down in recent months. Noting t...
FE Online Desk 2020-12-02 12:53:48
In a first-of-its-kind initiative, the industrial city of Gazipur near the capital Dhaka, Bangladesh will develop a wastewater and sludge treatment system with private sector participation in two of...
FE REPORT 2020-12-02 10:05:27
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is failing to realise some Tk 62 billion import duty that is stuck with 15,777 pending cases, officials have said. The huge sum is blocked, as importers prefer t...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM 2020-12-02 09:05:20
The flow of inward remittances reached $10.90 billion in the first five months of the current fiscal year (FY 2020-21), registering an increase of more than 41 per cent, despite the ongoing Covid-19 p...
FE Online Report 2020-12-01 19:36:00
Bangladesh will not fall into the so-called debt trap due to its borrowing from China or India, Foreign Minister Dr AK Momen said on Tuesday. Many critics argue that since Bangladesh has undertaken a...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-12-01 19:29:23
Exploitation of Bangladesh’s marine resources may result in loss of bio-diversity and exclusion of coastal communities unless issues of rights and environment are addressed, a panel of inter-sta...
-- 2020-12-01 18:05:31
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Tuesday cleared four development projects, including Tk 6.93 billion (Tk 693-crore) one to install the third submarine cable. The s...
-- 2020-12-01 16:00:33
Asian factories continued to recover steadily in November thanks to a boom in economic powerhouse China, private surveys showed on Tuesday, offering hope the region was shaking off the drag from the C...
-- 2020-12-01 14:36:55
A record 235 million people will need humanitarian assistance next year, a near-40 per cent increase on 2020 which is "almost entirely from Covid-19," the UN's emergency relief chief said on Tuesday....
-- 2020-12-01 11:04:27
The Canadian government has unveiled a new financial programme worth billions of Canadian dollars to boost the country’s economy amid the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. The programme titled "...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2020-12-01 09:01:07
Bangladesh is likely to seek a hard-term World Bank (WB) loan worth US$ 1.2 billion to finance three of its development projects, officials said on Monday. They said the country may have to choose th...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM 2020-12-01 08:37:00
The default loans dropped slightly in September last as the central bank suspended the routine exercise of classification to help businesses overcome the adverse impact of Covid-19 pandemic. The volu...
-- 2020-11-30 23:27:19
National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Abu Hena Md Rahmatul Muneem has said ‘special tax benefits’ can be given to those who are laundering money abroad for fear of paying taxes in the c...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-11-30 16:46:41
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has extended the deadline for tax return submission by individual taxpayers until December 31. The NBR Chairman Abu Hena Md Rahmatul Munim on Monday said the deadl...
-- 2020-11-29 19:12:04
The ‘National Income Tax Day-2019’ will be observed on Monday across the country aiming to create awareness among the people for payment of income tax regularly. The National Board of Rev...
FE Online Report 2020-11-29 11:53:57
External debt to the country’s private sector declined in the past fiscal year (FY20) mainly due to the outbreak of Covid-19. Statistics available with Bangladesh Bank showed that outstanding s...
Xinhua 2020-11-29 11:38:07
The Russian economy is projected to decline by 4.5 per cent this year, a senior official said Saturday. The drop will be "more than 4.0 per cent, (and) it will be even 4.5 per cent," Aleksei Kudrin...
FE REPORT 2020-11-28 10:26:15
Bangladesh's foreign aid inflow boosted in the first four months of the current fiscal year (FY), 2020-21, as the development partners disbursed 19 per cent higher funds than the corresponding period...
ARAFAT ARA 2020-11-28 08:41:08
Bangladesh has started sending workers abroad with jobs after months of uncertainty triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic. The Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) data showed that a total...
FE REPORT 2020-11-27 10:40:09
The contract manufacturers will enjoy a simplified VAT process for the production and supply of goods under a new guideline. The National Board of Revenue (NBR) issued the guideline on Tuesday to hel...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM 2020-11-27 09:43:05
The central bank has extended the deadline further to implement the stimulus package for cottage, micro, small and medium enterprises (CMSMEs) from November 30 to December 31. It has also relaxed reg...
-- 2020-11-26 20:38:29
Bhutan will sign the Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) with Bangladesh in December to further enhance trade and commerce between the two countries. "All necessary works on the PTA have been complete...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-11-26 19:38:21
The continued Israeli occupation brings the Gaza Strip in near-collapse as the cost is estimated at $16.70 billion in the past decade, 2007–2018 period to be specific. The latest report of the...
UNB 2020-11-26 18:21:26
Switzerland wants to strengthen and widen its ties with Bangladesh to explore ‘amazing potential’ together as Bangladesh is set to celebrate its 50 years of independence next year with Vis...
-- 2020-11-26 13:36:32
The European tourism industry only partially recovered amid the COVID-19 pandemic, as the contraction of the tourist accommodation sector moderated in summer, according to a Eurostat report. The Euro...
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