-- 2021-01-13 11:04:26
Visa Inc said on Tuesday its political action committee had temporarily suspended all donations last week as it reviews its candidate contribution guidelines. A host of businesses have said they woul...
Reuters 2021-01-13 10:42:00
The Ad Council on Tuesday said it has raised $37 million from corporate donors including Bank of America, Facebook and General Motors to fund a nationwide coronavirus vaccine campaign aimed at encoura...
FE REPORT 2021-01-13 10:37:06
Expressing gratitude to the central bank for extending loan disbursement period under the stimulus package, the SME Foundation has urged the financial institutions to disburse the fund accordingly t...
Reuters 2021-01-13 09:31:47
PayPal Holdings said late on Monday (US standard time) it had blocked a Christian crowdfunding site, GiveSendGo, after it helped raise funds for people who attended last week’s event in Washingt...
MONIRA MUNNI 2021-01-13 09:17:50
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) will provide utilisation declaration (UD) services digitally from January 16 (Saturday) to ensure transparency and efficiency in...
Munima Sultana 2021-01-13 08:33:29
The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has so far constructed small bridges and other relevant structures having a combined length of 280 kilometres across the country, but it hardly carries out nece...
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Ecom Express, India’s leading technology-enabled end-to-end e-commerce logistics solutions provider, has invested around Tk 1.0 billion (Tk 100 crore) in Paperfly, the largest home delivery serv...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-01-12 19:50:39
India’s Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd on Tuesday said it would set up an agro-machinery assembling plant in Bangladesh due to the latter’s potential in growing farm mechanisation. Besides, th...
-- 2021-01-12 18:03:27
Deutsche Bank will not do business in the future with US President Donald Trump or his companies in the wake of his supporters’ deadly January 6 assault on the US Capitol. Deutsche Bank is Trum...
Global Times 2021-01-12 17:27:44
Nearly half of the 750-plus A-share companies that have announced preliminary results for the past year said their earnings improved, with petrochemical, pharmaceutical, high-tech, food and beverage s...
-- 2021-01-12 17:14:47
Some of the largest partner organisations (POs) involved in the government's solar home system (SHS) programme in off-grid areas, have decried what they describe as "an unfair policy" for waiving loan...
-- 2021-01-12 16:56:49
Ashraful Haq Chowdhury has been appointed as the special trustee and representative of the European Economic Development Council (EEDC), one of the world's leading development agencies, with effect fr...
FE Online Report 2021-01-12 14:18:48
The public hearing to fix the price of LPG, or liquefied petroleum gas, will begin on Thursday. In line with a court instruction, the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission, or BERC, has arranged th...
-- 2021-01-12 14:15:08
The prices of leading cryptocurrency Bitcoin plunged over 20 per cent on Monday from its historic high of nearly 42,000 US dollars on Friday. According to data from coindesk.com, Bitcoin's prices tum...
Reuters 2021-01-12 11:57:41
Parler LLC, a social media platform favoured by many supporters of US President Donald Trump, sued Amazon.com on Monday, accusing it of making an illegal, politically motivated decision to shut it dow...
ISMAIL HOSSAIN 2021-01-12 10:05:12
The year 2020 saw more than 4.5-million new mobile subscribers despite the impact of Covid-19 on the economy from March last year. Industry insiders said nearly 4.0-million mobile subscribers left...
REZAUL KARIM 2021-01-12 10:01:36
The government has asked the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) to strengthen its monitoring on the edible oil market aiming to contain unusual price hike of the key cooking...
Munima Sultana 2021-01-12 08:54:01
Cost of the Dhaka-Mawa Expressway is set to increase once again for adding new components to its supporting project six months before its closure. The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has estimate...
-- 2021-01-11 22:40:45
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has decided to provide the duty-free facility for import of COVID-19 protective materials —including masks, kits and other personal protective equipment (PPE)...
-- 2021-01-11 19:44:35
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi said the global economic dimension has changed a lot and in order to sustain in the international market with access to diversified export, it needs to conduct more insti...
FE Online Desk 2021-01-11 14:19:13
British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert Chatterton Dickson along with Khalid Mustafiz Gaffar, Deputy Head of Trade and Investment paid a visit to Eastern Bank Ltd (EBL) Head Office at Gulshan i...
FE Online Desk 2021-01-11 12:47:09
Local e-commerce company Evaly is going to sponsor a film titled ‘Operation Sundarbans’. The film, based on RAB’s drive to remove pirates from the Sundarbans, will be produced by RA...
-- 2021-01-11 10:13:57
Major HSBC shareholders are calling on Europe’s biggest bank to toughen its commitment to cut lending linked to fossil fuels and to turn its climate “ambitions” into targets. Invest...
FE Report 2021-01-11 10:07:54
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) will hold lottery draw on invoices of Electronic Fiscal Device (EFD) on February 5, 2021. The lottery draw will be held on the EFD-generated invoices to be issue...
FE REPORT 2021-01-11 10:04:35
Bangladesh Cargo Vessel Owners Association (BCVOA) on Sunday warned of waging a movement unless their six-point demands, including stopping illegal toll collection, are met within next 90 days. The...
MUNIMA SULTANA 2021-01-11 09:42:20
The government has started working on fixing fares for the first-ever metro-rail, being constructed from Uttara to Motijheel in the city, expecting to propose the rates within a few months. The fare...
FE Report 2021-01-11 08:43:04
The government has allowed 64 more traders to import over 0.171 million tonnes of rice to boost the supply of the staple in the domestic market as it struggles with containing the runaway prices, offi...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN 2021-01-11 08:38:24
Japanese firm Tokyo Gas Co Ltd has finally been awarded the job of carrying out a feasibility study, preparing documents and helping select a final bidder to build the country's maiden land-based LNG...
FE Report 2021-01-11 08:30:11
Both consumers and marginal farmers are suffering as prices of rice continue to surge, analysts said on Sunday. To remedy the situation, they suggested forming an Agricultural Price Commission to pro...
Reuters 2021-01-10 19:09:58
Hyundai Motor and Apple Inc plan to sign a partnership deal on autonomous electric cars by March and start production as early as 2024 in the United States, local newspaper Korea IT News reported on S...
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