-- 2021-08-26 11:03:05
US officials have approved licence applications worth hundreds of millions of dollars for China's blacklisted telecom company Huawei to buy chips for its growing auto component business, two people fa...
-- 2021-08-26 10:31:00
India is open to discussing a change in tax rates on automobiles, the country's revenue secretary said on Wednesday, indicating receptiveness over negotiation on a long-standing request from automaker...
OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-08-26 09:19:42
Sulphuric acid has been imported with two-wheeler parts through Benapole port without the permission of Home and Commerce Ministries. The customs authorities formed a three-member committee to prob...
FE REPORT 2021-08-26 09:16:58
Apparel makers have now sought 36 instalments instead of the existing 18 months to repay stimulus package loans meant for meeting workers' wages. On August 22, the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers...
MONIRA MUNNI 2021-08-26 09:14:39
BGMEA has decided to cancel the membership of more than 1,100 factories that remained closed for a long time and were not in the export business, sources said. They said the Bangladesh Garment Manu...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN 2021-08-26 08:53:05
Coal production from the country's lone operational underground coal-mine at Barapukuria in Dinajpur remained suspended for the last one month over the coronavirus pandemic and expiry of tenure with t...
-- 2021-08-25 21:04:22
HSBC Bangladesh has recently partnered with the Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) and Brac to build a green economic zone in Chattogram's Mirsarai. The collaboration will ensure over 40,000...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-08-25 20:25:16
Major global apparel brands, including H&M, and unions have agreed to extend the legal pact for two years to ensure workplace safety in Bangladesh and other garment-producing countries, sources sa...
-- 2021-08-25 10:10:53
Retailers from Macy's Inc to Target Corp, keen to see the apparel sales momentum of the second quarter keep going, are stocking shelves not just with clothing for the office and school, but for a retu...
OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-08-25 09:05:14
Chittagong Port, the prime seaport of Bangladesh, has moved nine notches down to become the 67th busiest container-handling port among the top 100 ports in the globe, according to Lloyd's - the worl...
FE REPORT 2021-08-25 08:55:10
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has hired a firm to run a long-awaited audit on mobile phone operator Banglalink. For the job, the telecom regulator signed an agreemen...
SYFUL ISLAM 2021-08-25 08:47:26
The Mongla port has attained the capacity to handle gearless vessels as it procured necessary equipment, including heavy-duty cranes. The port authority in a recent notification said that it has proc...
YASIR WARDAD 2021-08-25 08:24:30
Prices of sugar continued to soar on the local market over the last one and a half weeks, intensifying the woes of the consumers. Following the price volatility of sugar and of some other essential i...
-- 2021-08-24 21:30:52
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has proposed establishment of joint venture industries between Bangladesh and South Africa. The minister, who is now visiting South Africa, made the proposal during a...
-- 2021-08-24 20:50:40
US-Bangla Airlines will operate daily flights on Dhaka-Muscat-Dhaka route from September 1. The flights will be directly operated from Dhaka to Muscat on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday and fr...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-08-24 18:31:51
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) on Tuesday sought Spanish investment in manufacturing non-cotton and technical textiles. BGMEA President Faruque Hassan made the cal...
FE ONLINE DESK 2021-08-24 18:31:07
Popular instant messaging platform imo has recently introduced a new feature that will make the users’ account logins much quicker, safer and convenient. The feature, ‘Flash Call’,...
-- 2021-08-24 11:38:04
Harsha Solanki, a proficient professional with an experience of over 16 years in the industry, is the Managing Director at Infobip, supervising India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal. She is an alumnu...
FE REPORT 2021-08-24 09:02:45
The government is going to prepare a roadmap to enhance shipments of mangoes to 0.1 million tonnes annually within the next five years. It was revealed at a workshop titled 'Improved Management for...
FE REPORT 2021-08-24 08:40:53
Participants at a webinar titled 'Regulating the e-commerce industry: Prerequisite for ensuring sustainability', organised by The Financial Express, on Sunday Speakers at a virtual discussion have sa...
REUTERS 2021-08-23 09:55:51
Global dividends are set to get back to 2019 levels by this time next year as companies rebound from the Covid crisis. Payouts to investors will reach almost £1trillion by the end of 2021, acco...
FE REPORT 2021-08-23 09:36:20
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) is planning to allocate 450 MHz spectrum to the country's mobile operators in next two years, a BTRC official revealed this in a virtual p...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-08-22 22:53:34
Speakers at a virtual discussion on Sunday said the government must intervene in Ponzi schemes like e-commerce platforms with its central power if certain regulators or ministries can't stop them to p...
FE ONLINE DESK 2021-08-22 22:28:50
Grameen Telecom has rejected a report on hiring a lobbyist by it to legal battle describing it as completely false, baseless and imaginary. The shareholder of Grameenphone on Sunday said in a stateme...
-- 2021-08-22 21:48:02
Mobile network problems, especially related to state-owned operator Teletalk, are among the most serious issues reported at a public hearing held by Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-08-22 17:39:11
Local jewellers on Sunday revised gold prices upward to adjust with the change in the international market amid the COVID-19 outbreak. The price of hallmarked 22-carat gold has been fixed at Tk 6,300...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-08-22 12:57:21
Leaders of the country’s textile mills and apparel exporters on Saturday fixed the price ceiling of the mostly consumed 30 count yarn at US$4.2 per kg, reducing it slightly from the recent rate....
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-08-22 12:43:01
Potato is going to be added to the government's food aids to ensure its surplus output. The agriculture ministry has sent a letter to the PMO, Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief, NGO Bureau,...
FE Online Report 2021-08-22 11:18:55
Bangladesh and South Sudan agreed to further strengthen bilateral engagements during the visiting Bangladesh foreign minister’s meeting with the President of South Sudan Salva Kiir Mayardit in J...
-- 2021-08-22 10:12:18
Bitcoin rose 5.01 per cent to $49,106.4 at 22:04 GMT on Friday, adding $2,342.1 to its previous close. Bitcoin, the world's biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, is up 77.4 per cent from the year's...
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