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India’s Forex reserves up by $24.34b in H2 FY18

India’s Forex reserves up by $24.34b in H2 FY18

-- 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...

H1 outbound jobs nosedive by 25pc

H1 outbound jobs nosedive by 25pc

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...

NBR seeks income tax information of private sector employees

NBR seeks income tax information of private sector employees

-- 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...

FDI in LatAm drops for third straight year

FDI in LatAm drops for third straight year

-- 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...

BD pays $1.27b to ACU for May-June imports

BD pays $1.27b to ACU for May-June imports

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...

Economic zones, hi-tech parks to help create ‘12m jobs by 2030’

Economic zones, hi-tech parks to help create ‘12m jobs by 2030’

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...

ADB to provide $45.4m to promote solar-powered irrigation

ADB to provide $45.4m to promote solar-powered irrigation

-- 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...

Govt envisages 12m employment by 2030

Govt envisages 12m employment by 2030

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...

Germany to grow 2.2 pc in 2018, IMF forecasts

Germany to grow 2.2 pc in 2018, IMF forecasts

-- 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...

Call to launch Sukuk for liquidity management

Call to launch Sukuk for liquidity management

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...

Exports see 5.81pc growth in FY18

Exports see 5.81pc growth in FY18

-- 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...

'500 mmcfd LNG supply by this month'

'500 mmcfd LNG supply by this month'

-- 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...

UK shop prices edge down in June

UK shop prices edge down in June

-- 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...

Energy exploration: Santos, KrisEnergy carry out 3D seismic survey

Energy exploration: Santos, KrisEnergy carry out 3D seismic survey

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...

Dhaka-Ctg expressway project: RHD likely to invite tender in a month

Dhaka-Ctg expressway project: RHD likely to invite tender in a month

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...

World Bank projects 6.7pc growth this fiscal

World Bank projects 6.7pc growth this fiscal

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...

Remittance inflow soars 17pc to $14.98b in last fiscal year

Remittance inflow soars 17pc to $14.98b in last fiscal year

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...

BD received foreign assistance of $24b in 9 yrs: Muhith

BD received foreign assistance of $24b in 9 yrs: Muhith

-- 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...

Indian ex-WTO envoy praises BD’s apparel sector

Indian ex-WTO envoy praises BD’s apparel sector

-- 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...

ADP implementation rate hits record high in FY18

ADP implementation rate hits record high in FY18

-- 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...

Upcoming ABCC platform token to embrace bitcoin mining

Upcoming ABCC platform token to embrace bitcoin mining

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...

BOJ likely to cut inflation forecasts until next year

BOJ likely to cut inflation forecasts until next year

-- 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...

Compliant businesses can apply for AEO status

Compliant businesses can apply for AEO status

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,...

BD could make good use of IDA loans: WB

BD could make good use of IDA loans: WB

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...

SoCBs to give funds to PCBs at 6.0pc interest

SoCBs to give funds to PCBs at 6.0pc interest

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...

'Meat production increases by 7 times in 9 years'

'Meat production increases by 7 times in 9 years'

-- 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...

UK manufacturing growth steadies in June

UK manufacturing growth steadies in June

-- 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...

FBCCI seeks strong supervision over single digit lending rate

FBCCI seeks strong supervision over single digit lending rate

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...

NBR misses revised target by 9.0pc, original 17.0pc

NBR misses revised target by 9.0pc, original 17.0pc

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...

Emphasis on proper policies to avoid middle-income trap

Emphasis on proper policies to avoid middle-income trap

-- 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...