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-- 2021-06-24 17:48:46
To boost export growth and help the economy rebound from the COVID 19 pandemic impacts, improving the manufacturing sector’s productivity will be crucial for Bangladesh, says a new World Bank re...
-- 2021-06-23 16:42:49
Some 41 million people worldwide are at imminent risk of famine, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday, saying soaring prices for basic foods were compounding existing pressu...
FE Online Desk 2021-06-23 14:45:32
Bangladesh needs to embark on a new round of reforms to strengthen and modernise the private sector in a bid to unleash the country’s potential to drive diversified, export-led growth and create...
-- 2021-06-23 14:32:57
The World Bank has revised down Malaysia's growth projection this year to 4.5 per cent from 6.0 per cent earlier, as the ongoing pandemic and movement restrictions will affect Malaysia's economy in th...
FE REPORT 2021-06-23 08:39:06
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide Bangladesh with US$940 million for purchasing safe and effective vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The ADB Board gave the approval to...
-- 2021-06-22 19:15:36
Former governor of Bangladesh Bank and National Char Alliance President Dr. Atiur Rahman has urged the policymakers to take an effective initiative for building an institutional structure for the peop...
-- 2021-06-22 18:57:20
ACCA believes that a clear exposition of what makes an efficient and just tax system in the 21st century is essential. As tax rises up the political agenda, ACCA revisits its ‘12 Tenets of Tax&r...
FE Online Report 2021-06-22 15:23:48
Net outflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) from Bangladesh declined further in 2020, according to World Investment Report (WIR) 2021. Released by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Develo...
-- 2021-06-22 13:08:54
Narendra Modi stormed India's political stage with grand promises - of more jobs, prosperity and less red tape. His thumping mandate - in 2014 and again in 2019 - raised hopes of big bang reforms...
FE REPORT 2021-06-22 10:12:33
The central bank has tightened its policy by imposing a minimum 5.0 per cent cash margin for issuance of bank guarantees against term loans from overseas sources to mitigate the risks involved, offici...
FE REPORT 2021-06-22 09:53:34
Although the FY2021-22 budget favours businesses, its implementation will be the key challenge, thanks to an uncertainty over meeting the revenue realisation target. It will be tough for the governme...
-- 2021-06-21 15:33:55
Israel allowed a limited resumption of commercial exports from the Gaza Strip on Monday in what it called a "conditional" measure one month after a truce halted 11 days of fighting with the Palestinia...
FE Online Report 2021-06-21 12:00:56
After the two consecutive years of decline in the inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Bangladesh, the recovery is likely to take more time. World Investment Report (WIR) 2021, released by t...
ASJADUL KIBRIA 2021-06-21 11:00:11
Covid-19 has taken a heavy toll on the global foreign direct investment (FDI) flows which dropped by 35 per cent in the last year. As a result, global FDI came down to below US$ 1.0 trillion level aft...
FE REPORT 2021-06-21 10:49:31
Increasing investment, sustaining domestic demand, and creating employment in the coming days are vital for the economic recovery of the country that should pay special attention to the small and me...
MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN 2021-06-21 10:09:43
The government has halved the commercial contract value of the project titled 'Establishing Digital Connectivity' to US$ 473 million from $ 984.70 million, apparently to ensure easy access to Chinese...
FE REPORT 2021-06-21 10:02:15
Speakers at a webinar on Sunday said the country needed a right kind of green growth model for its successful transition to sustainable development from a polluting one. The model should be formulate...
FE Online Report 2021-06-21 08:36:50
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) will release its annual report on global foreign direct investment (FDI) on Monday (June 21). UNCTAD’s World Investment Report (W...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-06-20 19:52:23
Experts urged the government to raise the allocation on hygiene in the proposed national budget for 2021-22 fiscal year (FY22) as a key priority to fight Covid-19 and keep the progress to meet SDG goa...
FE Report 2021-06-20 08:46:53
The fallout from Covid may further weaken the democracy in South Asian region as the political governments there have been inclined to undermine the democratic practices, Professor Deepak Nayyar, a pr...
UNB 2021-06-19 20:02:12
A higher economic growth remains on top of the government's agenda for reducing poverty and inequalities that will lead to improved living standard of low-income people, according to a document in the...
FE REPORT 2021-06-19 11:53:08
The policies, rules and laws formulated through replicating the best practices create the scope of corruption in developing countries due to the weak implementation capacity of institutions, an econom...
FE REPORT 2021-06-19 09:02:21
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) would provide US$250 million policy-based loan to Bangladesh for facilitating reforms in improving social safety-net programmes amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The Board...
-- 2021-06-18 11:42:19
Annual inflation in the European Union (EU) continued to rise in May, reaching 2.3 per cent, up from 2.0 per cent in April, according to final data issued by the EU's statistical office, Eurostat, on...
ASJADUL KIBRIA 2021-06-18 08:25:56
Deposits in Swiss banks by Bangladeshi nationals and entities declined by 8.23 per cent to CHF (Swiss Franc) 562.86 million in 2020, according to latest data. The Bangladesh-linked money, considered...
UNB 2021-06-17 19:51:36
Bangladesh has urged the member states and dialogue partners of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) to formulate and implement projects for economic cooperation relating to trade facilitation and...
-- 2021-06-17 12:23:31
Singapore's non-oil domestic exports (NODX) grew by 8.8 per cent year on year in May, compared to the 6.0 per cent rise in April, according to Enterprise Singapore, a government agency, on Thursday....
Siddique Islam 2021-06-17 08:48:09
The provisioning shortfall against their loans in the country's banking system swelled in the first quarter (Q1) of current calendar year despite the fact loan classification has been on a relaxed m...
FE REPORT 2021-06-17 08:37:30
Bangladesh's economy is facing yet another blow due to the resurgence of Covid-19, the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dhaka (MCCI) has said. The economy showed signs of recovery in...
FE REPORT 2021-06-17 08:31:54
Finance Minister A H M Mustafa Kamal said on Wednesday some people launder money out of excessive greed for wealth, whereas some others are criminal by nature who indulge themselves in such offences...
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