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SAFECON 2021 to take place virtually on August 23-26   

SAFECON 2021 to take place virtually on August 23-26  

-- 2021-04-27 20:56:49

SAVOR International Limited is going to host the sixth edition of the country's largest international exhibition on Safe and Sustainable construction SAFECON 2021.  The latest edition of the e...

BGMEA President discusses trade issues with EU Ambassador

BGMEA President discusses trade issues with EU Ambassador

UNB 2021-04-27 20:47:17

European Union Ambassador to Bangladesh Rensje Teerink made a courtesy call on BGMEA President Faruque Hassan at BGMEA office on Tuesday. They had discussion on trade issues including sustainability,...

SMEF to disburse Tk3.0b among pandemic-hit CMSMEs

SMEF to disburse Tk3.0b among pandemic-hit CMSMEs

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-04-27 19:50:07

The SME Foundation is set to disburse Tk 3.0 billion loan to pandemic-hit micro, small and medium enterprises (CMSMEs) at 4.0 per cent interest rate to offset loss of Covid-19 crisis. Under the gover...

Domestic electronic products should get priority in govt procurement, experts say

Domestic electronic products should get priority in govt procurement, experts say

-- 2021-04-27 19:46:14

Electronic products, made in Bangladesh, are not getting priority in the government procurement process.  To solve the problem, the Public Procurement Rules (PPR) should be amended in favour of...

DCCI webinar emphasises business friendly environment over EODB ranking

DCCI webinar emphasises business friendly environment over EODB ranking

UNB 2021-04-27 18:52:52

Creating a real effective business friendly environment is more important than improving ranking in Ease of Doing Business (EODB), said experts at a webinar on Tuesday. They also suggested coord...

LPG operators to get services under one roof soon

LPG operators to get services under one roof soon

-- 2021-04-27 18:09:47

Bangladesh’s liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) operators are likely to get one-stop service (OSS) in receiving different licenses from various agencies which will ultimately play a vital role in red...

IFAD names new country director for Bangladesh

IFAD names new country director for Bangladesh

UNB 2021-04-27 18:00:43

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has appointed Dr Arnoldus Hameleers, a Dutch national, as the Country Director for Bangladesh. Prior to this appointment, Hameleers served as IF...

ILO calls for occupational health and safety

ILO calls for occupational health and safety

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-04-27 15:23:26

International Labour Organization (ILO) called on countries for sound and resilient occupational safety and health (OSH) systems to minimise the risks in the world of work for future emergencies. The...

IFC provides $30m to BRAC Bank to support businesses hit by pandemic

IFC provides $30m to BRAC Bank to support businesses hit by pandemic

FE Online Report 2021-04-27 13:31:42

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) provided US$30 million to BRAC Bank to support small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and larger companies hit by the impacts of Covid-19 pandemic. The...

Bangladesh's LPG export to India halted since March 2020

Bangladesh's LPG export to India halted since March 2020

M AZIZUR RAHMAN 2021-04-27 11:54:22

Export of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to India has been suspended for more than one year due to onslaught of the deadly coronavirus pandemic in the South Asian region as well as in the world. Bangl...

Clause amended to attract more investments in submarine cable business

Clause amended to attract more investments in submarine cable business

ISMAIL HOSSAIN 2021-04-27 10:48:33

The government has opened up licenses for the submarine cable business, removing the clause that allowed only two companies in the market. The government also wants to attract more local and foreign...

Tailors having tough time in port city

Tailors having tough time in port city

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-04-27 10:46:47

CHATTOGRAM: Like last year, dress-makers and fashion designers in the port city are facing a tough time in this Eid season due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown. In 2020, tailors faced financial...

Manpower recruiters seek extension of deadline for paying security money

Manpower recruiters seek extension of deadline for paying security money

FE REPORT 2021-04-27 10:34:15

Manpower recruitment agencies have sought extension of the deadline for payment of security money for two more years, as they are facing financial crisis due to the coronavirus pandemic. To this effe...

Bangladesh to buy two LNG cargoes from spot market

Bangladesh to buy two LNG cargoes from spot market

FE REPORT 2021-04-27 10:23:02

Bangladesh will buy two LNG cargoes from spot market in June, one less from May, as it will be importing more gas from term suppliers in the hot summer month. The state-run Petrobangla will import...

Cost of using Pangaon ICT to be similar to Kamalapur ICD

Cost of using Pangaon ICT to be similar to Kamalapur ICD

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-04-27 10:22:54

The government has moved to keep the cost of using Pangaon Inland Container Terminal (ICT) similar to that of the Kamalapur Inland Container Depot (ICD), in order to promote Dhaka-Chittagong waterways...

Swisscontact, BKMEA team up to support Covid-hit RMG workers

Swisscontact, BKMEA team up to support Covid-hit RMG workers

UNB 2021-04-26 20:02:57

Swisscontact and Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) has signed an agreement for the economic rehabilitation of readymade garments (RMG) workers amid the pandemic. Sar...

Ministry rejects proposal to hike edible oil prices before Eid

Ministry rejects proposal to hike edible oil prices before Eid

-- 2021-04-26 17:06:51

The government has rejected a proposal from a group of cooking oil traders to increase prices before the Eid-ul-Fitr. Companies importing, processing and marketing cooking oil in Bangladesh urged the...

BKMEA prefers Chattogram port instead of ICDs for import delivery

BKMEA prefers Chattogram port instead of ICDs for import delivery

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-04-26 15:54:18

The country’s readymade garment makers want delivery of imported raw materials from Chattogram port instead of inland container depots (ICDs) mainly to save time and money. Bangladesh Knitwear...

Thin customer presence frustrates Chattogram market owners

Thin customer presence frustrates Chattogram market owners

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2021-04-26 12:37:44

CHATTOGRAM: Supermarkets, shopping centres and shops reopened in the port city on Sunday, three weeks after remaining shut due to a series of nationwide lockdown clamped by the government to check the...

Dhaka's negotiations with Kathmandu over PTA likely to face hurdles

Dhaka's negotiations with Kathmandu over PTA likely to face hurdles

DOULOTAKTER MALA 2021-04-26 10:28:43

The country's negotiations with Nepal over the signing of Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) may face complexities centring the difference of opinion on fiscal benefits. Nepal has sought exemptions...

Exports, local market supply of poultry, fish feed face setback

Exports, local market supply of poultry, fish feed face setback

FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2021-04-26 10:19:42

The export of quality poultry and fish feed and its supply to the local market is allegedly being affected due to the stringent standardisation policy and regulation. Its complex certification proced...

Apparel makers seek soft loan again

Apparel makers seek soft loan again

FE REPORT 2021-04-26 09:26:28

The textile and garment exporters have demanded of the government to provide them again with financial support so that they could pay three months of wages and solve their financial setback created du...

BAU vice chancellor suggests investing more in farm sector R&D, agro-processing

BAU vice chancellor suggests investing more in farm sector R&D, agro-processing

FE REPORT 2021-04-26 09:18:53

The government should invest more in research and development (R&D) in the agriculture sector and agro-processing industry, in particular, to create a strong rural economy, Prof Dr Lutful Hassan,...

Dhaka's shopowners witness dull business

Dhaka's shopowners witness dull business

FE REPORT 2021-04-26 09:14:13

Shopowners witnessed dull business amid the thin presence of customers on Sunday as markets were allowed to start trading from the day. Traders attributed low transactions to suspension of public tra...

Pandemic perils: Chattogram Port remains unaffected

Pandemic perils: Chattogram Port remains unaffected

-- 2021-04-25 14:54:05

The Chattogram Port has remained largely unscathed by the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. The surge in virus cases and deaths has not affected the processing of ships or containers, accordin...

Online bookmaker Betway parent nears $5.1b deal to go public

Online bookmaker Betway parent nears $5.1b deal to go public

REUTERS 2021-04-25 13:19:37

Super Group, the parent company of online bookmaker Betway, is nearing a deal to go public through a merger with blank-check acquisition firm Sports Entertainment Acquisition Corp at a valuation of ab...

Deadline for marketing imported rice extended

Deadline for marketing imported rice extended

FE REPORT 2021-04-25 09:53:28

The government has again extended the deadline for marketing imported rice in the domestic market by the traders concerned, an official said. To this end, the Ministry of Food (MoF) had asked the a...

Bangladesh set to lift ban on yarn imports from Nepal

Bangladesh set to lift ban on yarn imports from Nepal

DOULOT AKTER MALA 2021-04-25 09:41:52

The government is set to withdraw ban on import of all types of yarn from Nepal following a request from the neighbouring country to facilitate bilateral trade. The National Board of Revenue (NBR)...

Chittagong port turns 134

Chittagong port turns 134

NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL 2021-04-25 09:38:55

CHATTOGRAM: The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) turns 134 on Sunday. Like last year, the port will observe its founding in a simple manner tomorrow as the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic is lashing...

Webinar on industry-academic linkage calls for developing human resources matching market demands

Webinar on industry-academic linkage calls for developing human resources matching market demands

-- 2021-04-25 09:32:40

Speakers at a programme on Saturday suggested the industries to work closely with academia to create human resource (HR) having specific skill sets that would match with the current and future deman...