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FE Report 2019-03-26 09:54:07
Finance Minister A H M Mustafa Kamal foresees a double-digit gross domestic product (GDP) growth for the country in the next four years. "In four years we will reach the auspicious stage," the minist...
-- 2019-03-25 18:30:07
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said the government has unveiled a new proposition to allow ‘honest loan defaulters’ to pay off their debts. "Those who are unable to pay, but can g...
-- 2019-03-25 14:51:49
The core inflation rate of Singapore eased to a nine-month low in February, reinforcing expectations that the central bank will keep monetary policy unchanged when it meets next month. The core infla...
-- 2019-03-25 13:41:06
Optimism about the business outlook among Britain’s financial services firms has fallen at its fastest rate since the 2008 financial crisis amid concerns about Britain’s exit from the Euro...
FE Report 2019-03-25 09:29:45
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) Sunday suggested 2.0 per cent cut in the corporate tax in the budget for the next financial year (FY). Investors would be encouraged to inv...
-- 2019-03-24 15:11:30
China’s economy may face a more challenging environment this year but the government is nevertheless confident of achieving its key 2019 targets, Vice Premier Han Zheng said on Sunday. Han, spe...
FE Online Desk 2019-03-24 13:42:16
Bangladesh budget will likely cross the Tk 5.0 trillion-plus mark in fiscal year 2019-20, up by over 11 per cent from that of the last fiscal. The budget totalling Tk 5.24 trillion and 9.5 billion is...
-- 2019-03-23 11:02:17
The US federal budget deficit reached 234 billion US dollars in February, the biggest budget deficit on record for the month, the Treasury Department said Friday. The figure is 8.7 per cent up from t...
FHM Humayan Kabir 2019-03-23 10:07:09
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is expected to make available financial assistance with US$ 4.20 billion over a period of next three years for developing Bangladesh's infrastructure and alleviating p...
Jasim Uddin Haroon 2019-03-23 09:10:57
The country's fast-growing economy may be disrupted in the medium to long run, due mainly to a rising sea, researchers warn. Bangladesh is one of the most exposed and vulnerable countries to climate-...
-- 2019-03-22 13:48:40
The Bank of England (BOE), the central bank of the country, on Thursday held the bank interest rate unchanged at 0.75 per cent. The lender said in its March Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) report r...
Syful Islam 2019-03-22 09:07:59
Bangladesh will press ahead with its plan to settle the reserve heist issue through discussion with the Philippines, although both sides got into a legal battle, a senior official said on Wednesday....
-- 2019-03-21 12:34:29
Australia’s jobless rate fell to a near eight-year low in February as a bumper run in employment extended, sending the local dollar sharply higher on expectations the country’s central ban...
-- 2019-03-21 11:41:11
New Zealand's gross domestic product (GDP) grew 0.6 per cent over the year in the December 2018 quarter, Statistics New Zealand (Stats NZ) figures showed on Thursday. "Growth in this quarter was led...
FE Report 2019-03-21 09:46:04
Experts at a workshop have identified several factors responsible for the rise of trade-based money laundering in the country. The factors include under-qualified bankers, lack of effective communica...
-- 2019-03-20 11:03:04
France has reduced its economic growth target for this year to 1.4 per cent from 1.7 per cent after the "Yellow Vest" protest movement severely impacted the country's economy. "What's obvious is that...
FE Report 2019-03-20 10:28:14
The government revised the Annual Development Programme (ADP) on Tuesday, trimming the fund allocation by 4.62 per cent to Tk 1.65 trillion. In the revised ADP, the transport sector has got top pri...
FE Report 2019-03-20 09:24:36
Education, infrastructure development and planned urbanisation of villages will receive priority of the government in the budget for the next fiscal year (FY), 2019-20, Finance Minister A H M Mustafa...
-- 2019-03-19 15:50:54
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Tuesday hoped that the country’s GDP growth will reach 8.13 per cent in the ongoing fiscal year (2018-19). "The GDP growth rate will hit 8.13 per cent at t...
-- 2019-03-19 12:47:54
Malaysia’s consumer prices are expected to fall again in February, but at a slower rate than the previous month, a Reuters poll showed on Tuesday. The consumer price index (CPI) in February was...
FE Report 2019-03-19 09:18:29
Bangladesh needs to boost its allocation in education and health sector, otherwise the country may face disparity in these areas in the near future, experts warned at a meeting on Monday. At the same...
-- 2019-03-18 18:43:31
German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz has said trade conflicts are damaging the global economy and Europe must speak with united voice to maximise its bargaining power. He came up with the remarks in a...
-- 2019-03-18 12:01:19
Japan logged a goods trade surplus in February, the government said on Monday in a preliminary report. According to the Finance Ministry, the surplus in January stood at 339.0 billion yen (3.03 billi...
FE Report 2019-03-17 09:49:01
State minister for foreign affairs M Shahriar Alam said Bangladesh prefers trade partnership to overseas assistance as the country has decided to scale down its aid dependence. "We want to reduce our...
FE Report 2019-03-17 09:32:31
The central bank authorities need to be more bold and should not kowtow to any external pressure to tackle the current banking sector volatility in the country, former Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Dr...
FE Online Report 2019-03-16 19:25:34
Bilateral trade between Bangladesh and China, which accounted to $12.40 billion in 2017-18, is expected to hit $18 billion mark by 2021, according to economists. President of Dhaka Chamber of Commer...
-- 2019-03-16 12:36:46
The Philippines' balance of payments (BOP) position for full-year 2018 posted a deficit of 2.3 billion US dollars, "significantly higher" than the $863 million deficit recorded a year ago, the BSP has...
-- 2019-03-16 11:04:44
President Donald Trump’s trade battles cost the US economy $7.8 billion in lost gross domestic product in 2018, a study by a team of economists at leading American universities published this we...
Jasim Uddin Haroon 2019-03-16 10:16:15
Leading commercial banks provide consumer finance that surpasses the growth rate of banks' total lending violating the central bank instruction, according to an investigation. In 2017, the Bangladesh...
Mehdi Musharraf Bhuiyan 2019-03-16 10:12:19
Bangladesh should move to ink free trade agreements with its major partners including China to cope with the possible loss of trade preferences in the post-LDC era, says a new UN report. The power-ba...
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