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FE Report 2018-11-18 09:52:28
The rate of youth unemployment in Bangladesh remained one of 'the most worsening' situation among the countries in the Asia-Pacific region. The country's overall unemployment rate rose by 1.0 percent...
Asjadul Kibria 2018-11-18 09:43:59
China became the top source of foreign direct investment (FDI) for Bangladesh last fiscal year (FY), the central bank said. The net inflow of FDI from the world's second-largest economy reached US$ 5...
-- 2018-11-17 16:28:18
Some 25,000 char families, mostly victims of river erosion and landless, changed fortune through farming pumpkin on sandbars in Rangpur agriculture region over the last nine years. Earlier, these hav...
-- 2018-11-17 14:40:16
California's unemployment rate held at the record low of 4.1 per cent in October as employers added 36,400 nonfarm payroll jobs, the state Employment Development Department said Friday. The rate fi...
FE Report 2018-11-17 10:19:45
Bangladesh needs to catalyse more foreign and domestic investments if the country wants to attain the middle income status by 2021, a leading chamber has said. "There is no alternative to raising the...
-- 2018-11-16 12:11:21
India house prices will rise 2.0 per cent in 2019, at half the rate of consumer price inflation, hit by dwindling credit supply, according to a Reuters poll of housing market experts. House prices ha...
-- 2018-11-16 11:30:24
US import and export prices both increased in October, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday. Prices for US imports increased 0.5 per cent in October after advancing 0.2 per cent in S...
FE Report 2018-11-16 10:06:06
Submission of income tax returns in the tax-fair across the country grew by 87 per cent on Thursday, the third day of the event, compared to that of the corresponding day last year. National Board of...
-- 2018-11-15 11:54:03
Qatar’s GDP growth is projected to rise to 2.4 per cent in 2018 from 1.6 per cent in 2017 on the back of higher energy prices, the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday. The country h...
FE Report 2018-11-15 10:02:35
National Board of Revenue (NBR) received Tk 5.51 billion income tax on Wednesday, the second day of tax fairs that kicked off Tuesday. Tax fairs took place in a total of 62 areas across the country o...
FE Online Desk 2018-11-14 17:58:46
Bangladesh will emerge as the biggest driving force in the global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2030 as predicted by HSBC Global Report “The World in 2030”. The country is going to beco...
-- 2018-11-14 12:42:18
The US federal government recorded a budget deficit of 100.5 billion US dollars in October, the first month of the government's fiscal year 2019, the Treasury Department said Tuesday. That's a 59 per...
FHM Humayan Kabir 2018-11-14 12:39:54
The government has recently completed negotiations with the World Bank (WB) over US$750 million budgetary support credit to narrow its fiscal deficit, officials said on Monday. Within this fiscal yea...
FE Report 2018-11-14 12:39:07
Income tax fair has begun in all divisional headquarters, four districts and seven upazilas. Finance Minister AMA Muhith inaugurated the weeklong tax fair Tuesday at city's Officers' Club premises on...
FE Report 2018-11-11 09:50:03
Experts at a seminar on Saturday expressed scepticism about achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs) by the country within the stipulated timeframe. They listed a number of factors that mig...
-- 2018-11-10 12:43:18
Mexico's industrial activity grew 1.0 per cent in September compared to August, its largest increase in nine months, the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) has said. The growth...
-- 2018-11-10 10:49:51
The government has taken an initiative to bring infrastructural reforms in the Internal Resources Division (IRD) and create new units at the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to boost revenue collection...
FHM Humayan Kabir 2018-11-10 10:02:21
Bangladesh will seek US$4.0 billion more funds from the World Bank (WB) the global lender's replenishment meeting next week in Zambia, officials have said. Besides, it will request the Washington-ba...
-- 2018-11-09 16:54:26
Expatriate Bangladeshis sent US$5,108 million remittances during the first four months of the current fiscal 2018-19 (FY19), which is 12.17 per cent higher than that of the previous fiscal, a Banglade...
Reuters 2018-11-09 15:33:57
Myanmar’s central bank has announced new rules allowing foreign banks to lend to local businesses, bringing further reforms to the country’s stunted banking sector. In a letter signed by...
FE Report 2018-11-09 15:02:55
Urban experts and planners at a seminar in the city have expressed concern over the trend of unplanned urbanisation and blamed personal interests, non-implementation of the plans that remain only in p...
FE Report 2018-11-09 11:38:22
The government's net borrowing from state-owned savings instruments increased by more than 5.0 per cent in the first quarter (Q1) of the ongoing fiscal year compared to that of the previous fiscal, of...
-- 2018-11-09 11:30:29
The US Federal Reserve on Thursday left key interest rates unchanged, in line with market expectations, keeping the central bank on track to have one more rate hike in December. The Fed decided to...
FE Report 2018-11-09 09:57:34
Speakers at a dialogue on Thursday underscored the need for mobilising increased domestic resources and proper utilisation of foreign aid for development financing. They said though Bangladesh attain...
-- 2018-11-08 13:28:28
Australia will offer Pacific countries up to 3.0 billion Australian dollar (USD 2.18 billion) in grants and cheap loans to build infrastructure, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Thursday. Austra...
FE Report 2018-11-08 12:17:26
Free trade issue and cooperation on customs matters will figure prominently in a two-day meeting of the BIMSTEC trade negotiating committee beginning in Dhaka on November 18, officials said. Other is...
Doulot Akter Mala 2018-11-08 11:36:27
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has exempted the Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) from paying Value Added Tax (VAT) on account of its purchase of six new ocean-going ships. Otherwise, the co...
-- 2018-11-07 20:42:08
The country's remittance inflow marked a rise in October after its decline in September this year. As per the statistics provided by the Bangladesh Bank, the country received $1.239 billion in remitt...
-- 2018-11-07 16:05:31
The GCC countries will need to raise about $300 billion(228.71 billion pounds) between 2018 and 2021, with Saudi Arabia having the largest financing requirements, according to rating agency S&P....
FE Report 2018-11-07 14:06:42
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide more than $200 million as credit to help improve rural road network for 51.5 million people in Bangladesh. The ADB Board of Directors gave approval to...
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