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FE REPORT 2020-03-11 10:32:38
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal will inaugurate an automation programme today (Wednesday) meant for creating a database of savers who will open savings accounts with directorate of posts. Two key...
-- 2020-03-10 17:29:03
The implementation rate of the Annual Development Programme (ADP) during July-February period of the current fiscal year (FY20) was 37.09 per cent with an expenditure of Tk 797.85.86 billion. Plannin...
-- 2020-03-10 17:13:08
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved the country’s first deep-sea port project to be built in Matarbari of Cox’s Bazar by 2026. The approval was g...
FE Online Desk 2020-03-10 13:44:02
Citizen’s Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh in association with 11 of its partner organisations is organising a day-long conference titled ‘VNR 2020 of Bangladesh: Positioning Non-State Actors...
-- 2020-03-10 11:36:00
The number of people infected with the coronavirus topped 114,000 across the world as the outbreak spread to more countries, causing greater economic damage, reports Reuters. DEATHS/INFECTIONS - Mor...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM 2020-03-10 10:06:48
The central bank has resumed purchasing the US dollar from the commercial banks after around three years to help the country's foreign exchange (forex) market remain stable. As part of the move, the...
Doulot Akter Mala 2020-03-10 10:02:24
The number of zero return submission by both corporate and individual taxpayers has reached over 400,000 so far of the current fiscal year, in a sign taxpayers conceal the actual income. The submissi...
FE Online Report 2020-03-09 16:01:25
The outbreak and spread of Coronavirus (Covid19) will negatively affect the global flows of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the current and next years. The rate of decline may be minimum 5.0 per...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM 2020-03-09 11:17:46
Deficit in the current account balance has declined significantly in the first seven months of the current fiscal year (FY), 2019-20, on the back of shrinking merchandise trade gap. Bangladesh's trad...
FE REPORT 2020-03-08 10:06:49
Japanese Ambassador in Dhaka Naoki Ito has expressed the hope that Bangladesh's economic growth will continue at 8.0 per cent this fiscal year (FY) despite negative impact of the coronavirus outbreak....
ARAFAT ARA 2020-03-08 09:58:19
Dalia Aktar (23) lost all hopes to lead a normal life when she returned home abused while working in Saudi Arabia. She got her backbone and a leg fractured while trying to escape workplace by jumping...
-- 2020-03-07 20:08:32
A top US trade official for South and Central Asia has said Bangladesh has emerged as the third largest readymade garment (RMG) product supplier to the United States after China and Vietnam. Assistan...
FE Report 2020-03-07 11:07:20
Planning Minister M A Mannan, on Friday, said the government is maintaining an uncompromising stance on realising defaulted bank loans. But, it cannot recover the bad loans immediately, as there are s...
FE REPORT 2020-03-06 12:11:24
There is nothing to be worried about preferential treatment of Bangladesh in the European Union even after the country's graduation from LDC (least developed country) status in 2024, a German diplomat...
FE REPORT 2020-03-06 11:02:19
The impact of coronavirus on Bangladesh's trade for disruptions to China's exports of intermediate inputs is amounted to be $16 million, a UN report revealed. Its leather sector might be the worst af...
FE REPORT 2020-03-06 10:55:58
The central bank has asked scheduled banks to restrain from giving services to the unauthorised institutions that provides services as payment service provider (PSP) or payment service operator (PSO)....
FE REPORT 2020-03-06 10:51:12
Warning against complacency, speakers on Thursday called for assessing dismal economic indicators such as non-performing loans, ailing stock market, sluggish export income, and rising inequality. The...
FE REPORT 2020-03-06 10:31:19
Imports from Asian Clearing Union (ACU) member countries increased by more than 18 per cent in the January-February period of this calendar year, officials said. The amount of payment rose to $1.15 b...
FE Online Report 2020-03-05 17:23:10
The country's export earnings fell by 4.79 per cent to US$26.24 billion in the first eight months of the current fiscal year (FY20) against $27.56 billion in the corresponding period of the last fisca...
-- 2020-03-05 12:45:47
The feared spread of Coronavirus has had a negative impact on the US economy, dimming the growth prospect of the economy in the near term, according to the Beige Book. US Federal Reserve (Fed) said...
-- 2020-03-05 12:17:57
The Philippines' headline inflation slowed down to 2.6 per cent in February, compared to 2.9 per cent in January and 3.8 per cent in February 2019, the Philippine Statistics Authority said on Thursday...
-- 2020-03-05 10:23:44
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has announced $50 billion in funding for countries hit by the coronavirus. The organisation also warned that the outbreak had already pushed this year's global e...
FE REPORT 2020-03-05 10:16:02
Outlining multiple challenges facing the country on business and fiscal fronts, the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI), Dhaka, a leading trade body, has suggested that the government...
-- 2020-03-04 18:21:57
The Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Limited (BAPEX) announced discovery of a new gas field in Srikail of Cumilla’s Muradnagar upazila on Tuesday. The digging work starte...
-- 2020-03-04 16:53:11
South Korean Company Ms Jong Hyun Hi-Tech Industries Company Limited is going to establish a polyester staple fiber (PSF) manufacturing industry with an investment of US$ 6.0 million in Mongla Export...
-- 2020-03-04 15:28:11
India’s Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday allowed banks to handle cryptocurrency transactions from exchanges and traders, overturning a ban on such dealings by the central bank. The Reserve Bank...
FE Online Report 2020-03-03 20:10:32
Monthly inflation rate, calculated on the basis of consumer price index (CPD), declined further in February this year to 5.46 per cent from 5.57 per cent in January. The rate was recorded at 5.75 per...
-- 2020-03-03 17:37:34
The High Court has issued a rule questioning the legality of Bangladesh Bank's circular fixing the interest rate on all loans, except for credit cards, at 9 per cent. Justice Abu Taher Md Saifur Rahm...
-- 2020-03-03 14:57:16
Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) has received investment proposals amounting to around 20.50 billion US Dollar from 151 local and foreign business entities, officials said. Out of the inves...
REUTERS 2020-03-03 14:44:26
The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank on Monday said they stood ready to help member countries address the human and economic challenges of the fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak, includ...
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