-- 2019-09-13 12:11:26
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has invited German and French companies to invest more in Bangladesh, particularly in the country’s Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and High-tech Parks. They ar...
-- 2019-09-13 12:02:45
Permanent Representative (PR) of Bangladesh to the UN Ambassador Masud Bin Momen has stressed the importance of the role of Southern countries in the decision-making process of international economy....
-- 2019-09-13 11:44:09
Japan’s exports likely contracted at the fastest pace in more than three years in August, a Reuters poll showed on Friday. Adding to the challenges policymakers face, Japan’s core consume...
FE Report 2019-09-13 10:28:13
The central bank has doubled the limit of small service exporters for receiving remittances through online gateway operators. These small-value exporters are now allowed to receive overseas payments...
FE Report 2019-09-13 10:26:02
The Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (IDRA) has formed a surveillance committee to monitor the compliance of paying 15 per cent agent commission by the insurers, according to a press sta...
-- 2019-09-12 12:20:53
United Nation’s trade chief has said climate change poses an “existential threat to commodity-dependent developing countries” and highlighted the need to diversify economies and expo...
-- 2019-09-12 11:43:17
A fall in sales of savings certificates along with slow revenue collection has forced the government into heavily taking loans from banks in order to pay expenses. The government’s borrowing ex...
Doulot Akter Mala 2019-09-12 09:45:25
The collection of tax at source from bank depositors posted a gain in fiscal year (FY) 2018-19, showing 16.18-per cent growth over that of the corresponding period in FY '18. This rise in the source-...
-- 2019-09-11 17:58:53
The following infograph considers salient data points to highlight the growth of financial inclusion in Bangladesh, through agent banking and mobile financial services, aided by favourable government...
-- 2019-09-10 20:29:01
WeWork owner The We Company is weighing slashing the valuation of its forthcoming IPO to below $20 billion, two sources said, in the latest headwind for leading shareholder SoftBank Group whose key gr...
-- 2019-09-10 19:45:39
Ford Motor Co said on Tuesday it would launch eight electric vehicles in Europe this year, a key step in its target of achieving a majority of its overall sales from electric cars by the end of 2022,...
-- 2019-09-10 19:07:38
White House adviser Peter Navarro on Tuesday called for investors, the public and others to be patient ahead of key US-China trade negotiations planned for next month between top officials in Washingt...
-- 2019-09-10 18:41:39
A senior executive of global investment firm Goldman Sachs was arrested in Bengaluru on Tuesday for allegedly swindling the firm of Rs. 380 million to overcome financial losses while playing an online...
-- 2019-09-10 17:19:24
Moody’s Investor Service on Tuesday said the RBI’s mandate on aligning commercial bank floating loan rates to the external benchmark from next month is credit negative for Indian banks, re...
-- 2019-09-10 15:46:24
Nissan CEO Hiroto Saikawa has resigned, dealing a new blow to the Japanese carmaker as it struggles to recover from the ousting of Carlos Ghosn last November, reports CNN Business. The company’...
-- 2019-09-10 14:40:36
Apple Inc could sell as many as 200 million of its latest iPhones from existing users upgrading their older devices and much of that demand will come from China despite an ongoing trade war, several W...
-- 2019-09-10 13:53:39
Oil futures rose for a fifth day, rising to their highest in almost six weeks, on optimism that OPEC and other producing countries may agree to extend output cuts to support prices, reports Reuters....
-- 2019-09-10 13:38:18
Chinese handset maker Xiaomi has showcased its 30W wireless fast charging technology that it calls Mi Charge Turbo, which aims to charge a 4,000mAh battery from 0 to 50 per cent in just 25 minutes, re...
-- 2019-09-10 12:49:27
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 10: Bangladeshi nationals were allegedly being worked and traded between firms in slave-like conditions that violated Malaysian labour laws, according to a news report today p...
-- 2019-09-10 11:05:50
NEW DELHI, Sept 10: India will restore 26 million hectares of most degraded and vulnerable land by 2030 by adopting a landscape restoration approach. “This will be focused on restoring land pro...
FE Report 2019-09-10 10:06:36
The central bank has enhanced the ceiling for outward remittances in case of IT expenses through digital wallet to US$500 from the earlier $300 to support freelancers, officials said. "We've increase...
Doulot Akter Mala 2019-09-10 10:01:09
Healthcare service providers are set to come under the scanners of the tax authority for checking tax evasion through verification of their deposit of tax at source to the public exchequer. The Natio...
FE Report 2019-09-10 09:53:48
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Monday insisted the autonomous public agencies cannot utilise their funds according to their wish as they are not the government. "[But] they are utilising their...
bdnews24.com 2019-09-09 16:42:44
Projects worth more than $7.36 billion undertaken by Bangladesh under the credit agreements signed with India have been bogged down by lengthy land acquisition processes and design changes. The gover...
Xinhua 2019-09-09 15:33:05
Japan's economic growth was downwardly revised from an initial annualised real 1.8 per cent in the April-June quarter to 1.3 per cent in the period, the government said in a report on Monday. Accordi...
Reuters 2019-09-09 10:54:51
Britain is not ready for its next recession and must consider changes to the way it manages its economy to see off the downturn when it comes, the Resolution Foundation, a think-tank, said on Monday....
FE Report 2019-09-09 10:22:10
The Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Sunday suggested setting up of an economic corridor in the country's north-eastern region, comprising nine districts, to tap its potential. The Northe...
FE Report 2019-09-09 10:00:57
China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) could help Bangladesh achieve its long-term development goals in the current shift of global political economy, experts at an international conference said on Su...
-- 2019-09-08 20:34:03
The government has allocated around Taka 4.65 billion for giving loan without interest to the insolvent and disabled people in villages under the Rural Social Service (RSS) programme in the country....
Reuters 2019-09-08 15:43:23
China’s foreign exchange reserves rose unexpectedly in August, even as the yuan posted its biggest monthly drop in 25 years amid escalating trade tensions with the United States. The country&rs...
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