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REHAB fair begins in port city

REHAB fair begins in port city

OUR CORRESPONDENT, CHATTOGRAM 2021-11-19 09:39:45

A four-day REHAB Fair Chattogram-2021 kicked off at the city's Radisson Blu Chattogram Bay View hotel on Thursday. State Minister of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid inaugurated the f...

Two FUJIFILM printers available in Bangladesh from December

Two FUJIFILM printers available in Bangladesh from December

FE REPORT 2021-11-19 09:11:56

Graphic Machinery and Equipment (GME) Ltd has inked a partnership agreement with FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corporation (FFBI) to distribute two latest models of multifunction office printers in B...

Eastern Refinery Limited shut for overhauling

Eastern Refinery Limited shut for overhauling

FE REPORT 2021-11-19 09:02:15

Bangladesh's lone crude oil refinery Eastern Refinery Ltd (ERL) remained closed over the past one week as part of its regular renovation. The overhaul may continue until mid-December to make it rea...

ITUC sees 10 areas of inaction on workers' rights in Bangladesh

ITUC sees 10 areas of inaction on workers' rights in Bangladesh

Monira Munni 2021-11-19 08:56:00

The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has alleged that Bangladesh reported to the ILO little or no progress on implementation of a roadmap to improve the workers' rights agreed earlier...

Onion, broiler chicken, loose oil get pricier

Onion, broiler chicken, loose oil get pricier

FE REPORT 2021-11-19 08:51:44

Onion, broiler chicken and loose edible oil became pricier last week increasing sufferings of the consumers, especially the commoners, already hit hard by price hike of other essentials. Onion prices...

IDRA-named body for Delta Life declared illegal

IDRA-named body for Delta Life declared illegal

FE REPORT 2021-11-19 08:48:58

The High Court on Thursday declared the four-member consultancy committee appointed for the Delta Life Insurance Company Limited by the Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (IDRA) illegal....

Central bank uses 1947 regulation to hasten services export receipts

Central bank uses 1947 regulation to hasten services export receipts

FE REPORT 2021-11-19 08:46:14

The central bank asked authorized dealer (AD) banks to ensure repatriation of services-export proceeds within 120 days the way merchandise-export earnings are brought home. To this end, the Banglades...

New law to regulate tour operators

New law to regulate tour operators

FE REPORT 2021-11-19 08:40:10

The Bangladesh Tour Operators and Tour Guides (Registration and Operation) Bill, 2021 also aims at ensuring the best services for the tourists and thus giving a boost to the potential tourism sector...

Bangladesh to seek GSP up to nine years after LDC graduation

Bangladesh to seek GSP up to nine years after LDC graduation

-- 2021-11-19 08:25:13

Bangladesh prepares to propose at the upcoming WTO meet continuity of preferential trade treatment for six to nine years after graduating from the LDC status so that the country is not suddenly expose...

BRAC Bank introduces personal loan for teachers

BRAC Bank introduces personal loan for teachers

-- 2021-11-18 20:55:35

  Any person in teaching profession working anywhere in Bangladesh can now easily avail a bank loan as BRAC Bank has launched a specially designed personal loan product - “Dishari”....

Dhaka Bank signs payroll agreement with RAK Ceramics

Dhaka Bank signs payroll agreement with RAK Ceramics

-- 2021-11-18 20:49:46

Recently, Dhaka Bank Limited signed an agreement with RAK Ceramics (Bangladesh) Limited for Payroll Banking Services at Dhaka Bank Coporate Head Office, Gulshan, Dhaka.  Mr. Emranul Huq, Managin...

Pfizer signs $5.3b COVID-19 pill deal with US govt

Pfizer signs $5.3b COVID-19 pill deal with US govt

-- 2021-11-18 20:11:16

Pfizer Inc has signed a $5.29 billion deal with the US government to deliver 10 million courses of its COVID-19 oral antiviral drug starting this year, the drugmaker said on Thursday. The oral drug c...

Nasrul Hamid urges realtors to use NMS to ensure economic use of electricity

Nasrul Hamid urges realtors to use NMS to ensure economic use of electricity

-- 2021-11-18 19:19:08

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has urged the realtors to use Net Metering System (NMS) to ensure economic use of electricity. "You can take advantage of economic...

Salman urges US entrepreneurs to invest in Bangladesh

Salman urges US entrepreneurs to invest in Bangladesh

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-11-18 18:24:02

Salman F Rahman, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s adviser on private investment affairs, said the US entrepreneurs should take the opportunity of Bangladesh’s highly liberal investment regim...

Prices of almost all essentials remain unchanged on Thursday

Prices of almost all essentials remain unchanged on Thursday

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-11-18 17:10:53

Prices of almost all essentials, including vegetables and onion, have remained steady in the capital’s kitchen markets on Thursday.  Prices of major vegetables, namely brinjal, bean, pumpk...

Panel discusses urbanisation challenges and entrepreneurs’ role in providing solutions

Panel discusses urbanisation challenges and entrepreneurs’ role in providing solutions

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-11-18 12:58:04

The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Netherlands Enterprise Agency recently organised '#DhakaTalksInnovation', a hybrid event to discuss urbanisation challenges and how entrepreneurs...

Dhaka eyes GSP-plus facilities as EU envoy neets Minister Munshi

Dhaka eyes GSP-plus facilities as EU envoy neets Minister Munshi

FE REPORT 2021-11-18 09:22:55

Bangladesh hopes for GSP+ facility on the European Union (EU) market until 2029 as well as some more trade preferences. Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi came up with such optimistic outlook after a me...

Shipping agents demand withdrawal of increased tariff at private ICDs

Shipping agents demand withdrawal of increased tariff at private ICDs

FE REPORT 2021-11-18 09:12:34

Bangladesh Shipping Agents' Association (BSAA) on Wednesday demanded withdrawal of a recent increase in container-handling tariff by 23 per cent at private Inland Container Depots (ICDs). On November...

Agribusiness, digital economy, green finance are next growth drivers for Bangladesh: FICCI

Agribusiness, digital economy, green finance are next growth drivers for Bangladesh: FICCI

FE REPORT 2021-11-18 09:11:01

Foreign investors in Bangladesh spell out three new growth drivers for the country's next economic leap, with FDI forming the fulcrum. The three growth drivers spelt out at a function in Dhaka on W...

Banks want higher holdings in government securities

Banks want higher holdings in government securities

SIDDIQUE ISLAM 2021-11-18 09:05:24

Bangladesh's commercial banks, particularly the primary dealers (PDs), Wednesday urged the central bank to enhance their holdings in government securities to make up for the revaluation losses they...

Top Bangladeshi taxpayers listed, NBR to honour 252 corporates, individuals

Top Bangladeshi taxpayers listed, NBR to honour 252 corporates, individuals

FE REPORT 2021-11-18 08:59:18

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) will honour a total of 252 corporate and individual taxpayers for their highest payment of income tax and Value Added Tax (VAT) to the public exchequer. It issue...

BGMEA president for more promotional  campaign to brand 'Made in Bangladesh'

BGMEA president for more promotional campaign to brand 'Made in Bangladesh'

-- 2021-11-17 22:35:06

The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) President Faruque Hassan has stressed the need for organising more promotional campaign and road-shows to introduce 'Made in Ba...

Scam-hit Alesha Mart top-brass flee office

Scam-hit Alesha Mart top-brass flee office

-- 2021-11-17 11:14:10

Operators of e-commerce platform Alesha Mart allegedly fled their offices on Tuesday after failing to pay money back to their several hundred clients, according to reports by private TV channels. The...

Genome sequencing of dolphin, four Halda carps unveiled

Genome sequencing of dolphin, four Halda carps unveiled

FE REPORT 2021-11-17 10:45:49

The complete genome sequencing of four carp fishes -- Ruhi, Catla, Kalbaus and Mrigal -- and a dolphin of the Halda River was unveiled at a programme on Tuesday. This discovery will provide a compreh...

No dramatic change in cotton price likely soon

No dramatic change in cotton price likely soon

FE REPORT 2021-11-17 10:34:39

Cotton prices may remain stable in the days ahead and there is no possibility of a dramatic change immediately, exporters predict to rule out further market volatility of the much-needed clothing raw...

UK mulls over lifting ban on Bangladeshi betel leaf import

UK mulls over lifting ban on Bangladeshi betel leaf import

FE REPORT 2021-11-17 10:28:59

The United Kingdom (UK) is considering lifting the ban on import of betel leaf from Bangladesh, agriculture ministry sources said. The ban was imposed on the Bangladeshi betel leaf in February 2014 b...

Bangladesh, Singapore willing to sign FTA

Bangladesh, Singapore willing to sign FTA

DOULOT AKTER MALA 2021-11-17 09:10:02

Bangladesh and Singapore may soon start negotiations on a bilateral trade agreement that promises to open a vast vista of trading turf encompassing entire Southeast Asian and Asia-Pacific regions. Of...

DCCI, IBA sign MoC for business-oriented research and innovation

DCCI, IBA sign MoC for business-oriented research and innovation

-- 2021-11-16 19:16:22

Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) and Institute of Business Administration (IBA), University of Dhaka will work together for business-oriented research and innovation. A Memorandum of C...

BGMEA received the 'WITSA Global ICT Excellence Awards'

BGMEA received the 'WITSA Global ICT Excellence Awards'

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-11-16 18:53:24

Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has been awarded the ‘WITSA Global ICT Excellence Awards’ in Sustainable Growth/Circular Economy Award category for using...

Prices of essentials still remain high

Prices of essentials still remain high

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-11-16 15:35:54

Prices of almost all essentials, including vegetables and onion, have remained steady, especially in the capital’s kitchen markets on Tuesday compared to Monday’s prices. However, prices...