FE REPORT 2021-06-24 09:48:09
Team Europe Initiative on Green Energy Transition (TEI GET), which was launched on Wednesday, will spend Tk 93.78 billion (EUR 930.6 million) on sustainable and renewable energy in Bangladesh. Co-cha...
FE REPORT 2021-06-24 09:46:05
The central bank on Wednesday formed yet another Tk 25.20-billion refinancing scheme as part of its the Tk 200-billion stimulus package plan for the cottage, micro, small and medium enterprise (CMSME)...
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Warren Buffett has announced to step down as a trustee from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and that he has donated half his wealth since pledging 15 years ago to give away the fortune he built...
FE Online Report 2021-06-23 19:42:18
The country’s oil and fat consumption has increased to 18.7 kilogrammes (kg) which was 13.8 kg five years back. The disclosure was made on Wednesday at a national level virtual workshop, organi...
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Another public hearing to review the pricing formula to fix the retail price of LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) will begin on July 7. Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has arranged the pub...
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Brac Bank has terminated its transaction contracts with 10 virtual outlets with immediate effect. The online shops are Evaly, Alesha Mart, Dhamaka, E-orange, Sirajganj Shop, Aladiner Prodip, Qcoom, B...
FE REPORT 2021-06-23 09:37:58
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has set nine parameters for selecting the persons eligible for the World Customs Organization (WCO) certificate of merit. The certificate of merit will be awarded...
FE REPORT 2021-06-23 09:19:09
The government has extended the tenure of Dhaka bypass road construction project by four years until June 2024 and almost tripled its cost to Tk 6.75 billion. The Executive Committee of the National...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-06-22 20:36:22
The SAARCFINANCE Cell, Research Department of the Bangladesh Bank organised a SAARCFINANCE database webinar and working group meeting on Tuesday through a virtual platform. The theme of the webinar w...
REUTERS 2021-06-22 20:08:49
Pepsi bottling company in Gaza was forced to halt operations this week due to Israeli import restrictions that were tightened during an 11-day conflict between Israel and Palestinian militants last mo...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-06-22 19:18:18
The country’s apparel apex body, BGMEA, on Tuesday sought support from the Bangladesh High Commission in London regarding non-payment of some of the British brands to their local suppliers durin...
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Jackfruits from Bangladesh are now on sale in the market of Germany for the first time. ‘Lebensmittelmarkt’ in Berlin, Germany, imported the fruit recently from Bangladesh and Bangladeshi...
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City Bank’s Chief Risk Officer (CRO) Zabid Iqbal has been promoted to the position of Deputy Managing Director recently. Mr Iqbal has been working as the Chief Risk Officer and Chief Anti Money...
Reuters 2021-06-22 12:48:10
India proposed banning flash sales on e-commerce websites and said on Monday their affiliate entities should not be listed as sellers on their platforms, in a proposed tightening of rules that could h...
FE REPORT 2021-06-22 10:42:47
Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) on Monday signed land lease agreements with six organisations -- three of them will establish industrial units and another will set up a hotel and resort in...
FE REPORT 2021-06-22 10:09:46
Bangladesh's farmers supplied two-thirds of their produced cereal crops including paddy, wheat and corn to the market for the consumption by all, according to a survey. The survey conducted by Bang...
YASIR WARDAD 2021-06-22 10:06:49
The prices of onion started increasing again in the city's retail market adding to woes of the commoners. The government's measures to ease imports as well as an expected bumper production hardly cou...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM 2021-06-22 09:56:40
The central bank has issued a policy to set up alternative reference rates at LIBOR transition to facilitate export and import financing, officials said. "It is expected that from 2022 onward, all ne...
DOULOT AKTER MALA 2021-06-22 09:51:05
Different forms of taxes on bank deposits, even on the principal amount, discourage savers to choose the formal channel of financial transactions. The myriads of taxes also increase the cost of doing...
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Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder on Monday asked the officials to find out the reasons behind the increase in rice prices despite a bumper yield of Boro paddy in the country. “The rational...
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Malaysian telecoms firm Axiata Group Bhd and Norway’s Telenor ASA will merge their mobile operations in Malaysia in a $15 billion deal, forming a new market leader in the competitive Southeast A...
UNB 2021-06-21 19:34:27
Apparels makers have discussed the prospect of exporting resort wear and leisure apparel to the Maldives. The small archipelagic state is a popular destination for global tourists where the demand fo...
FE Online Report 2021-06-21 15:05:25
A total of 93.4 per cent of the surveyed readymade garment (RMG) workers in Bangladesh faced up to 65 per cent cut in wages during the Covid-19 period, according to a latest report. Besid...
MUNIMA SULTANA 2021-06-21 10:34:38
The Padma Bridge project has stepped into another stage by completing placement work of rail slabs on the country's longest bridge having both rail and road options. Official sources said all 2,959 s...
FE REPORT 2021-06-21 09:04:39
Country's indenting agents have sought withdrawal of VAT (Value Added Tax) from indenting services in the greater interest of the sector. They have also urged the government to bring down the existin...
FE REPORT 2021-06-21 09:00:49
The opportunity to whiten black money is one of the major barriers of combating corruption and it could not play any role to check capital flight from the country, Professor Dr Mustafizur Rahman, Dist...
MONIRA MUNNI 2021-06-21 08:45:06
US apparel imports from its top five destinations including China, Cambodia and Vietnam recorded a rise while that from Bangladesh and India declinedduring the first four months of the year 2021. Dur...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-06-20 20:01:30
The Korean EPZ (KEPZ) in Chattagram has initiated operations of the country’s largest solar rooftop power plant on Sunday. This 16 megawatt (MW) power plant is the first of its sort in any EPZs...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-06-20 19:36:19
State-run Petrobangla has inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Indian H-Energy recently to import re-gasified LNG (R-LNG) through a cross-border pipeline. This is Petrobangla’s second...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-06-20 17:35:11
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) President Rizwan Rahman has urged Vietnamese entrepreneurs to invest or make joint ventures in agro and food processing, shipbuilding, electronics, leathe...
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