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-- 2021-03-11 14:54:04
Applications to start new US businesses fell in February even as economic activity picked up amid an improving public health situation, government data showed on Wednesday. The Commerce Department sa...
Reuters 2021-03-11 14:27:55
British engine-maker Rolls-Royce plunged to a worse than expected 4 billion pound ($5.58 billion) loss in 2020 as the pandemic stopped airlines flying, but stuck to its outlook for cash outflow to imp...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-03-11 11:38:50
Prof Dr Syed Ferhat Anwar resigned as chairman of the BGMEA Election Board on Wednesday. He submitted his resignation letter to Dr Rubana Huq, president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Export...
Reuters 2021-03-11 11:17:35
With its striking facade, Palazzo delle Poste in the heart of Milan is one of the more elegant office spaces in Europe, hosting the likes of JPMorgan and Italy’s first ever Starbucks outlet. Ha...
Siddique Islam 2021-03-11 10:24:38
Nagad, a digital service of Bangladesh Post Office, has expressed willingness to provide its digital financial services to four banks, including the state-run Rupali Bank. In this connection, the c...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2021-03-11 10:16:11
The World Bank (WB) is going to appraise its funded 'slow-moving' projects in Bangladesh soon, which were on the weak trajectory in terms of implementation. Economic Relations Division (ERD) offici...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN 2021-03-11 08:42:04
The Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) and the global oil suppliers are at loggerheads over the enforcement of 'force majeure' provision for the supply and delivery of fuel during the pandemic per...
-- 2021-03-11 08:38:08
The ministry of finance has overlooked the 'tainted' image of Vitol Asia Pte Ltd., though the Singaporean company was blacklisted thrice in Sri Lanka while its US unit was accused of bribing Latin Ame...
FE REPORT 2021-03-11 08:32:09
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has lowered import taxes on non-boiled atap rice to 25 per cent from 62.5 per cent through issuing a gazette. However, the import of Basmati and Aromatic Rice will...
-- 2021-03-10 21:26:00
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has urged the government to reduce the tax at source on readymade garment (RMG) exports at 0.25 per cent from the existing 0.50 per c...
-- 2021-03-10 19:02:27
Popular musician turned actor Tahsan Khan has been appointed as the ‘Face of Evaly’, according to a statement. Tahsan will remain as the ‘Face’ for the country's e-commerce ma...
-- 2021-03-10 16:55:56
Three people are jumping on the bandwagon of digital transactions every second by opening Nagad accounts, the mobile financial service of the Bangladesh government, reports UNB. On March 7, about 0.2...
-- 2021-03-10 12:29:46
The dollar on Tuesday backed off its 3-1/2-month high as US Treasury yields stabilised ahead of key inflation data and Treasury auctions this week, boosting riskier currencies such as the pound, Austr...
-- 2021-03-10 11:06:02
Norway has suspended the sale of a Norwegian engine maker owned by Rolls-Royce Holdings to a Russian-controlled company while it assesses the security implications for the country’s navy and the...
FE REPORT 2021-03-10 09:25:34
Apparel export to the US, the country's single largest destination, registered over 16 per cent decline in January 2021 year-on-year mainly because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Bangladesh fetched US$ 51...
REZAUL KARIM 2021-03-10 09:20:14
The government has assigned 28 teams to monitor and oversee the price trends of key essential items in the city markets, officials said. However, experts have expressed doubts about the desired outco...
FE REPORT 2021-03-10 08:43:32
Onion prices rose further in the last three days, augmenting the woes of the consumers. The increased prices hit hard especially the commoners who had already dug deep into their pockets to meet the...
FE REPORT 2021-03-10 08:33:49
Country's overall LNG (liquefied natural gas) re-gasification reached around 837 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) on Monday, the highest-ever so far, as the government is importing a high volume of...
-- 2021-03-09 18:19:52
There are some shortcomings in the professional work of women entrepreneurs. If there are deficits, it will be difficult for women entrepreneurs to get loan facilities. That is why if we can train wom...
-- 2021-03-09 16:53:14
Dove soap maker Unilever will remove the word ‘normal’ from its beauty and personal care products, as well as stop digital alterations of body shapes and skin colour of models used in its...
Reuters 2021-03-09 10:49:37
Panasonic Corp will buy US supply-chain software firm Blue Yonder for 700 billion yen ($6.45 billion), in the Japanese electronics firm’s biggest acquisition since 2011, the Nikkei reported on M...
FE REPORT 2021-03-09 09:18:27
A three-day virtual exposition of textile fabrics will begin on March 22, aiming to create a matchmaking platform for the local and international traders, thus helping boost the country's economy. Ti...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN 2021-03-09 08:50:01
Indian ONGC Videsh Ltd has floated tender to pick contractors to do the drilling of two exploratory wells in two separate offshore blocks in the Bay of Bengal. The oil-gas explorer would get Titly in...
FE REPORT 2021-03-09 08:41:10
The spectrum auction of the telecoms regulator has broken all previous records as two leading market players stayed in the bid until 81st round for a block. The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulator...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-03-08 19:10:58
An insurance company has published a first-of-its-kind e-book to raise awareness about the career potential of women insurance agents and their contributions to the insurance industry. MetLife Bangl...
-- 2021-03-08 17:32:05
Bangladesh Bank has ordered the mobile financial service (MFS) providers not to conduct advertisement campaigns targeting each other with offensive content. The Payment Systems Department of the cent...
-- 2021-03-08 17:25:11
Aiming to accelerate the process of women's empowerment, Nagad, the digital financial service arm of Bangladesh Post Office has taken an initiative to recruit 10 women entrepreneurs in each upazila of...
Reuters 2021-03-08 17:09:56
Oil prices slipped on Monday after earlier climbing above $70 a barrel for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began after attacks on Saudi Arabian oil facilities. Yemen’s Houthi forces...
-- 2021-03-08 13:15:05
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has started the process of auctioning the unused spectrum of two bands. The event began at Hotel InterContinental in Dhaka at 11 am with four mobile...
REUTERS 2021-03-08 09:47:28
A collection of bitcoin (virtual currency) tokens are displayed in this picture illustration taken Dec 8, 2017 — Reuters/Benoit Tessier/Illustration/File Photo Bitcoin rose 4.18 per cent to $50...
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