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Global Times 2021-04-21 19:27:29
Thousands of households in the Gazipur district, on the outskirts of Dhaka, have become better off after a Chinese-invested shoemaking factory opened there in 2012. Panda Shoes Industries Ltd. has no...
FE Online Desk 2021-04-21 13:56:01
Analysts have identified the prevailing coronavirus pandemic as a turning point in world history, with ramifications for everything from climate change to the global balance of power, according to ICC...
UNB 2021-04-20 17:58:15
With just over 41 per cent VAT collection target met in the first seven months of this fiscal year, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) is mounting pressure on its field offices to boost the collectio...
FE Online Desk 2021-04-20 16:49:39
The army of the ‘new poor’, struggling to return to pre-Covid occupations and income levels, is in danger of being stuck in a poverty trap, says a joint survey released on Tuesday. It est...
Jasim Uddin Haroon 2021-04-20 09:22:42
Firefighting and recovery efforts on both health and economic fronts ought to be the central features of the budget for the next fiscal year (FY 2021-22), Dr Zahid Hussain, one of the country's leadin...
DOULOT AKTER MALA 2021-04-20 09:16:01
Three sectors - cigarette, pharmaceuticals and mobile phone - made an impressive contribution to the government's revenue collection efforts during the first three quarters of the current fiscal yea...
FE REPORT 2021-04-19 09:16:06
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Sunday said the budget for upcoming fiscal year will strike a balance between the government's revenue collection and the profit earning of the businesses. The...
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Inter-bank cheque settlement and electronic fund transfer system of Bangladesh Bank resumed on Sunday morning after five days of suspension. The system was suspended on Tuesday last due to a technica...
FE REPORT 2021-04-18 10:01:59
The Covid-19 pandemic has rendered about 3.0 per cent of the country's labour force jobless and created an estimated 16.38 million 'new poor', a study report has revealed. Day-labourers, numbering ab...
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The National Board of Revenue (NBR) should reduce tax deduction at source (TDS) following global practices and need to modernise and simplify the country's tax system. The regulator should offer ince...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-04-17 21:45:04
A panel of business leaders and experts on Saturday suggested removing regulatory, fiscal and legal barriers to investment so that both local and foreign investors can invest and do business smoothly...
FE Online Report 2021-04-17 17:35:01
Country’s youth unemployment, rising employment in the informal sector and child labour, which are worsening in the pandemic, may restrain the achievement of SDG 8 and economic growth by 2030....
SYFUL ISLAM 2021-04-17 10:00:17
The national budget for the fiscal year 2021-22 will focus on measures to face Covid-19 challenges, save lives and livelihoods of people and recover the economy. Officials said the budget would be...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON 2021-04-17 09:22:58
The government debt of Bangladesh surged to a new high in 2020 than in 2019. However, the country's other sectoral debts declined during the period under review. The picture came up in an analysis on...
REUTERS 2021-04-16 20:29:01
Since he was a child, Santipada Gon Chaudhuri had sought ways to help India's rural poor, so when the electrical engineer was invited to visit a co-worker's home in the Himalayan village of Herma in t...
Reuters 2021-04-16 14:43:40
China’s economic recovery quickened sharply in the first quarter from last year’s deep coronavirus slump, propelled by stronger demand at home and abroad and continued government support f...
Reuters 2021-04-16 10:02:13
India will spend $200 million over the next five to seven years to promote the use of hydrogen, Indu Shekhar Chaturvedi, the top bureaucrat at India's Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, said at a v...
FE REPORT 2021-04-16 09:36:37
The point-to-point inflation increased to 5.47 per cent in March last as the prices of some essential items went up mainly in the rural areas, according to official data released on Thursday. The B...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2021-04-16 09:16:44
The government agencies implemented only about 42 per cent of the revised development projects in the first three quarters of the current fiscal year (FY) which is the lowest in more than a decade, of...
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The US economy picked up speed going into the spring on the back of growing confidence among consumers, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday, and Fed Chair Jerome Powell said it is on track for stron...
FE ONLINE DESK 2021-04-14 19:58:32
Nearly half of all women are denied their bodily autonomy, according to data from 57 countries, UNFPA’s flagship report announced on Wednesday. The 2021 State of World Population report, titled...
REUTERS 2021-04-14 17:23:13
The European Commission plans to borrow around 150 billion euros annually until 2026 to finance the bloc’s unprecedented plan to make its economy greener and more digitalised, making it the bigg...
FE Online Desk 2021-04-14 13:13:30
The government of Bangladesh has signed three financing agreements worth over $1.04 billion with the World Bank to respond to the pandemic and to build resilience to future crises, including vaccinati...
MUNIMA SULTANA AND SYFUL ISLAM 2021-04-13 13:13:52
Japan has shown its reluctance to take forward a proposal by Bangladesh for conducting a joint feasibility study on the possibility to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries. The...
FE Report 2021-04-13 11:18:11
As the country is set to embrace a 'hard' lockdown from tomorrow (Wednesday), the World Bank (WB) on Monday released the Bangladesh Development Update (BDU) highlighting the impact of the Covid-19 on...
FE ONLINE DESK 2021-04-12 12:50:22
Bangladesh’s economy is showing nascent signs of recovery backed by a rebound in exports, strong remittance inflows, and the ongoing vaccination programme. This has been reflected in a new Worl...
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The US economy is at an “inflection point” with expectations that growth and hiring will pick up speed in the months ahead, but also risks if a hasty reopening leads to a continued increas...
FE REPORT 2021-04-12 08:12:42
Country's leading economists on Sunday suggested the government pursue an expansionary fiscal policy and increase its spending to help money flow into the people's hands. They also recommended wideni...
FHM Humayan Kabir 2021-04-11 12:50:30
1. We are observing that the Bangladesh economy is showing 'signs of recovery' even after COVID-19 pandemic. Do you think that the economy will fully rebound within this FY2021 as the govt. targets...
FE REPORT 2021-04-11 10:28:23
Prime Minister's Economic Affairs Adviser Dr Mashiur Rahman on Saturday stressed the need for a business-friendly tax regime that would not change frequently and hinder the business growth. "Frequent...
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