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-- 2022-01-16 09:46:23
GlaxoSmithKline on Saturday said it had rejected a 50-billion-pound offer from Unilever for its consumer goods arm, saying it "fundamentally undervalued" the business and its future prospects and that...
FE REPORT 2022-01-16 09:24:11
An Iranian business group has shown interest in establishing a stone production plant in Bangladesh under a joint venture initiative. Nikfar group of Iran wants to set up the plant with the Banglades...
FE REPORT 2022-01-16 09:22:44
The ceramics sector saw the highest price appreciation during the last week’s trading at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE). Following the price appreciation, the sector witnessed 15.10 per cent capita...
OUR CORRESPONDENT 2022-01-16 09:20:14
CHATTOGRAM: The CVO Petrochemical Refinery Limited is procuring an oil tanker to carry naptha and oil from the concerned companies of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC). The CVO Petrochemical Ref...
-- 2022-01-15 22:19:02
Consumer goods giant Unilever said it had approached GlaxoSmithKline about buying the pharmaceutical group's consumer goods arm after a newspaper reported that a 50 billion-pound ($68.4 billion) bid i...
-- 2022-01-15 17:24:33
Delta Air Lines Inc on Thursday reported higher quarterly earnings on the back of strong holiday travel demand and predicted a swift recovery from turbulence caused by the omicron coronavirus variant,...
-- 2022-01-15 15:51:58
Bangladesh exported readymade garments (RMG) worth US$ 19.9 billion in the first half of the current fiscal, a 28 per cent growth year-on-year. As per the latest figures released by the Export Promot...
FE ONLINE DESK 2022-01-15 14:39:48
Libya's revenues of oil and gas exports in November and December reached record high, exceeding 4 billion US dollars, the country's state-owned National Oil Corporation (NOC) said on Friday. "... the...
FE ONLINE DESK 2022-01-15 12:25:23
Shwapno, the largest grocery chain shop in Bangladesh, has opened its 202nd branch in Dhaka’s Dhanmandi-8. The outlet was inaugurated in the presence of Pradip Kar Chowdhury, Executive Director...
REZAUL KARIM 2022-01-15 09:06:30
Bangladesh's products have so far got duty-free market access to only 38 countries, leaving vast swathes of potential untapped, trade officials say. The deficiency is attributed to a lack of proact...
FE REPORT 2022-01-15 09:01:06
The 26th Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF)-2022 has yet to raise the traders' expectations mainly due to inadequate sales for lower customer turnout, according to the participants. On the 14th...
SYFUL ISLAM 2022-01-15 08:54:46
The World Bank (WB) will start consultation next week with board members about designing replacement of its flagship 'Doing Business' report that evaluates business climate of the countries globally....
DOULOT AKTER MALA 2022-01-15 08:51:41
The revenue board finds the banks and large companies a bit tight-fisted in paying into public exchequer as corporate-tax collection from the latter grew 7.5 per cent in the first six months of the cu...
-- 2022-01-14 17:18:56
Social media giant Facebook, now known as Meta Platforms, faces a 2.3 billion pound plus ($3.2 billion plus) class action in Britain over allegations it abused its market dominance by exploiting the p...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-01-14 15:35:22
Almost all of the essential commodities remained static in Dhaka city’s kitchen markets at the weekend, maintaining the previous hike. Prices of broiler chickens, red eggs, as well as Pakistani...
FE REPORT 2022-01-14 08:53:00
Union Insurance Company, which will make its debut on Sunday, posted a 59 per cent growth in profit for January-September, 2021 compared to the same period a year earlier. The newly listed Union Insu...
FE REPORT 2022-01-14 08:47:42
Industrial safety measures in non-RMG enterprises need to be similar to those in the RMG sector, in order to reduce accidents and casualties, said the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD). "Rigorous indu...
FE REPORT 2022-01-14 08:46:28
Primary textile millers on Thursday expressed fear that the sector might face a crisis of cotton in March and onwards as the global shipping lines are showing unwillingness to carry containers to Bang...
-- 2022-01-13 21:00:23
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has called on the country's apparel exporters to focus more on value-added, high-end apparel items as their demand is high in the...
Shubhashish Chakraborty Turjoy 2022-01-13 19:28:08
Bangladesh has shown promise to embrace technology gracefully in recent times. Of the organisations that have been born in the era of digitisation, Go Zayaan has done wonders in revolutionising the tr...
-- 2022-01-13 18:33:05
Nagad has launched a campaign that will allow customers to get a cashback up to Tk 100 on monthly vehicle rental from Nitol Motors Ltd. The campaign, started on Jan 6, will run until Jan 31, accordin...
-- 2022-01-13 10:47:34
With US cities such as Miami and Austin trying to court digital asset companies, John Wu was unsure whether to make New York City the permanent home of his cryptocurrency and blockchain start-up Ava L...
FE REPORT 2022-01-13 09:34:20
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has called on the government to increase the number of trains on Dhaka-Chattogram route, especially freight ones, in order to facilit...
FE ONLINE DESK 2022-01-13 09:19:33
Oil prices that rallied 50 per cent in 2021 will power further ahead this year, some analysts predict, saying a lack of production capacity and limited investment in the sector could lift crude to $90...
FE REPORT 2022-01-13 08:51:11
The government moves to enhance imports of key essential commodities to keep their supply and prices stable in the market in future, officials say. It will ask the traders and importers concerned to...
REZAUL KARIM 2022-01-13 08:44:51
A good number of processed agro items are set to be included into the list of export subsidy facility due to their potential of contributing to the country's export earnings. To this end, the commerc...
FE REPORT 2022-01-13 08:40:29
The commerce ministry has sought the central bank's steps to pay back Tk 590 million to the 6,721 customers of the online shopping platform Qcoom. The ministry has sent a letter to the governor of Ba...
-- 2022-01-12 17:48:20
Uber, the US-based ride-hailing service, has launched for riders and drivers in Rangpur, marking its expansion to all eight divisions in Bangladesh. They have also launched the Uber Moto programme in...
FE ONLINE DESK 2022-01-12 16:01:44
The FBCCI, the top trade organisation in the country, has called on the government not to impose another lockdown despite the new spike in COVID-19 cases. “Coronavirus cases are on the rise aga...
OUR CORRESPONDENT 2022-01-12 12:30:49
BENAPOLE: Smuggling through Benapole check post has been going on for a long time. While using the country's largest land port as a route for their illegal activities, some smugglers have recently...
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