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Bank of Mexico to cut interest rate

Bank of Mexico to cut interest rate

-- 2019-08-17 12:59:41

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday endorsed a benchmark interest rate cut in a bid to stimulate the economy. In his daily press conference, the president said cutting the interes...

Tk 4.95b farm loans of six SoBs stuck in court cases

Tk 4.95b farm loans of six SoBs stuck in court cases

FE Report 2019-08-17 10:51:42

At least Tk 4.95 billion (495 crore) of six state-owned banks (SoBs) remained stuck against 157,273 cases filed to recover the money from farm loan borrowers, statistics show. Between January 1991 an...

Govt moves to allow all banks to handle Challan transactions

Govt moves to allow all banks to handle Challan transactions

Jasim Uddin Haroon 2019-08-17 10:15:51

All the 59 commercial banks are likely to be allowed to handle "challan" that serves as the biggest instrument of submitting money to the public exchequer. The Finance Division, which has been work...

ECB shuts down its hacked website

ECB shuts down its hacked website

-- 2019-08-16 12:44:54

The European Central Bank (ECB) shut down one of its websites on Thursday after it was hacked and infected with malicious software. The lender said no market-sensitive data had been compromised durin...

Japan becomes largest foreign holder of US Treasuries

Japan becomes largest foreign holder of US Treasuries

-- 2019-08-16 11:17:36

Japan overtook China to become the largest foreign holder of US Treasuries in June, with its holdings at the highest level in nearly three years, US Treasury Department said on Thursday. Japan's hold...

Govt drafts policy to curb FDI in tobacco industry

Govt drafts policy to curb FDI in tobacco industry

Syful Islam 2019-08-16 10:46:46

The government is planning to restrict foreign direct investments (FDI) in the tobacco sector so that the supply of the harmful elements can be curtailed, officials said. The draft National Tobacco C...

WB suggests exploring new lending option

WB suggests exploring new lending option

FHM Humayan Kabir 2019-08-16 10:39:59

The World Bank (WB) has suggested Bangladesh avail new funding opportunity -- 'credit guarantee' -- for financing the country's development projects, officials said. Borrowing money for the credit gu...

Over 90pc businesses risk losing BINs

Over 90pc businesses risk losing BINs

Doulot Akter Mala 2019-08-16 10:36:41

Some 150,000 businesses accounting for over 90 per cent risk losing identification numbers for the non-compliance with the revenue board's directive to update their VAT registration information within...

Remittance inflow reaches $716m in nine days before Eid

Remittance inflow reaches $716m in nine days before Eid

-- 2019-08-15 21:59:48

Expatriate Bangladeshis have sent home an increased amount of money home before the Eid-ul-Azha, taking the figure in the first nine days of August to $716.2 million. Bankers also believe the governm...

Plan to reconcile revenue collection data faces blow

Plan to reconcile revenue collection data faces blow

Doulot Akter Mala 2019-08-15 10:39:12

The effort to reconcile data of aggregate revenue collection between revenue board and Controller General of Accounts (CGA) faced a blow due to flaws in the accounts system, known as 'iBAS++'. Offici...

US labelling China as currency manipulator not true: Scholar

US labelling China as currency manipulator not true: Scholar

-- 2019-08-14 17:28:07

The US assertion that the recent depreciation of the Chinese yuan against the US dollar amounts to currency manipulation is not true, a US scholar has said, reports Xinhua. It would be more correct t...

EU slaps biodiesel duties on Indonesia

EU slaps biodiesel duties on Indonesia

-- 2019-08-14 10:41:57

The European Commission on Tuesday imposed countervailing duties of 8.0 per cent to 18 percent on imports of subsidised biodiesel from Indonesia. The move aimed to restore a level playing field for E...

Oil prices fall on demand concerns, rising US output

Oil prices fall on demand concerns, rising US output

-- 2019-08-13 15:58:44

Oil prices fell on Tuesday on lingering concerns over global demand and rising US production, though expectations for major producers to further curtail output offered support, reports Reuters. Brent...

Yen hits seven-month high against dollar

Yen hits seven-month high against dollar

-- 2019-08-13 11:20:55

TOKYO (Reuters) - The yen traded close to a seven-month high against the dollar on Tuesday, as unrest in Hong Kong and gyrations in Argentina’s markets heightened investor risk aversion and fann...

Singapore cuts 2019 GDP forecast as global risks expand

Singapore cuts 2019 GDP forecast as global risks expand

-- 2019-08-13 10:14:02

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore slashed its full-year economic growth forecast on Tuesday as global conditions were seen worsening and data confirmed the slowest growth rate in a decade amid mounting...

US-China tariff dispute dampens Las Vegas trade show

US-China tariff dispute dampens Las Vegas trade show

-- 2019-08-13 00:00:00

"There is a lot of fear in the marketplace, people are worried," Jimmy Gindi, a New York-based footware seller said Sunday at the Sands Expo  and  Convention Center in Las Vegas. There was...

US-China trade war leading to recession: Goldman Sachs

US-China trade war leading to recession: Goldman Sachs

-- 2019-08-12 19:12:25

Goldman Sachs Group Inc  said on Sunday that fears of the U.S.-China trade war leading to a recession are increasing and that Goldman no longer expects a trade deal between the world’s tw...

Lanka tourism industry begins to recover

Lanka tourism industry begins to recover

-- 2019-08-12 17:37:22

COLOMBO, Aug 12: Sri Lanka’s tourism industry, badly hurt by Easter day bombings, is showing signs of gradual recovery, industry executives say, although a national election later this year is l...

Tesla electric car catches fire after hitting a tow truck in Moscow

Tesla electric car catches fire after hitting a tow truck in Moscow

-- 2019-08-11 18:46:45

A Tesla electric car caught fire after crashing into a tow truck on a Moscow motorway late on Saturday, reports Reuters. Footage of the incident on state TV channel Rossiya 24 showed the car by the s...

Govt plans another pipeline to import LNG from India

Govt plans another pipeline to import LNG from India

-- 2019-08-11 17:54:33

Bangladesh has taken a plan to set up another pipeline to import LNG from India to feed Sunderban Gas Distribution Company. The pipeline will be install near Satkhira border. The new pipeline will s...

Wealthier China boon to US, says economist

Wealthier China boon to US, says economist

Xinhua 2019-08-11 11:40:23

A wealthier China is a boon to the United States, an economist has said, amid an escalating trade tensions between the two nations that has set the world's nerves on edge. Donald Boudreaux, a senior...

IMF reiterates China's exchange rate broadly in line with fundamentals

IMF reiterates China's exchange rate broadly in line with fundamentals

Xinhua 2019-08-10 17:17:12

China's real effective exchange rate (REER) in 2018 is estimated to be at the same level as warranted by fundamentals and desirable policies, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reiterated on Friday...

IMF stands by China's exchange rate view

IMF stands by China's exchange rate view

Xinhua 2019-08-10 13:02:37

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday affirmed its view that China's exchange rate is broadly in line with economic fundamentals. Experts said IMF's new report provides further evidence tha...

BFIU beefs up steps to cut trade-based capital flight

BFIU beefs up steps to cut trade-based capital flight

Siddique Islam 2019-08-10 09:41:31

Bangladesh has initiated a coordinated effort to battle trade-based money laundering, thus mitigating the risks of frauds and forgeries in the banking sector, officials said. Trade-based money launde...

China's foreign trade up 4.2pc in first seven months

China's foreign trade up 4.2pc in first seven months

Xinhua 2019-08-09 17:56:21

China's foreign trade of goods rose 4.2 per cent year on year in the first seven months of this year to 17.41 trillion yuan (about 2.49 trillion U.S. dollars), customs data showed Thursday. Exports i...

China mild inflation provides leeway for economic restructuring

China mild inflation provides leeway for economic restructuring

Xinhua 2019-08-09 17:37:54

China's consumer prices stayed elevated in July, fueled by higher fruit and pork prices, while factory price inflation dropped year on year, showing that overall inflationary pressures remain under co...

Japan’s economy grows 1.8pc in April-June

Japan’s economy grows 1.8pc in April-June

-- 2019-08-09 13:52:03

Japanese government data is showing Japan’s economy grew at a better-than-expected 1.8 per cent seasonally adjusted annualised rate during the April-June quarter on healthy consumer spending and...

Trade war escalation nudges US closer to recession: Poll

Trade war escalation nudges US closer to recession: Poll

Reuters 2019-08-09 10:53:41

The recent escalation in the US-China trade war has brought forward the next US recession, according to a majority of economists polled by Reuters who now expect the Federal Reserve to cut rates again...

Savings tools: Govt's net borrowing rises 7.0pc in FY '19

Savings tools: Govt's net borrowing rises 7.0pc in FY '19

FE Report 2019-08-08 11:01:29

The government's net borrowing through savings tools was 7.0 per cent more in financial year 2018-19 compared to that of the previous fiscal year (FY). According to data from the state-run Department...

Export target set at $54b

Export target set at $54b

FE Report 2019-08-08 10:05:01

The government has targeted $45.50-billion earnings from merchandise exports in fiscal year (FY) 2019-20, projecting 12.25 per cent growth over that of the last fiscal. It has also set an additional...