Loading...
The Financial Express

Search results for: Trade

Deepto's solar power touches 15,000 people in CHT

Deepto's solar power touches 15,000 people in CHT

-- 2021-05-23 20:56:29

In 2011, Deepto sparked a ray of light, through its renewable energy project of introducing electricity in form of solar energy, to the remote hilly areas. A decade into the Deepto, and the entire sto...

icddr,b to implement Microsoft Dynamics 365 as its ERP software platform

icddr,b to implement Microsoft Dynamics 365 as its ERP software platform

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-05-23 19:10:49

International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh, (icddr,b ) has selected sa.global and Genex Infosys Limited to implement Microsoft Dynamics 365 to integrate its business processes and...

Bangladeshi restaurant owners press for reopening

Bangladeshi restaurant owners press for reopening

FE REPORT 2021-05-23 10:55:48

Bangladesh Restaurant Owners Association (BROA) on Saturday urged the government to allow them to resume their business from Sunday maintaining health guidelines. They also threatened to take to the...

Soybean oil prices tick up in Bangladesh market

Soybean oil prices tick up in Bangladesh market

YASIR WARDAD 2021-05-23 08:49:42

Soybean oil, the most-consumed cooking oil, has witnessed a fresh price hike in the past week, a major blow to already battered consumers amid coronavirus pandemic. The prices of bottled soybean oi...

HSBC, BRAC Business School arrange finale of business case challenge

HSBC, BRAC Business School arrange finale of business case challenge

-- 2021-05-22 20:16:41

The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) Limited in Bangladesh and BRAC Business School of BRAC University jointly organised the finale and award-giving ceremony of the “Business Cas...

Karnaphuli river capital dredging restarts

Karnaphuli river capital dredging restarts

NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL 2021-05-22 10:37:03

Capital dredging of Karnaphuli River restarted with local equipment last month after dredging with imported dredgers faced obstacles as the riverbed was filled with plastic wastes and other hard objec...

Call to involve tea workers in mainstream society

Call to involve tea workers in mainstream society

FE REPORT 2021-05-22 09:53:01

Speakers at a virtual discussion on Friday laid emphasis on involving the tea workers in the mainstream society, enhancing their access to education and healthcare services for improving their living...

MRA's VAT exemption plea remains shelved for years

MRA's VAT exemption plea remains shelved for years

REZAUL KARIM 2021-05-22 09:47:23

The Microcredit Regularity Authority's (MRA) plea for VAT (value-added tax) exemption on the income of micro-finance institutions (MFIs) has remained frozen for more than three years for bureaucratic...

One Person Company registration starts Sunday

One Person Company registration starts Sunday

JASIM UDDIN HAROON 2021-05-22 08:18:38

The Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms (RJSC) will start incorporating One Person Company (OPC) -- a new type of business entity in the country -- from tomorrow (Sunday). OPC is a company...

Mitsubishi announces the launch of ‘Xpander Xtravaganza’ campaign

Mitsubishi announces the launch of ‘Xpander Xtravaganza’ campaign

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-05-21 13:22:13

Mitsubishi Motors Bangladesh has announced the launch of a mega-campaign – ‘Xpander Xtravaganza’ for the customers of Mitsubishi Xpander. Interested buyers, who will book a Mitsubis...

World Bank lends $600m to Bangladesh for two projects

World Bank lends $600m to Bangladesh for two projects

-- 2021-05-21 13:06:22

The World Bank has approved $600 million for two projects in Bangladesh to help over 1.75 million poor and vulnerable people improve employability and livelihood opportunities and build their resilien...

BTRC amends international gateway guidelines

BTRC amends international gateway guidelines

FE REPORT 2021-05-21 11:32:24

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has amended the guidelines for the International Gateway (IGW). According to the new guidelines, IGW licensees will be able to exchange calls...

Global LNG dealers keen to supply fuel to Bangladesh from spot market

Global LNG dealers keen to supply fuel to Bangladesh from spot market

FE REPORT 2021-05-21 10:41:33

A number of global LNG (liquefied natural gas) suppliers are keen to supply the fuel to Bangladesh from the spot market, seeing the country's consistent purchase of LNG over the past several months....

Ban on fishing in Bay of Bengal begins

Ban on fishing in Bay of Bengal begins

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-05-21 09:52:44

CHATTOGRAM: The government's two-month ban on fishing off the country's coast to boost depleted fish stocks started on Thursday. The 65-day ban - lasting from May 20 until July 23 - is timed to occur...

Move underway to provide Tk 5.0b stimulus to Palli Sanchay Bank

Move underway to provide Tk 5.0b stimulus to Palli Sanchay Bank

REZAUL KARIM 2021-05-21 09:27:19

A move is underway to provide Tk 5.0 billion worth of stimulus to state-owned Palli Sanchay Bank (PSB) to help meet its liquidity shortfall, sources said. To this end, an inter-ministerial meeting ha...

Blame game on as onion heats up

Blame game on as onion heats up

FE REPORT 2021-05-21 08:44:35

The prices of the key kitchen item onion witnessed a notable hike last week, although its harvest time just ended and primary trading is going on. Retailers and wholesalers are blaming each other for...

BGMEA collecting information on cancelled, unpaid orders

BGMEA collecting information on cancelled, unpaid orders

MONIRA MUNNI 2021-05-20 10:23:50

The apex apparel trade body - BGMEA - has moved afresh to collect information related to cancelled, withheld or unpaid work orders to determine the current state of due payment along with shipped or m...

Mandatory quarantine pushes up cost of Bangladeshis' migration to Saudi Arabia

Mandatory quarantine pushes up cost of Bangladeshis' migration to Saudi Arabia

ARAFAT ARA 2021-05-20 10:22:12

Saudi-bound workers will have to count extra money for mandatory quarantine upon reaching their destinations, resulting in the increase in migration cost further, sector insiders said. According to...

Central bank to extend AD licences to CTPC of banks

Central bank to extend AD licences to CTPC of banks

SIDDIQUE ISLAM 2021-05-20 10:05:35

The central bank has decided to extend authorised dealer (AD) licences to the central trade processing centre (CTPC) of banks for ensuring proper reporting, monitoring and supervision on foreign trade...

BARVIDA urges delay in auction of cars stuck at Mongla Port

BARVIDA urges delay in auction of cars stuck at Mongla Port

FE REPORT 2021-05-20 09:58:14

Reconditioned car importers on Wednesday urged the government to halt auction of imported cars at Mongla seaport till December to help protect the sector hit hard by coronavirus pandemic. According t...

Lockdown casts shadow on mango business

Lockdown casts shadow on mango business

Yasir Wardad 2021-05-20 08:37:28

Mango producers have fallen into a lockdown trap again this year as the demand has declined in the big cities amid decreasing purchase capacity of customers as well as restrictions on intercity trav...

US-Bangla Airlines announces special Doha-Dhaka packages

US-Bangla Airlines announces special Doha-Dhaka packages

-- 2021-05-19 17:09:06

Leading private carrier US-Bangla Airlines has announced attractive packages for Dhaka-bound passengers from Doha, with special fares and safe quarantine management amid Covid. The airlines is curren...

Bitcoin tumbles below $40,000 after China’s crypto curbs

Bitcoin tumbles below $40,000 after China’s crypto curbs

Reuters 2021-05-19 15:37:21

Bitcoin tumbled below the $40,000 mark on Wednesday to a 3-1/2 month low and dragged down the prices of other digital coins after China imposed fresh curbs on transactions involving cryptocurrencies....

Global rights groups to quit RMG sustainability council, if no binding deal struck

Global rights groups to quit RMG sustainability council, if no binding deal struck

FE REPORT 2021-05-19 13:22:50

Global rights groups have announced the decision to cease participation in the RMG Sustainability Council (RSC) that was formed to take over the Accord's activities and oversee the safety work in the...

Russian businesses keen to invest in Bangladesh's ship building, heavy industries

Russian businesses keen to invest in Bangladesh's ship building, heavy industries

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-05-19 12:42:07

CHATTOGRAM: President of Prime Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Vladivostok of Russian Federation Boris Stupnitsky said Russian businessmen are interested to invest in ship building and heavy indus...

Tea producers seek wheat subsidy for workers

Tea producers seek wheat subsidy for workers

FE REPORT 2021-05-19 12:31:41

The apex trade body of tea producers has requested the government to continue allocation of wheat at subsidised rate for labourers of the pandemic-hit tea industry, sources said. The Bangladesh Tea...

Vessels with 100-TEU boxes get priority berthing at Chittagong port

Vessels with 100-TEU boxes get priority berthing at Chittagong port

FE REPORT 2021-05-19 12:28:16

Feeder vessels carrying 100-TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) boxes bound for Pangaon Inland Container Terminal (ICT) will get priority berthing at Chattogram port. The port authorities in a notifica...

Most contracts under metro rail project expire before work ends

Most contracts under metro rail project expire before work ends

MUNIMA SULTANA 2021-05-19 12:14:31

Contracts under different packages of the first metro rail project have expired before completing necessary work, forcing the Dhaka metro rail company to extend the contract period for at least one ye...

Google, Facebook, YouTube, Netflix, other non-resident foreign companies now to pay VAT directly

Google, Facebook, YouTube, Netflix, other non-resident foreign companies now to pay VAT directly

DOULOT AKTER MALA 2021-05-19 12:08:50

From now on non-resident foreign companies, such as Google, Facebook YouTube and Netflix, will be able to obtain VAT registration, submit VAT returns and pay VAT directly. The National Board of Reven...

Superyacht sales on the rise as wealthy seek Covid escape

Superyacht sales on the rise as wealthy seek Covid escape

-- 2021-05-19 12:04:39

Wealthy people have so far spent more than £1bn on superyachts in 2021 as they seek to escape Covid lockdowns and travel restrictions, according to a luxury lifestyle publisher. Boat Intern...