Reuters 2021-02-08 11:24:43
China’s aluminium sector must shut dedicated power capacity equivalent to more than Germany’s entire coal fleet over the next decade to keep Beijing on track to meet its carbon pledges, cl...
-- 2021-02-08 09:49:31
Britain’s Rolls-Royce said on Sunday it is proposing a two week operational shutdown of its civil aerospace unit over the summer as it manages costs due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic....
FE REPORT 2021-02-08 09:28:46
Agriculture Minister Dr M Abdur Razzaque has said Bangladesh has a great potential to produce corn oil, which could help the country reduce its dependence on edible oil import. The minister said this...
FE REPORT 2021-02-08 09:23:19
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has amended the definition of CKD motorcycles to ease the import process of hi-tech bikes. Customs wing of the board has issued an order, dated January 28, 2021,...
FE REPORT 2021-02-08 09:01:31
The world is passing a golden age of natural gas, and countries like Bangladesh can make the best use of global LNG (liquefied natural gas) surplus to further make electricity generation and distrib...
-- 2021-02-07 22:38:03
The country's biggest mobile financial service (MFS) provider bKash has achieved a distinct benchmark of compliance for maintaining a high level of data security of the customers. The company has bec...
Reuters 2021-02-07 21:27:40
Exports from Britain to the European Union fell by 68 per cent in January as trade was disrupted after the end of a transition period following Britain’s departure from the European Union, accor...
Reuters 2021-02-07 19:29:43
China’s market regulator issued new anti-monopoly guidelines on Sunday that target internet platforms, tightening existing restrictions faced by the country’s tech giants. The new rules...
FE Online Report 2021-02-07 18:01:22
ABM Shamsuddin, chairman of Hannan group, has formally been announced as the panel leader of Forum, a panel of the country's garment makers. The announcement was made on Saturday at an event held at...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-02-07 17:31:43
Rahel Ahmed has joined Nagad, the digital financial service arm of the Bangladesh Post Office, as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Prior to joining NAGAD, Ahmed was the managing director and the C...
-- 2021-02-07 17:26:29
The Bankers' Club of Bangladesh (BCBL) inaugurated a new four-storey building in the capital's Uttara area on Saturday, says a press release. Chairman of the Association of Bankers, Bangladesh (ABB)...
-- 2021-02-07 16:27:11
The 26th edition of the Dhaka International Trade Fair will not begin on Mar 17 as originally planned even though the preparations have been made to stage the event at the Bangladesh-China Friendship...
-- 2021-02-07 10:27:35
Amazon.com Inc has ordered hundreds of trucks that run on compressed natural gas (CNG) as it tests ways to shift its US fleet away from heavier polluting trucks, the company said on Friday. The coron...
FE REPORT 2021-02-07 10:14:38
Despite challenges, women entrepreneurs continue to contribute to the national economy through their patience, creativity and hard work. It is thus essential to include them while framing strategies...
DOULOT AKTER MALA 2021-02-07 10:00:42
Bangladesh has initiated to ratify the International Labour Organisation's minimum age convention for admission into employment with intent to secure its duty-free market access to the European Union...
MUNIMA SULTANA 2021-02-07 09:43:51
The toll for the country's first expressway is likely to be Tk 2.0 per kilometre, the same rate of using the national highways, until inauguration of the Padma Bridge, sources said. They said the 55-...
MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN 2021-02-07 09:36:33
The delay in evaluation of a loan amounting to Tk 142.50 billion (14,250.61 crore) project to be funded by China has raised concern among the authorities. The loan proposal for the project titled '...
-- 2021-02-06 11:23:42
Oil prices rose about 1.0 per cent on Friday, after hitting their highest in a year and closing in on $60 a barrel, supported by economic revival hopes and supply curbs by producer group OPEC and its...
ARAFAT ARA 2021-02-06 10:55:10
Probashi Kallyan Bank (PKB) is set to provide loans to general clients by this month with a view to expanding its service as a scheduled bank. Officials said one can take out a loan of highest Tk 2.0...
-- 2021-02-06 10:47:20
Global rice prices hit a seven-month high in January 2021 in which Bangladesh's import policy revision, among others, also played a role, according to the latest report of Food and Agricultural Organi...
FE REPORT 2021-02-06 10:45:30
Insurance industry insiders have hailed abolishing commission system in non-life business procurement by the regulator, saying it will strengthen financial health of the insurance companies. As a p...
FE REPORT 2021-02-06 09:55:48
A total of 101 consumers on Friday scooped Tk 1.22 million on the lottery of electronic fiscal device (EFD) invoices they got after purchases this January. The National Board of Revenue (NBR) introdu...
SYFUL ISLAM 2021-02-06 09:42:33
Bangladesh is now weighing two Indian proposals for either providing 'price undertaking' or stopping subsidies in order to get anti-dumping duty on jute goods withdrawn, officials say. Price undert...
-- 2021-02-05 19:09:01
Aarong, a lifestyle retail chain of the country, inaugurated a new multi-brand outlet in Tejgaon area of Dhaka on Friday. Managing Director of BRAC social enterprises Tamara Hasan Abed inaugurated th...
-- 2021-02-05 14:42:31
Consulting firm McKinsey & Company on Thursday said it has agreed to pay nearly $600 million to resolve investigations by most US states into its alleged role in “turbocharging” sales...
FE REPORT 2021-02-05 10:40:25
Prices of Atta, chicken, onion, garlic, and lemon witnessed a hike last week battering the consumers further. Packet Atta (coarse wheat flour) prices were raised by Tk 2.0 a kg by leading companies i...
FE Report 2021-02-05 10:36:17
Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) has brought some 43 new products under mandatory licencing to ensure availability of quality products in the market. The firms will have to put BST...
FE REPORT 2021-02-05 09:54:05
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has offered tax waiver of prize money of the electronic fiscal device lottery winners. The income tax wing of the board issued an order on Tuesday by waiving 20 pe...
FE REPORT 2021-02-05 08:46:34
Demanding compensation, employees of Sanofi Bangladesh have decided to go on fast-unto-death from tomorrow (Saturday), although the management terms it "illogical." The announcement for protest came...
-- 2021-02-04 17:21:52
CVC Finance and Dotlines Bangladesh Limited joined hands on Thursday by signing a MoU to develop alternate delivery channels for the products of CVC Finance, according to a statement. This partnershi...
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