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Stress on making light engineering export-oriented

Stress on making light engineering export-oriented

FE Online Report 2021-06-20 17:13:52

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi on Sunday said the government has taken special initiatives to make the light engineering sector export-oriented. Terming the sector as an important and potential for sm...

Emirates to operate 90pc of its pre-pandemic network by end of July

Emirates to operate 90pc of its pre-pandemic network by end of July

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-06-20 15:58:03

Emirates aims to fly to 90 per cent of its pre-pandemic network by the end of July, operating 880 weekly services across 124 cities, as countries reopen borders and ease entry restrictions for travell...

More hydrocarbon exploration comes into focus

More hydrocarbon exploration comes into focus

FE REPORT 2021-06-20 10:13:34

Speakers at a webinar on Saturday stressed the need for expediting exploration of new hydrocarbon reserves for sustainability of local industries and ensuring future energy security. They also sought...

Tk 2.11b project to expand cashew nut cultivation

Tk 2.11b project to expand cashew nut cultivation

FE REPORT 2021-06-20 09:04:18

Agriculture Minister Dr Muhammad Abdur Razzaque on Saturday said cashew nut and coffee cultivation could bring a massive positive change in the socio-economic development in the hilly regions of the c...

Experts suggest wider natural gas exploration for industries

Experts suggest wider natural gas exploration for industries

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-06-19 18:14:49

Experts have urged the policymakers to carry out an extensive exploration for natural gas to ensure a cost-effective energy supply for the industries in future. They also described the use of natural...

Report projects over 580m 5G subscriptions this year

Report projects over 580m 5G subscriptions this year

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-06-19 17:46:45

5G mobile subscriptions will exceed 580 million by the end of 2021 owing to an estimated one million new 5G mobile subscriptions every day, said a report by Ericsson. The forecast, which features in...

Walton receives trademark certificate in automobile production and marketing

Walton receives trademark certificate in automobile production and marketing

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-06-19 13:10:43

Walton Hi-Tech Industries Limited on Thursday received a trademark certificate as a Bangladeshi automobile manufacturing and marketing company, Walton Group has said. Engineer Golam Murshed, managing...

Call for ratifying ILO convention to uphold domestic workers' rights

Call for ratifying ILO convention to uphold domestic workers' rights

FE REPORT 2021-06-19 10:08:29

Labour rights groups and activists on Thursday urged the government to ratify the ILO convention 189 in order to uphold the rights of domestic workers of the country. They put emphasis on incorporati...

China's halt to live crab, eel fish imports costs Bangladesh Tk 3.18b

China's halt to live crab, eel fish imports costs Bangladesh Tk 3.18b

FE REPORT 2021-06-19 09:07:29

Bangladesh has suffered a loss worth Tk 3.18 billion in the last nine months, due to the suspension of shipment of edible aquatic animals to the key market China. The export of aquatic animals, inclu...

Over 200,000 Bangladeshis go abroad with jobs this year

Over 200,000 Bangladeshis go abroad with jobs this year

Arafat Ara 2021-06-19 09:04:44

Bangladesh has sent 207,885 workers to different countries in last five and a half months amid the Covid-19 pandemic, according to official statistics. As per the data of the expatriates' welfare des...

A Bangladshi national highway awaits e-operation

A Bangladshi national highway awaits e-operation

Munima Sultana 2021-06-19 08:58:04

A national highway is set to be brought under electronic road operation system for the first time - under a regional corridor development project. The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has incorpor...

India may extend anti-dumping duty on Bangladeshi jute goods

India may extend anti-dumping duty on Bangladeshi jute goods

SYFUL ISLAM 2021-06-19 08:46:43

Instead of lifting anti-dumping duty as requested by Bangladesh repeatedly, India is now conducting a 'sunset' review of jute goods imported from Bangladesh. The 'sunset' review, according to the ant...

foodpanda adds transgender riders to its delivery fleet

foodpanda adds transgender riders to its delivery fleet

FE Online Desk 2021-06-18 15:10:32

Leading food and grocery delivery platform foodpanda has onboarded the first batch of transgender riders and equipped them with bicycles and smartphones. The initiative was launched with support from...

Imports by trains through Benapole rise remarkably

Imports by trains through Benapole rise remarkably

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-06-18 10:29:26

BENAPOLE: Imports of goods by trains through Benapole port have seen a significant increase during the prevailing coronavirus pandemic, necessitating the railway authorities to start infrastructure de...

Further spike in vegetable prices

Further spike in vegetable prices

YASIR WARDAD 2021-06-18 10:14:30

Prices of summer vegetables have increased notably in Dhaka's kitchen markets, thus augmenting the woes of the consumers further. Broiler chicken and egg prices have also shown a further hike in the...

Women's engagement in wholesale and retail trade increases by 126pc

Women's engagement in wholesale and retail trade increases by 126pc

FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2021-06-18 09:08:39

The women's engagement in wholesale and retail trades increased by 126 per cent over a period of one decade due to their higher participation in small and medium enterprises (SMEs), official data show...

TCB oil price set to surge further

TCB oil price set to surge further

FE REPORT 2021-06-18 08:53:28

The government is set to enhance further the price under the open market sale (OMS) programme. If the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) revises price, one litre of OMS soybean oil will cost Tk...

Nasrul blasts DESCO over substation installation delay

Nasrul blasts DESCO over substation installation delay

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-06-17 20:16:24

State minister for the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid blasted state-run Dhaka Electric Supply Company Ltd (DESCO) for the delay in installing 24 substations. The consort...

'Yuan revolutionised rice production in world'

'Yuan revolutionised rice production in world'

FE REPORT 2021-06-17 10:27:21

Chinese rice scientist Yuan Longping greatly contributed to reducing hunger from China as well as from many parts of the world through inventing modern hybrid rice seeds, speakers at a webinar on Wedn...

Nestlé infant formula processing plant goes into operation

Nestlé infant formula processing plant goes into operation

FE REPORT 2021-06-17 10:19:50

Nestlé Bangladesh started the operation of its 'Infant Formula Processing, Filling and Packaging Plant' in Sreepur, Gazipur on Wednesday to provide uninterrupted supply of baby food items in th...

Stress on investment-friendly environment  

Stress on investment-friendly environment  

FE Online Report 2021-06-16 19:17:45

Speakers at a discussion on Wednesday stressed the need for improving the investment climate to boost foreign investment in the country. They were speaking at a virtual dialogue on “Bangladesh...

Import permit for onion to be extended by another four months

Import permit for onion to be extended by another four months

FE REPORT 2021-06-16 13:11:35

A move is underway to extend the existing import permit (IP) for onion by four more months to a period of eight months to facilitate onion shipment, in order to boost the supply of the key kitchen sta...

Businesses facing trouble with online VAT returns

Businesses facing trouble with online VAT returns

FE REPORT 2021-06-16 12:49:48

Businesses were facing problems in submitting VAT returns online due to a technical glitch in the system ahead of deadline that expired on Tuesday. VAT consultants and other businesses said they were...

LafargeHolcim Bangladesh joins hand with HSBC Bangladesh in payment automation

LafargeHolcim Bangladesh joins hand with HSBC Bangladesh in payment automation

-- 2021-06-15 21:50:16

The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) has recently implemented Host-to-Host connectivity with LafargeHolcim Bangladesh Limited (LHBL) by integrating their Enterprise Resource Pl...

BAPEX finds new gas prospects at Jakiganj in Sylhet

BAPEX finds new gas prospects at Jakiganj in Sylhet

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-06-15 20:11:06

State-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Ltd (BAPEX) found a potential prospect of gas reserve at Jakiganj in the country’s gas-rich Sylhet region Tuesday. "We found...

Dubai steps in again as pandemic drives Emirates to $5.5bn loss

Dubai steps in again as pandemic drives Emirates to $5.5bn loss

REUTERS 2021-06-15 19:37:17

Emirates got an additional $1.1 billion in state support from Dubai after a collapse in long-haul travel due to the coronavirus pandemic triggered the airline's first annual loss in more than three de...

BGMEA seeks 10-yr extension of GSP in Swiss market

BGMEA seeks 10-yr extension of GSP in Swiss market

UNB 2021-06-15 19:01:59

Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has requested Switzerland to consider an extension of the EBA (Everything but Arms) scheme under its GSP programme for 10 years to he...

IDLC appoints M Jamal Uddin as CEO and MD

IDLC appoints M Jamal Uddin as CEO and MD

-- 2021-06-15 18:57:01

IDLC, Bangladesh’s largest non-banking financial institution, has appointed M Jamal Uddin as its chief executive officer and managing director. Having joined the company as a management trainee...

‘Fix LPG prices on basis of practical assessment, not assumption’

‘Fix LPG prices on basis of practical assessment, not assumption’

UNB 2021-06-15 18:17:43

Private operators of LPG have demanded the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) to set the price of their products on the basis of "practical assessment" operating cost. "We want BERC to fi...

Manpower recruiters want vaccination for outbound workers

Manpower recruiters want vaccination for outbound workers

FE REPORT 2021-06-15 10:32:45

Manpower recruiters on Monday demanded that the government ensure Covid vaccination for outbound Bangladeshi workers. The vaccination programme will help workers fly to destination countries, which...