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FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2020-03-21 09:46:11
The government sent a project concept paper to the World Bank (WB) last week, seeking fund for facilitating surveillance, investigation and rapid response system to stop spreading Coronavirus outbreak...
-- 2020-03-20 17:20:14
A global recession – perhaps of record dimensions – is a near certainty due to the COVID19 pandemic, said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. “Our economic response must focus on...
REUTERS 2020-03-20 12:29:39
President Donald Trump will cancel an in-person meeting of G7 leaders at Camp David in June because of the coronavirus and will hold a video-conference instead, the White House said on Thursday. The...
DOULOT AKTER MALA 2020-03-20 11:48:27
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is going to scrutinise progress of some 25 ongoing projects of its customs, VAT and income tax wings to indentify bottlenecks in their implementation. The NBR C...
FE REPORT 2020-03-20 11:12:23
The government on Thursday endorsed a Tk 1.93 trillion development programme slashing allocations by Tk 98 billion from the original outlay due mainly to the poor implementation by public agencies. P...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM 2020-03-20 09:49:20
The central bank has unveiled a stimulus package to help businesses ride out the storm of the pandemic, officials said. Under the package, businessmen will get a string of benefits, including easin...
FE Online Report 2020-03-19 16:40:24
The central bank of Bangladesh is going to announce a bailout programme soon aiming to facilitate the country’s foreign trade that faces a setback following the coronavirus outbreak. Under the...
FE Online Report 2020-03-19 15:58:41
The central bank of Bangladesh has relaxed its policy asking the scheduled banks to suspend adverse classification of any loans till June 30 to facilitate business activities that have been adversely...
FE Online Report 2020-03-19 12:39:07
The economic and labour crisis created by the COVID-19 pandemic could increase global unemployment by almost 25 million, a new assessment by the International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Thursda...
FHM Humayan Kabir 2020-03-18 10:51:45
The government is going to revise the Annual Development Programme (ADP), trimming down the allocations by Tk 102 billion to Tk 1.93 trillion, officials said on Tuesday. Cutting the highest amount fr...
-- 2020-03-16 20:54:48
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said that Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) is working to fix the tariff of liquid petroleum gas (LPG). The state...
REUTERS 2020-03-16 14:15:14
The US Federal Reserve and its global counterparts moved aggressively with sweeping emergency rate cuts and offers of cheap dollars in a bid to combat the coronavirus pandemic that has roiled markets...
SYFUL ISLAM 2020-03-16 10:38:54
The Economic Relations Division (ERD) has requested the health ministry to immediately send project proposals to get fund launched by the World Bank to prevent coronavirus (COVID-19). On March 03, th...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON 2020-03-15 10:21:02
The country's budget deficit reached Tk 359 billion in the first five months to November, a 37 per cent jump over the same period last fiscal, the ministry of finance data show. During the period, to...
-- 2020-03-14 20:00:58
National Board of Revenue (NBR) has set a target to register 0.15 million new VAT payers to raise the tally to 0.3 million in Mujib Year, reports BSS. To this end, NBR already directed its 12 VAT Com...
-- 2020-03-14 15:06:14
The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a coronavirus aid package early on Saturday that would provide free testing and paid sick leave, in a bid to limit the economic damage from a pand...
FE Online Desk 2020-03-14 13:15:32
An agreement signing ceremony for the Second SASEC Dhaka-Northwest Corridor Road Project (Tranche 2) will be held on Sunday in Dhaka. Ms. Fatima Yasmin, Secretary, Economic Relations Division (...
-- 2020-03-13 17:13:48
The coronavirus epidemic is putting up to 50 million jobs in the global travel and tourism sector at risk, with international travel likely to slump by a quarter this year, the World Travel and Touris...
-- 2020-03-13 16:08:09
Indonesia announced a 120 trillion rupiah ($8.1 billion) stimulus package on Friday to support Southeast Asia’s biggest economy as the spread of the coronavirus disrupts global activity. The st...
FE REPORT 2020-03-13 10:24:15
Bangladesh Bank expects the economic growth to be buoyant during the current fiscal year, which will be in line with the budget target of 8.20 per cent. While the central bank is hopeful about keepin...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM 2020-03-13 10:08:49
Bangladesh Bank gave its final approval to one more non-banking financial institution on Thursday in a decision that raised eyebrows among analysts. The central bank asked Strategic Finance and Inves...
-- 2020-03-12 15:05:12
The chances of a financial crisis are not high, Taiwan central bank governor Yang Chin-long told parliament on Thursday, reports Reuters. If the coronavirus continues to spread into the third quart...
-- 2020-03-12 15:00:49
Australia announced an A$17.63 billion ($11.41 billion) economic stimulus plan on Thursday that includes wage subsidies and cash payments for small businesses, to counter the impact of the coronavirus...
-- 2020-03-12 13:52:27
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) closed its headquarters and the Philippines senate went into lockdown on Thursday, after visitors to both buildings in Manila tested positive for the coronavirus. Phi...
FE REPORT 2020-03-12 10:23:38
Access to finance, corruption and political instability are three major barriers the private sector faces in Bangladesh, according to a study. The private sector arm of the World Bank on Wednesday pu...
Siddique Islam 2020-03-12 10:14:01
Bangladesh's import orders dropped by more than 12 per cent or nearly US$663 million in January last due to supply chain disruption caused by the coronavirus outbreak in China. Opening of letters of...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-03-11 21:32:52
The interest of post office savings schemes will return to its previous rates by March 17. Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal gave the information after inaugurating automation of postal savings sche...
FE Online Report 2020-03-11 20:47:00
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) President Shams Mahmud in his initial budget reaction said that the budget has focused GDP growth of 8.2 per cent and inflation of 5.4 per cent. He ter...
-- 2020-03-11 16:03:58
The Bank of England (BoE), the central bank of the country, on Wednesday cut its main interest rate from 0.75 per cent to 0.25 per cent as part of a package of measures to cushion the impact of COVID-...
FE Online Report 2020-03-11 14:52:35
The performance of Bangladesh economy in 2019 with reference to global, macro and micro levels presents a mixed picture. Globally, the country did not suffer any major setback during the year, but som...
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