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-- 2020-09-02 21:04:26
The government has decided to purchase 3,490,200 Mmbtu liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the spot market for the first time in the country with a cost of around Tk 1.33 billion. The Cabinet Committee...
-- 2020-09-02 19:24:00
Mentioning that the inward remittance inflow witnessed a whopping 50 per cent growth during this July-August period, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said such uptrend of remittance inflow along...
-- 2020-09-02 17:27:57
Expatriate Bangladeshis remitted around $1.96 billion in the month of August in the fiscal 2020-21 which is the second highest in the country’s history, according to the latest data of Banglades...
-- 2020-09-02 11:36:10
The unemployment rate in the 19-member euro area continued to rise in July, a month marked by some relaxation of COVID-19 containment measures in many members of the European Union (EU), showed the fi...
-- 2020-09-02 10:17:21
Australia's economy has plunged into its first recession in nearly 30 years, as it suffers the economic fallout from the coronavirus. Gross domestic product (GDP) shrunk 7 per cent in the April-to-Ju...
FE REPORT 2020-09-02 09:43:18
Experts on Monday pinpointed challenges like lower capacity of bankers and people concerned in using widely-applied financing mechanism 'factoring'. To make it more popular, they suggested giving mor...
-- 2020-09-01 17:15:35
Foreign exchange reserves of Bangladesh have crossed $39 billion for the first time, according to an official of Bangladesh Bank. The reserves recorded at $39.4 billion on Tuesday are equivalent to a...
-- 2020-09-01 16:17:31
India's manufacturing sector bounced back in August amid improved customer demand and relaxation of coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown, as per a survey released on Tuesday. The Purchasing Managers' Inde...
FE Online Report 2020-09-01 16:09:21
The government on Tuesday in Dhaka endorsed six development projects at a combined cost of Tk 66.29 billion. Presided over by the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the Executive Committee of the National...
-- 2020-09-01 15:49:27
Low yields at home are sending some previously shy European investors into Asia’s credit markets, money managers say, lured by the promise of higher returns and a hope that rebounding economies...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2020-09-01 10:09:47
Bangladesh is far from reducing inequality as its disparities in social and economic sectors are growing, finds a report on a Sustainable Development Goal (SDG). Even after four years of the SDGs imp...
REZAUL KARIM 2020-09-01 09:52:49
Signing of a preferential trade agreement (PTA) between Bangladesh and Bhutan has been delayed further as two neighbouring countries are yet to get approval to this effect, officials said. The countr...
MONIRA MUNNI 2020-09-01 09:17:16
Bangladesh's ready-made garment (RMG) exports in August witnessed a robust 44.63 per cent growth year-on-year. The positive development came after seven months of consecutive negative growth since Ja...
-- 2020-08-31 11:05:23
India’s economy likely suffered its largest quarterly slump on record, data is expected to show on Monday, as coronavirus-related lockdowns add to already-declining consumer demand and investmen...
-- 2020-08-30 22:34:55
Private sector lending rate of the country has begun rising to recover from a decade-low growth after investments plunged amid the coronavirus pandemic at the end of 2019-20 fiscal year. The loans di...
-- 2020-08-30 14:06:37
Amid a slowdown in economic activities due to the coronavirus pandemic, noted economists have suggested the government should be more creative and tactful to get close to meeting the ambitious target...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2020-08-30 09:57:53
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has said Bangladesh's growth-induced poverty reduction would not be sustained unless it ramps up investment and diversify the economy. But the financial sector's inef...
-- 2020-08-29 19:08:01
India is willing to collaborate with the ten-member ASEAN in the production of generic drugs and medical technologies used for the treatment of Covid-19 patients, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush...
-- 2020-08-29 16:13:17
The president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has issued a decree cancelling a law on boycotting Israel and allowing trade and financial agreements between the two countries, the UAE official news a...
Saif Uddin 2020-08-29 09:51:08
Foreign donors' commitment to NGOs operating in Bangladesh for providing them with funds through a government regulatory body has declined sharply in the last fiscal year (FY) 2019-2020 mainly due t...
REUTERS 2020-08-28 15:42:04
Beijing-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) said on Friday it would lend $100 million to Bangladesh to help the country deal with the Covid-19 pandemic. The project will be co-financed...
REUTERS 2020-08-28 13:07:40
India’s deepest recession on record will linger through the rest of this year and begin to lift only in early 2021 as a rapid surge in the coronavirus spread squelches a nascent rebound in consu...
FE REPORT 2020-08-28 09:50:25
Planning Minister M A Mannan on Thursday said the projected 8.2 per cent economic growth would be achieved in this fiscal year (FY), 2020-21, as the economy would rebound at a higher pace than earlier...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-08-27 23:36:09
Growth in low-income developing countries (LIDCs) is likely to come to a standstill this year, compared to growth of 5.0 percent in 2019, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The globa...
Reuters 2020-08-27 16:06:32
Switzerland’s COVID-19 battered economy will return to growth in the third quarter (Q3) compared with the second quarter, a government economist said on Thursday, citing a better than expected r...
-- 2020-08-27 15:15:26
The Asian Development Bank has programmed $5.9 billion firm and $5.2 billion standby project assistance for Bangladesh in 2021-2023, according to the new Country Operations Business Plan for Banglades...
FE Online Desk 2020-08-27 14:25:28
The Government of Switzerland has pledged USD 300,000 in contributions for the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Multi-Donor Trust Fund for Tsunami, Disast...
FE Report 2020-08-27 09:29:39
About 96 per cent of families with low socio-economic status experienced a reduction in their average monthly earnings during the 'lockdown' period, a new ICDDR,B study revealed on Wednesday. It also...
-- 2020-08-26 15:10:52
The US economy could degrade to "no growth at all" if Congress fails to pass the next Covid-19 relief bill, two renowned American economists warned on Tuesday. "If senators still fail to resolve stal...
FE REPORT 2020-08-26 09:42:12
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) introduced on Tuesday the long-awaited electric fiscal devices (EFDs) on a pilot basis to check VAT evasion in businesses. NBR chairman Abu Hena Md Rahmatul Muneem...
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