REUTERS 2021-05-06 19:43:39
Joe Biden threw his support behind waiving intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines in a sharp US reversal, but it could take months for the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to hammer out any...
UNB 2021-05-06 18:02:27
Meat, fish, egg, milk and other dairy products worth Tk 2.04 billion were sold in a month through the mobile sale activities of the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock that started on April 5. Mobile...
OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-05-06 10:19:28
BENAPOLE: Benapole Customs House has opened a new software called 'Becom' aimed at making import-export trade dynamic, preventing revenue evasion and restoring transparency in taxes. This is the fi...
FE REPORT 2021-05-06 09:49:39
Bangladesh should set a stipulated time to ratify the ILO Convention 190 to rid the workplace of harassment and violence, speakers said during a webinar on Wednesday. They suggested that the governme...
FE Report 2021-05-06 09:40:47
A good number of direct garment exporters are facing difficulties in producing their goods as they are failing to source raw materials from local suppliers because of not having bonded warehouse licen...
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The authorities have extended banking and stock trading hours after the government extended the coronavirus lockdown. Banks will be allowed to handle transactions until 2:00 pm, while stock trading c...
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Local electronic giant Walton has offered ‘Eid Mega Sale’ with lucrative discount facility on its android and smart and LED television. Under the ‘Eid Mega Sale’, customers ca...
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Nagad has handed over more than a thousand pieces of personal protection equipment (PPE) to the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) to keep the elite force safe in the ongoing pandemic. The mobile financial...
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Customers will enjoy 5 to 40 per cent instant cashback on bKash payment at around 4,500 shopping outlets across the country on the occasion of Ramadan and the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr till May 15. A cust...
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India's Telecom Ministry has left out Chinese equipment makers Huawei and ZTE from its upcoming 5G trials, become the latest country to lock the firms out. The ministry granted permission to a do...
OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-05-05 10:13:34
CHATTOGRAM: The newly-elected leadership of BGMEA in Chattogram sought the Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) cooperation to maintain law and order just before Eid in Chattogram. BGMEA leaders and C...
SYFUL ISLAM 2021-05-05 09:46:26
There is no development regarding lifting anti-dumping duty on Bangladeshi goods in Indian market and Dhaka is yet to hear from New Delhi despite sending a letter in this regard two months back, offic...
FE Report 2021-05-05 09:41:58
Despite repeated warnings, health safety rules were hardly followed by people in shopping malls and markets, raising concern among healthcare professionals over further deterioration of the Covid-19 p...
FE REPORT 2021-05-05 09:37:04
The prices of edible oils, including the bottled soybean, have witnessed a fresh hike just in a week, thus amplifying woes of low-income consumers. The commoners' only respite is the open market sale...
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Norway's Telenor wrote off the value of its Myanmar operation in view of the country's deteriorating security and human rights situation, plunging the group into a first-quarter loss and sending its s...
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Saudi Aramco’s profits soared by 30 per cent for the first-quarter of the year, compared to last year, riding on the back of higher crude oil prices, the oil company said Tuesday. The company&r...
YASIR WARDAD 2021-05-04 10:30:52
When the country's economy is going through a tough ride due to the Covid-19 pandemic, SM Group, a leading conglomerate of ready-made garment (RMG) and textile sector in the country, is showing some s...
FE REPORT 2021-05-04 10:21:21
President of Bangladesh Shop Owners Association (BSOA) Helal Uddin said they were expecting the government permission to keep shops open until midnight. They had sent a letter to the Prime Minister's...
FE REPORT 2021-05-04 10:07:09
The prices of 'chemical soda ash', a key industrial raw material, have surged by more than 30 per cent to approximately Tk 40 a kg in the local market, as the major exporting nation is delaying shipme...
FE REPORT 2021-05-04 10:00:16
LafargeHolcim Bangladesh Ltd, multinational cement manufacturing company, will have to pay an outstanding gas bill of around Tk 902.50 million to state-run Jalalabad Gas Transmission and Distribution...
BSS 2021-05-03 21:28:33
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Monday launched an Asia Pacific Tax Hub to create an open and inclusive platform to promote strategic policy dialogue, improve knowledge sharing, and strengthen coordi...
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The maximum retail price of bottled cooking oil has been fixed at Tk 141 per litre. The new price was determined in a meeting between the Ministry of Commerce and the oil traders on Monday, reports b...
FE ONLINE DESK 2021-05-03 18:29:39
Local electronics giant Walton has registered a sharp growth of 450 per cent in its sales of air conditioners (ACs) in January to April period of this year compared to that of corresponding period of...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-05-03 17:52:26
Multinational cement manufacturing company LafargeHolcim Bangladesh Ltd will have to pay around Tk 902.50 million to state run Jalalabad Gas Transmission and Distribution Systems Ltd (JGTDSL) on...
-- 2021-05-02 21:59:46
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) can apply for loans under the government’s incentive package to offset the coronavirus losses from Sunday. A virtual press briefing revealed on Saturday that...
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Mango growers of Rajshahi region have set the target to export 300 tonnes of mango to different countries after meeting up the local demand during the forthcoming harvesting season. To achieve the ta...
BSS 2021-05-02 20:38:05
Bangladesh Bank (BB) today allowed members of the e-Commerce Association of Bangladesh (e-CAB) to remit abroad US$10,000 in a year each to meet their legitimate current expenses. “To facilitate...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-05-02 20:06:36
Ambassador of Germany to Bangladesh Peter Fahrenholtz paid a courtesy visit to BGMEA President Faruque Hassan at BGMEA office in Dhaka on Sunday. During the visit, they discussed the progress of curr...
FE Online 2021-05-02 16:39:03
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited and Unilever Bangladesh Limited this month conducted their first transaction using HSBC’s Supply Chain Finance platform (“HSCF”)...
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Bitcoin rose 6.54 per cent to $57,098.08 on Friday, adding $3,504.11 to its previous close. Bitcoin, the world's biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, is up 105.9 per cent from the year's low of $27...
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