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FE Online Report 2020-09-26 17:19:36
Though the net financial transfers related to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Bangladesh increased modestly in the last decade, it is still lower than the net inflows of foreign direct investment....
FE Online Report 2020-09-26 14:04:20
The World Bank has approved $200 million to help Bangladesh improve access to safe water and sanitation services in rural areas. The Bangladesh Rural Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Human Capi...
REZAUL KARIM 2020-09-26 09:54:56
Disbursement of farm loans by banks in the first two months of the current fiscal year (FY), 2020-2021, has remained below the strategic target. Scheduled banks made only 13.15 per cent of the annu...
-- 2020-09-25 17:07:13
The global economic outlook is not quite as dark as expected even just three months ago, a top International Monetary Fund official said on Thursday, citing better-than-anticipated economic data from...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2020-09-25 10:07:05
The disbursements of foreign aid declined by about 29.5 per cent to US$528 million in the first two months of the current fiscal year (FY) than that of the corresponding period of last FY, according t...
FE REPORT 2020-09-25 09:34:30
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Thursday amended some sections of its earlier notice related to the formation of a special fund by banks for investments in the stock market. On February 10, the BB allowe...
BSS 2020-09-24 14:21:28
Progress against corruption can be made even under the most challenging conditions, a new World Bank report finds. At a time when unprecedented levels of emergency funds have been mobilised to respon...
-- 2020-09-24 13:33:36
Vietnamese businesses exported nearly 850 million medical masks in the first eight months of this year, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs. More than 70 enterprises exported over...
Reuters 2020-09-24 10:21:59
The coronavirus crisis is lasting longer than expected and it will take some countries years to return to growth, the No. 2 official at the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday. The Fund has...
FE REPORT 2020-09-24 10:08:18
Bangladesh has requested Bhutan to provide details, including possible format and date, of signing the proposed preferential trade agreement (PTA) between the two countries. The commerce ministry of...
FE REPORT 2020-09-24 09:51:31
The performance of government ministries and agencies in project execution was below the mark in the first two months of the current fiscal compared to the same period last year, officials said on Wed...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON 2020-09-24 09:30:29
The volume of fixed deposits with the banking system fell by 2.41 per cent in the second quarter ending in June compared to January-March, dwindled by lower interest rate. The amount of fixed deposit...
-- 2020-09-23 17:25:45
Income earned from work worldwide dropped by an estimated 10.7 per cent, or $3.5 trillion, in the first nine months of 2020, compared to the same period a year ago, the International Labour Organizati...
FE Online Desk 2020-09-23 15:53:00
The Royal Government of Bhutan has announced its first sovereign bond to support the economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic while diversifying financial sources. The new financing instrument su...
Xinhua 2020-09-23 13:19:10
US existing home sales in August surged to their highest level in nearly 14 years as historically low mortgage rates continue to boost the housing market, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) re...
FE REPORT 2020-09-23 09:28:09
"Extraordinary easy financing' conditions may pose 'upside risks' in the case of price stability in the upcoming quarters, the Bangladesh Bank (BB) report for the last quarter (Q4) of the immediate pa...
-- 2020-09-22 17:28:36
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved a project for development and management of hilsa resources involving Tk 2.46 billion. The approval was given at the week...
FE ONLINE DESK 2020-09-22 15:11:11
Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) has signed 56.33 million US dollar new investment agreement with seven companies during Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Among them, five companie...
-- 2020-09-22 12:09:46
US federal debt is projected to reach nearly twice the size of the economy in 2050, driven by the massive fiscal response to the COVID-19-induced recession, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said...
FE REPORT 2020-09-22 09:38:29
Discrepancies in wealth distribution are wide and inherent in Bangladesh, planning minister MA Mannan told a webinar on Monday. "National wealth has increased manifold in recent years which is a ma...
SYFUL ISLAM 2020-09-22 09:23:21
Bangladesh has lately strengthened its efforts to secure permission to use the Indian territory for the purpose of transporting goods to Nepal and Bhutan by its own vehicles. The signing of a transit...
FE Online Desk 2020-09-22 08:50:54
Mr. MA Razzak Khan Raj, Chairman, Minister-MyOne Group, and Director, FBCCI, handed over a cheque and 1 lakh pieces of Minister surgical masks to the Prime Minister's Relief and Welfare Fund recently....
-- 2020-09-21 14:00:50
British manufacturers see no evidence of a ‘V’-shaped recovery from the coronavirus pandemic underway and many are planning to slash investment, a business survey showed on Monday. The Ma...
FE REPORT 2020-09-21 09:37:53
The central bank has extended the deadline for disbursement of Tk. 50 billion special stimulus package for the Covid-19 pandemic hit agricultural sector to December 31 next. The original deadline w...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2020-09-21 09:27:00
The government has taken an ambitious target to raise the revenue-GDP (Gross Domestic Product) ratio to 24.1 per cent as it aims to achieve the developed nation status by 2041, officials said on Satur...
FE Online Desk 2020-09-20 20:36:23
eGeneration, one of the leading IT companies in Bangladesh, has been working since the beginning of the pandemic to help strengthen the economy and society by offering various technological tools and...
-- 2020-09-20 12:03:15
Bangladesh fares better than many other countries in recovering from the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said, bdnews24.com reports. And the credi...
FE REPORT 2020-09-20 10:52:19
Tech experts during a webinar on Friday underscored the need for developing a hi-tech manufacturing ecosystem in Bangladesh in a bid to ensure desired economic growth. Enhancing new skills in line wi...
FE REPORT 2020-09-20 10:28:46
The state-owned Agrani Bank Ltd has supported 17,308 enterprises and individuals so far under the incentive packages declared by the government to revive the economy amid the Covid-19 pandemic. By th...
FE REPORT 2020-09-20 09:46:25
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has recommended the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to strengthen monitoring of the online return filing and make it popular among the large taxpayers. It also sugges...
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