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SYFUL ISLAM 2020-11-26 12:35:51
Bangladesh's inclusion in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) would be an uphill task, given the high tariff gap between Dhaka...
Doulot Akter Mala 2020-11-26 10:36:35
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has allowed Summit Alliance Port Limited (SAPL) to handle exports and imports of bulk and non-containerised cargoes to facilitate bilateral trade with India. Fro...
FE REPORT 2020-11-26 10:27:14
Bankers and academicians have cited overfinancing, dictated credit, lack of sufficient information and database of bad borrowers as key reasons for rising non-performing loan (NPL) in Bangladesh. B...
FE Online Report 2020-11-25 17:11:08
Farm entrepreneurswill be able operate through ‘Better Life Farming’ centres, which will provide agri-inputs, crop advisory and market linkages under one roof to smallholder farmers. Laun...
-- 2020-11-25 13:23:52
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has said that additional monetary stimulus may pose important risks to financial stability, urging fiscal policy to play a sign...
FE Online Report 2020-11-25 12:55:56
Bangladesh’s foreign exchange (forex) reserves crossed the US$41 billion-mark again on Wednesday following lower import payment obligations and higher growth of inward remittance. The forex res...
MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN 2020-11-25 10:02:11
Foreign Secretary (FS) Masud Bin Momen is scheduled to visit Delhi on December 9 to join Bangladesh-India FS-level talks, which will mainly focus on the upcoming meeting between the prime ministers of...
-- 2020-11-24 19:13:03
Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk has toppled Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates as the world’s second-richest person. Elon Musk overtook Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg to become the t...
FE Online Report 2020-11-24 17:05:16
Earl R Millar, ambassador of the United States to Bangladesh paid a courtesy call to Sultana Afroz, secretary to the Bangladesh government and CEO of the Public-Private Partnership Authority (PP...
FE Online Report 2020-11-24 15:21:03
The net inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Bangladesh declined by 39 per cent in the past fiscal year (FY20) over the previous one (FY19), according to the latest statistics released by the...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2020-11-24 09:59:31
The World Bank (WB) has assured Bangladesh of providing US$500 million worth of funds for procuring coronavirus vaccine to be to inoculated all citizens gradually, officials said on Monday. "The WB...
Narayan Das and Asma Tabassum 2020-11-23 16:13:50
In South Asia, three-quarters of workers depend on informal employment. The informal economy of Bangladesh constitutes of 86.2 per cent of the total employed population (aged 15 years or older) (Labou...
-- 2020-11-23 14:16:59
A 250-million-US-dollar tire manufacturing plant in Sri Lanka's western town of Horana is scheduled to open in January 2021, local media reported on Monday. The factory built by the Rigid Tyre Cor...
-- 2020-11-23 12:38:37
Singapore's Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) has said that it narrowed the gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast for 2020 to "-6.5 to -6 per cent" from "-7 to -5 per cent." The ministry on...
MONIRA MUNNI 2020-11-23 10:36:41
The state-owned Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) has reduced the service charges under the registered exporter system of the European Union following the demand from apparel makers, officials say. The E...
SYFUL ISLAM 2020-11-23 10:04:08
Bangladesh has requested India to withdraw its new customs rules which, officials fear, may make it difficult for the former to get tariff preferences. Dhaka made the request to New Delhi after a tho...
-- 2020-11-22 15:17:54
The production value of Taiwan's manufacturing industries totaled 3.2 trillion new Taiwan dollars (about 112 billion US dollars) in the third quarter of this year, down 4.56 per cent year on year, acc...
-- 2020-11-22 11:24:39
Leaders of the 20 biggest economies on Saturday vowed to ensure a fair distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, drugs and tests around the world and do what was needed to support poorer countries struggling...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2020-11-22 10:06:32
The Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has proposed a staggering Tk 228.52 million for some non-essentials as part of its power supply to Hatiya and three other southern islands. Under the pre...
DOULOT AKTER MALA 2020-11-22 10:00:11
The average annual VAT payment by 35 large taxpayers has remained below Tk 100 million during the last three years in a sign their financial health has deteriorated, officials said. The large taxpaye...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-11-21 23:05:00
Powerful groups in society push their own agendas to frame development indicators ignoring the commoners’ wellbeing, a panel of experts said on Saturday, calling for liberating such indicators f...
REUTERS 2020-11-21 13:03:33
Leaders of the 20 biggest world economies (G20) will debate this weekend how to deal with the unprecedented Covid-19 pandemic that has caused a global recession and how to manage the recovery once the...
-- 2020-11-20 15:58:56
Japan's leading gauge of inflation fell at the fastest pace in October in more than nine years, owing to a domestic tourism-boosting subsidy programme and weak energy prices amid the Covid-19 pandemic...
UNB 2020-11-20 14:58:36
Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Ambassador Rabab Fatima has sought greater international support for migrant workers to cope up with Covid-19 job market and beyond. S...
REUTERS 2020-11-20 11:25:48
US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will attend a virtual summit of Asia Pacific leaders on Friday to discuss the coronavirus and global economic recovery, with lingering...
DOULOT AKTER MALA 2020-11-20 10:06:45
Mini-tax fairs have started gaining momentum in the tax zones across the country with only 10 days left for submission of tax returns by individual taxpayers. The deadline for submission of tax retur...
-- 2020-11-19 21:34:05
The global economy is recovering from the depths of the coronavirus crisis, but there are signs of slowing momentum in countries with resurging infection rates, the International Monetary Fund said in...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-11-19 20:33:34
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has relaxed regulations allowing industrial enterprises to remit their 1.0 per cent of sales revenue for different legitimate current payments without prior approval from the...
REUTERS 2020-11-19 15:28:11
Asia-Pacific leaders called on Thursday for open and multilateral trade to support a global economy battered by the novel coronavirus, and some hoped for more engagement with the United States under a...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2020-11-19 10:08:33
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is likely to provide US$ 2.0 billion worth of loan for widening Dhaka-Sylhet highway into four-lane, aimed at making the road suitable for regional connectivity as wel...
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