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-- 2022-04-19 20:50:06
Bangladeshis are economically better off than ever before as its stable democracy and strong women leadership helped the country pull ahead of neighbouring India and Pakistan, according to US daily Ch...
-- 2022-04-19 20:24:49
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) President Faruque Hassan has sought the support and cooperation of all stakeholders to make use of the opportunities that have been c...
-- 2022-04-19 20:21:27
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday slashed its forecast for global economic growth by nearly a full percentage point, citing Russia's war in Ukraine, and warned that inflation was now a...
-- 2022-04-19 19:23:32
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has relaxed the conditions for rescheduling short-term agricultural credit to enhance food production and growing agro-based industry in the country. The move came in the rece...
-- 2022-04-19 17:12:42
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved a total of 11 development projects involving an overall estimated cost of Tk 45.42 billion. The approval came from a ECNE...
-- 2022-04-19 13:54:16
The International Monetary Fund will consider providing quick financial assistance to debt-burdened Sri Lanka following representations by India, Sri Lanka's finance ministry said on Tuesday. A deleg...
-- 2022-04-18 18:21:39
The World Bank is set to provide Bangladesh $250 million as loan to help the recovery of the country’s economy from the adverse effect of Covid-19 pandemic. To this end, an agreement was signed...
-- 2022-04-18 18:20:53
Bangladesh Bank has asked all non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) to fix a maximum 7 per cent interest rate on deposits and a maximum 9 per cent interest rate on loans. The instruction will come...
-- 2022-04-18 15:17:36
China's consumer spending fell and unemployment rose last month as Covid lockdowns confined millions of people to their homes, official figures show. Joblessness reached the highest level sin...
REZAUL KARIM 2022-04-18 09:22:32
The government looks up to a nearly 15-percent higher export at US$ 58 billion in the next fiscal year (FY), officials say, as exporters appear optimistic about a robust post-pandemic trade rebound....
FE REPORT 2022-04-18 08:59:46
A high-powered meeting Sunday on Bangladesh's macroeconomic situation suggested cautionary measures in spending foreign currencies in view of higher import trend and the cascading Russia-Ukraine war...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON 2022-04-18 08:55:06
Trade cost as a share of trade revenue in Bangladesh remained highest in South Asia on the back of higher total transport expenses, according to a research focused on shift to paperless trading. Th...
-- 2022-04-17 18:14:29
Although the investment volume of banks in the capital market has increased, many are still far away from their investment limit. Despite the policy relaxation and enforcement of Bangladesh Bank (BB)...
-- 2022-04-17 17:59:06
Bangladesh should go for commercial cultivation of vannamei species of shrimp or king prawn to capture the global market. The king prawn currently accounts for 80 per cent of global market share, w...
-- 2022-04-17 17:13:08
FBCCI senior vice-president Mostafa Azad Chowdhury Babu called for putting the ongoing construction and repair of roads on hold for a total 14-day before and after Eid to alleviate the suffering of ho...
-- 2022-04-17 17:05:09
Standard Chartered Bangladesh hosted an International Investors and Lenders Roadshow to help Bangladesh businesses build lasting relationships with leading investment and lending institutions...
FE Report 2022-04-17 09:23:55
The government should replicate successful RMG (readymade garment) model to all non-RMG sectors, allowing them to become competitive enough to absorb post-LDC graduation-related challenges, business...
-- 2022-04-16 17:50:55
Nepal is asking citizens living abroad to deposit funds in domestic banks as part of efforts to ensure the financial system has enough liquidity and to preserve foreign exchange reserves, finance mini...
-- 2022-04-16 11:46:01
The Biden administration on Friday said it has resumed plans for oil and gas development on federal lands, a move that could break a pledge Joe Biden made while campaigning for president. The plan ca...
FE REPORT 2022-04-16 09:37:09
There will be no food shortage in the country, as the government has given utmost priority to ensuring food security, said Agriculture Minister Dr Mohammad Abdur Razzaque on Friday. "The country ha...
SYFUL ISLAM and REZAUL KARIM 2022-04-16 08:20:28
Next-door neighbours and blocs having trade potential, good connectivity, bilateral cooperation and strategic partnership will get priority in Bangladesh's journey towards free-trade agreements (FTA...
-- 2022-04-15 20:10:55
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will cut its global growth estimates for 2022 and 2023 as Russia's war in Ukraine drives food and energy prices higher, piling pressure on already fragile economi...
-- 2022-04-15 17:29:59
The export ratio of Japanese companies operating in Bangladesh is atop among the Asia and Oceania countries as the ratio of exports to total sales by Japanese companies has stood at 65.4 per cent, sai...
-- 2022-04-15 10:47:56
Russia has asked Brazil for support in the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the G20 group of top economies to help it counter crippling sanctions imposed by the West since it invaded Uk...
-- 2022-04-14 17:08:43
Nepal will fall short of its growth target, a top government official said on Thursday, underscoring the troubled state of an economy grappling with a pandemic-induced loss of tourism, a widening trad...
FE REPORT 2022-04-14 10:03:22
The heads of the World Bank Group (WBG), International Monetary Fund (IMF), United Nations World Food Program (WFP), and World Trade Organization (WTO) in a joint statement called for urgent action...
FE REPORT 2022-04-14 08:05:32
Bangladesh won't face a crisis like Sri Lanka's at this moment for its current level of comfortable foreign debt-GDP ratio, the World Bank says on review of the country's latest economic condition. "...
-- 2022-04-13 19:50:03
Bangladesh has made a strong economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, but growth faces new headwinds as global commodity prices increase amid the uncertainty created by the war in Ukraine, says t...
-- 2022-04-13 17:36:54
FBCCI President Md Jashim Uddin has urged Canadian companies to invest in waste management and waste-to-power generation in Bangladesh as the country has a number of reputed companies in this f...
FE ONLINE DESK 2022-04-13 13:33:23
The economy of Bangladesh has fared quite well despite the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Before the onset of the Coronavirus, the economy was growing rapidly. In FY20 the growth became slower. Howe...
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