FE Online Desk 2021-01-03 16:17:39
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry is going to organise a virtual business-to-business (B2B) meet styled “DCCI Business Conclave-2020” on January 5-7. The three-day conclave, the firs...
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Digital currency Bitcoin extended its record-smashing rally on Saturday, beginning the year with a surge over $30,000 for the first time, with ever more traders and investors betting that it is on its...
FE Online Report 2021-01-02 18:46:35
Though the government initiated two projects for diversification of two sugar mills at a cost the of Tk 8000 million seven years ago, no development is noticed showing sheer callousness of the concern...
-- 2021-01-02 16:41:52
Mongla Port, the second largest sea harbor of the country, witnessed anchoring of at least 117 foreign ships in last December breaking all previous records, said an official. The ship mostly containe...
Hindustan Times 2021-01-02 16:04:11
Bajaj Auto on Friday announced that it has become the first two-wheeler brand in the world to cross a market capitalisation of rupees 100,000 crore (converts to about USD 13.6 billion). In a recent...
REZAUL KARIM 2021-01-02 11:36:48
The government is eager to allow the import of environment-friendly plastic scrap items which do not put any adverse impacts on the domestic industry and the environment. However, the Bangladesh Plas...
FE REPORT 2021-01-02 11:29:38
The employees and workers of Faridpur Sugar Mills demanded to the government to pay all their dues immediately for the sake of their survival. They made the demand from a rally in front of the Nation...
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Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd will focus on developing its core portfolio of sport-utility vehicles (SUVs) and their electric version, a senior executive said on Friday after the company ended joint ven...
MONIRA MUNNI 2021-01-02 09:02:29
One-fourth of the BGMEA members, large in size, accounted for a major share of the country's total readymade garment exports and employment, industry people say. Some 351 large units of the trade g...
FE REPORT 2021-01-02 08:55:31
Rice prices increased again last week despite the government's reduced import duties on the staple, according to market sources. Palmoil, broiler chicken, also registered a hike, further battering...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON 2021-01-02 08:45:14
The container traffic at the Chittagong port contracted by approximately 6.0 per cent in 2020 as the Covid-19 rattled movement. The country's main sea port witnessed the negative growth of containe...
Jubair Hasan 2021-01-02 08:37:40
Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) is sinking into atrophy as its financial and operational health has deteriorated, people familiar with the situation say. The sorry state of the co...
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Britain and Vietnam signed a free trade agreement on Tuesday, Vietnam's trade ministry said, days before Britain completes its transition out of the European Union. The deal, which will replace the e...
-- 2021-01-01 15:35:52
Prime Bank has recently launched a real-time remittance service, called RemitPrime, for the customers of its subsidiaries in Singapore and the UK. RemitPrime is the first real-time, online platf...
REUTERS 2021-01-01 14:01:32
The US decision to impose additional tariffs on French wines and cognac, which come in addition to a first set of tariffs late last year, will cost the sector a total of over 1 billion euros ($1.23 bi...
REUTERS 2021-01-01 13:49:22
Coronavirus-spurred growth in the technology sector will help drive M&A activity in the Asia Pacific next year, bankers and lawyers predict, with the potential easing of Sino-US tensions likely to...
FE REPORT 2021-01-01 12:09:58
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will provide Bangladesh with an additional loan of US$ 18.07 million to rebuild microenterprises as well as to support smallholders affected...
-- 2020-12-31 20:00:17
Six months after raising its initial pre-seed funding, Bangladeshi EdTech start-up Shikho confirms that it has now closed a $175,000 bridge investment from three new investors, alongside a follow-on i...
-- 2020-12-31 11:06:34
The ready-made garment (RMG) factories can get cheaper electricity if they go for net metering after setting up rooftop solar system for electricity generation. The utility billing mechanism can save...
REUTERS 2020-12-31 10:31:43
The European Union and China agreed on Wednesday to an investment deal that will give European companies greater access to Chinese markets and help redress what Europe sees as unbalanced economic ties...
FE REPORT 2020-12-31 10:04:44
Experts at a webinar on Wednesday put an emphasis on development of varied crops, fish and cattle through extensive research to boost production aiming to make the country self-sufficient in food pr...
SAIF UDDIN 2020-12-31 09:52:39
Sluggish demand followed by a spike in raw material prices pushed the local mild steel (MS) rod makers in a precarious position in 2020 amid the virus pandemic. According to traders, inconsistency...
FE Online Desk 2020-12-30 12:47:39
Emirates has announced the appointment of Mohamed Alhammadi as Country Manager in Bangladesh, effective 1 st January 2021. Saeed Abdulla Miran, currently Country Manager in Bangladesh will take on the...
-- 2020-12-30 12:08:07
Activist hedge fund Third Point LLC is pushing Intel Corp to explore strategic alternatives, including whether it should keep chip design and production under one roof, according to a letter it sent t...
REZAUL KARIM 2020-12-30 11:26:04
The government has initiated to assess the extent of losses by agri-processed food, especially halal food, exporters for unavailability of a heath certification system in Bangladesh. Officials sai...
-- 2020-12-30 09:22:54
Boeing’s 737 MAX resumed passenger flights in the United States for the first time on Tuesday after a 20-month safety ban was lifted last month. American Airlines Flight 718 landed at New York&...
MONIRA MUNNI 2020-12-30 08:59:49
H&M, one of the largest global apparel brands, has cut more than 100 jobs from Bangladesh production office mainly to cope up with the rapid changes in the retail industry amid the Covid-19 pandem...
YASIR WARDAD 2020-12-30 08:53:30
Though consumers got some relief for an increased supply of newly harvested onions, Bangladeshi farmers fell into despair as India has lifted its export ban on the spice during this peak harvesting...
FE REPORT 2020-12-30 08:47:45
The central bank has extended the deadline by three months to execute the stimulus package for small entrepreneurs in the farm sector, officials said. The banks are now allowed to implement the packa...
Reuters 2020-12-30 00:47:00
Britain and Vietnam signed a free trade agreement on Tuesday, Vietnam’s trade ministry said, days before Britain completes its transition out of the European Union.The deal, which will for Brita...
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