-- 2018-07-07 15:58:47
India's foreign exchange reserves increased by $24.34 billion to $424.55 billion as of end March 2018 from $400.21 billion as of end September 2017, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said. During Septe...
Arafat Ara 2018-07-07 09:29:04
The number of Bangladeshi workers going abroad with jobs dropped by about 25 per cent in the first half (H1) of the current calendar year (2018) compared to that in the corresponding period of the pre...
-- 2018-07-06 17:16:15
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has taken a move to collect income tax information of private sector employees every year. The revenue collecting authority plans to plug the loopholes of tax evas...
-- 2018-07-06 13:59:42
The foreign direct investment (FDI) in Latin America overall dropped in 2017 for the third straight year despite the stronger global growth, according to a United Nations agency in Mexico city on Thur...
Siddique Islam 2018-07-06 11:17:00
Bangladesh has made a routine payment of US$ 1.27 billion to the Asian Clearing Union (ACU) against the imports during May-June period of this calendar year, officials said. After the payment, the co...
FE Report 2018-07-06 10:43:00
The government set its sight on creating 12 million (1.2 crore) jobs by 2030 through economic zones and hi-tech parks, speakers said at a workshop on Thursday. The workshop on 'development and cooper...
-- 2018-07-05 18:25:33
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide Bangladesh with US$ 20 million as loan from its Power System Efficiency Improvement Project and with an additional US$ 25.44 million in grant financing to...
FE Online Report 2018-07-05 17:18:30
The government envisages generating 12 million employment by 2030 through economic zones and high tech parks, speakers at a workshop said yesterday (Wednesday). The workshop titled 'The Development a...
-- 2018-07-05 16:12:14
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cut its 2018 forecast for German GDP growth to 2.2 per cent, saying the rising protectionism and the threat of a hard Brexit had exposed the economy to sign...
FE Report 2018-07-05 11:27:17
Experts at a seminar on Wednesday called for introducing 'Sukuk' in the country as it can help the Islamic banks mobilise fund while managing liquidity. Sukuk means Islamic securities that are often...
-- 2018-07-04 20:47:34
Country’s overall exports grew 5.81 per cent in the outgoing fiscal year (FY18) to $36.67 billion from $34.65 billion of the fiscal year 2016-17 (FY17) riding on the higher shipment of garment p...
-- 2018-07-04 19:56:02
The government will start the supply of 500 mmcfd liquefied natural gas (LNG) into the national grid by this month. Prime Minister's Energy Affairs Adviser Dr Towfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury came up with th...
-- 2018-07-04 14:22:07
British shop prices edged down in June but the slide was less sharply than in May, shoppers could take some comfort from that food price inflation did not accelerate, a survey showed on Wednesday. Th...
M Azizur Rahman 2018-07-04 11:59:54
The joint venture (JV) of Australian Santos and Singapore's KrisEnergy carried out a 3D (three dimensional) seismic survey in block SS-11 in the Bay of Bengal to explore hydrocarbon. The JV conducted...
Munima Sultana 2018-07-04 11:38:27
A delay in taking the decision on the Dhaka-Chittagong expressway project by the finance ministry has compelled the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) to seek support from the PPP Authority to comple...
FE Report 2018-07-04 10:06:54
The World Bank (WB) has projected 6.7 per cent economic growth in fiscal year (FY) 2018-19 for Bangladesh. The global lending agency has made the projection in its 'Global Economic Prospects (GEP)' i...
FE Report 2018-07-04 09:39:40
The inflow of remittance jumped by more than 17 per cent or US$ 2.21 billion in the just-concluded fiscal year (FY), 2017-18, following higher fuel oil prices in the global market, officials said. Th...
-- 2018-07-03 20:49:25
Bangladesh received foreign assistance amounting to US$24 billion from various countries and development partners in the last nine years. Finance Minister AMA Muhith told it to the Parliament on Tues...
-- 2018-07-03 19:00:29
Former Indian Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Jayant Dasgupta on Tuesday praised the readymade garment sector of Bangladesh. "The way the garment sector of Bangladesh...
-- 2018-07-03 17:48:25
The implementation rate of the Annual Development Programme (ADP) hit record high in the last fiscal year. The rate was 93.71 per cent with an expenditure of Tk 1.477 trillion in 2017-18. It was 87 p...
FE Online Desk 2018-07-03 13:52:35
SINGAPORE - Media OutReach - July 3, 2018 - ABCC, the world-class cryptocurrency exchange, recently announced the issuance of its platform token, ABCC Token (AT), to reward its pla...
-- 2018-07-03 11:27:21
The Bank of Japan is likely to cut its inflation forecasts for this fiscal year and the year to March 2020 at a meeting later this month with price pressures remaining stubbornly weak, people with dir...
Doulot Akter Mala 2018-07-03 10:37:15
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) allows businesses with satisfactory compliance records to apply for the status of authorised economic operators (AEOs). According to a new rule issued on June 28,...
FE Report 2018-07-03 09:50:30
Bangladesh could make good use of low cost International Development Association (IDA) loans, a top World Bank official said on Monday. "Bangladesh is one of the largest recipients of the IDA funding...
FE Report 2018-07-03 09:38:54
The state-owned commercial banks (SoCBs) have agreed to provide deposit to the private commercial banks (PCBs) at 6.0 per cent interest rate for implementing the single-digit lending rate, officials s...
-- 2018-07-02 18:00:48
The annual meat production increased by seven times in the last nine years making the country self-sufficient in meat production. Director general of the Department of Livestock Services Dr Md Ainul...
-- 2018-07-02 15:52:30
The manufacturing output of United Kingdom (UK) was steady in June but worries about global trade and Brexit knocked confidence about the outlook to a seven-month low, a survey showed on Monday. Th...
FE Online Report 2018-07-02 14:58:35
Hailing the reduced lending rate by the banks, the country’s apex trade body on Monday called for strict supervision for continuation of the single digit lending rate for the sake of investmen...
Doulot Akter Mala 2018-07-02 09:49:12
Tax-revenue mobilised by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) fell short of the revised target by Tk 200 billion in the just concluded Fiscal Year (FY), according to a provisional figure. Revenue offi...
-- 2018-06-30 18:30:10
ICCB emphasised on timely action to avoid falling into the 'middle-income trap" where a number of countries are stuck in the lower-middle income status and are unable to move up. "The country is now...
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