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FE REPORT 2021-06-15 10:25:15
The minimum wage board has finalised its draft, recommending Tk 117 as daily minimum wage for tea gardeners amid worker representative's disagreement. A gazette notification to this end was issued on...
FE REPORT 2021-06-15 08:53:00
The government is going to enact a 'tariff policy' to reform the country's tariff structure with an eye to boosting both domestic and foreign trade. The draft would be tabled at cabinet division by...
DOULOT AKTER MALA 2021-06-15 08:41:21
The special facility given to legalise undeclared income is likely to continue in the upcoming fiscal year (FY) 2021-22 with some amendments. The government offered the opportunity for the outgoing F...
FE REPORT 2021-06-14 10:30:34
LNG re-gasification dropped to almost half to around 400 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) on Sunday, as the cargo remained stranded in the Bay over the past several days due to bad weather. The LNG...
FE REPORT 2021-06-14 10:19:13
Speakers stressed on Sunday the need for quick vaccination to develop people's immunity; otherwise the country's export may face a setback. They emphasised further widening of tax net, facilitating p...
FE REPORT 2021-06-14 10:03:26
The central bank has issued a policy for post import financing (PIF) for strengthening monitoring and supervision of such financing, officials said. Under the new policy, all the scheduled banks ha...
FE REPORT 2021-06-14 09:55:36
The Payra Port Authority (PPA) on Sunday signed a deal with Belgium-based dredging company Jan De Nul (JDN) for capital dredging of 75 kilometre long main channel of the under construction Payra seapo...
FE Online Report 2021-06-13 19:24:08
LNG re-gasification dropped to almost half on Sunday to around 400 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) as the cargo remains stranded in the Bay over the past several days due to bad weather. The LNG (...
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Despite many questions being raised regarding our national healthcare, a noticeable change is apparent in recent times. Online treatment and telemedicine services are becoming more popular every day d...
FE REPORT 2021-06-13 11:35:21
The government has fixed minimum monthly wages with 5.0 per cent annual increment for workers in the country's security services sector. This is for the first time the ministry of labour and employ...
FE REPORT 2021-06-13 10:17:59
The country's live crab and eel fish exporters have sought 30 per cent cash incentive on their export earnings as the sector is now in a tight corner due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Bangladesh Live and...
FE REPORT 2021-06-13 09:00:15
Restaurant owners have called on the government to reduce value added tax (VAT) rates on the eateries and bring them under a single ministry. They also urged the government to provide loans at four p...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2021-06-13 08:52:13
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) maymake available more than $1.6 billion worth of assistance to Bangladesh under five separate programmesshortly to help the latter weatherthe adverse impact of the pa...
DOULOT AKTER MALA 2021-06-13 08:38:39
The country's apex trade body has requested the finance minister to form a taskforce immediately for removing the existing discriminatory fiscal measures on the businesses. It proposed the body compr...
FE Online Report 2021-06-12 19:01:43
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has been awarded the 2021 USGBC Leadership Award by the US Green Building Council (USGBC) for leading the way to reduce the environme...
FE ONLINE DESK 2021-06-12 16:01:49
Rebeca Grynspan of Costa Rica will be the new secretary-general of UNCTAD, the UN trade and development body. Her nomination to the post by UN Secretary-General António Guterres was approved b...
REUTERS 2021-06-12 14:06:48
The Group of Seven rich nations will announce on Saturday a new global infrastructure plan as a response to China's belt and road initiative, a senior official in US President Joe Biden's administrati...
TALHA BIN HABIB 2021-06-12 10:59:03
The government is set to procure 10 tugboats with an estimated cost of over Tk 1.66 billion for transportation of dredgers and non-propel vessels to different parts of the country, in order to facil...
REZAUL KARIM 2021-06-12 09:48:01
Bangladesh can now avail competitive advantages through importing onion from India to offset its possible shortfall, said Bangladesh high commission in New Delhi, India. The mission's observations ca...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2021-06-12 09:31:14
The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has sought one and a half years more time to widen a 70-km highway, as more than eight years is not enough for the agency to do the job, insiders said on Frid...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN 2021-06-12 09:00:06
Privately-owned LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) operators sought hike in retail prices of the fuel in domestic market, and submitted fresh applications to the energy regulator to consider their demand....
FE REPORT 2021-06-11 11:58:11
After remaining static for a month, rice prices witnessed a hike in the city retail markets last week, adding to the woes of consumers already hit hard by a surge in the prices of essentials. Thoug...
FE REPORT 2021-06-11 11:01:18
The Bangladesh Bank has streamlined the schedule of charges for opening of new bank accounts, processing of loans and early settlement of term-loan. In its master circular, the central bank has fixed...
FE REPORT 2021-06-11 10:11:25
The Bangladesh Chamber of Industries (BCI) has suggested fixing lower corporate tax rate for industrial sector than trading sector's as it is a generator of jobs and a foreign-currency saver. Hailing...
UNB 2021-06-10 18:03:23
Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FBCCI) President Md. Jashim Uddin has laid emphasis on doing more market research and evaluation on export diversification to deal with th...
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Unilever Bangladesh Ltd has appointed Zaved Akhtar as its chief executive officer and managing director -- the second Bangladeshi to lead the unit. Zaved Akhtar, who is currently serving as the vice...
FE REPORT 2021-06-10 10:54:02
The reconditioned car importers sought 45 per cent depreciation in duty for import of reconditioned cars and withdrawal of supplementary duty on import of widely used microbuses. They, however, wel...
FE REPORT 2021-06-10 10:42:40
The central bank has asked all scheduled banks to disburse among women at least 25 per cent of the Tk 30 billion refinancing fund for facilitating low-income people. "It has been decided that out o...
DOULOT AKTER MALA 2021-06-10 09:00:07
Globally reputed accounting firms will be able to work as VAT representatives of non-resident technology giants from the fiscal year 2021-22 in Bangladesh. The proposed change of a provision in the V...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM 2021-06-10 08:44:23
The Tk 40 billion Sukuk was over-subscribed more than eight times to Tk 327.26 billion in its second auction held at the central bank on Wednesday. A total of 67 institutions -- both conventional and...
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