YASIR WARDAD 2020-12-05 10:41:28
Rice continued to become dearer in the current Aman harvesting season which the insiders attributed to the paddy price hike in the country's main growing regions. Edible oil prices also witnessed fur...
FHM Humayan Kabir 2020-12-05 10:03:38
Bangladesh has got a big boost in its digitalisation era as the number of its internet users has almost doubled in last five years, insiders said on Friday. Some 67 per cent of the country's total...
FE Online Report 2020-12-05 09:57:04
The health impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Least Developed Countries (LDCs) during the first eight months of the current year was ‘considerably less severe than what had been initially feared...
FE Online Report 2020-12-05 09:28:07
Three Bangladeshi firms have entered into the greatly desired Forbes list of under US$ 1.0 billion company for 2020 for Asia and the Pacific region. They are: Square Pharmaceutical Company Limited (...
Xinhua 2020-12-04 18:50:42
Chinese-built factory has begun manufacturing concrete sleepers for a mega rail link project in Bangladesh connecting to the country's largest Padma bridge which was also being constructed by Chinese...
YASIR WARDAD 2020-12-04 11:19:55
Dhaka's residents are still paying higher for seasonal vegetables despite a significant decline in prices at growers' level at the beginning of full harvest time. Prices of some vegetables slightly...
Reuters 2020-12-04 10:55:00
More than 400 lawmakers from 34 countries have signed a letter to Amazon.com boss Jeff Bezos backing a campaign that claims the tech giant has “dodged and dismissed… debts to workers, soc...
Ismail Hossain 2020-12-04 10:04:55
The Courier Service Licencing Authority (CSLA) is going to introduce punitive measures, including imprisonment and fines, for the unlicenced courier service companies, according to officials at the...
MUNIMA SULTANA 2020-12-04 10:01:03
The Dhaka metro rail company has planned to start construction of the MRT-6 extension from Motijheel to Kamalapur Railway Station by next month although the complexities over the project are yet t...
FE Online Report 2020-12-03 20:48:28
The government will hold textile service week from December 06 aiming to flourish the sector. Facilitating clearance of imported textile machinery, correcting the ownership na...
FE Online Desk 2020-12-03 18:31:08
Life style of people has been changed due to Coronavirus pandemic. From the beginning of the crisis people`s daily activities were hampered. However, with the passage of time everything has become nor...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-12-03 18:14:53
The British High Commissioner Robert Chatterton Dickson met with the Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi on Thursday to formally propose the establishment of a UK-Bangladesh Trade and Investment Dialogue on...
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Bangladesh Bank (BB) has extended the usance period for the import of Ophthalmic Medical Equipment to 180 days from 90 days, including intraocular lens. “To facilitate the imports of Ophthalmic...
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Social Islami Bank Limited (SIBL) opened its 55th sub-branch at Budhata Bazar in Assasuni of Satkhira district on Dec 2. Managing director and CEO of the bank Quazi Osman Ali inaugurated the sub-bran...
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LafargeHolcim is allocating 100 million Swiss francs (111.89 million US dollar) to reduce its CO2 emissions in India, the world’s largest cement maker said on Thursday. The Swiss company will s...
FE REPORT 2020-12-03 10:52:35
Experts focus on the adaptation of integrated pest management (IPM) approach to fight back fall armyworm (FAW), one of the deadliest pests for maize across the globe. Ispahani Agro Ltd has got sub-gr...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2020-12-03 10:26:05
The state-owned Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE) has undertaken a handwash basin installation project without any feasibility study but with higher costs for the job. As per the propo...
MONIRA MUNNI 2020-12-03 08:37:27
The real minimum wages in Bangladesh witnessed the largest fall in Asia and the Pacific (APAC) region in the last decade while Vietnam recorded highest growth, according to a latest report of the Inte...
FE REPORT 2020-12-03 08:20:16
Bangladesh will offer land for free to electric car producers as this has huge economic opportunities, PM's private sector industry and investment adviser Salman F Rahman said on Wednesday. "We'll...
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Facebook-backed cryptocurrency Libra has been rebranded "Diem" in a renewed effort to gain regulatory approval by stressing the project's independence. Plans for Libra, first floated by Facebook last...
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Online marketplace evaly.com.bd has provided jerseys for physically-challenged para footballers ahead of the Bangabandhu Para Football Championship-2020. The jerseys were officially distributed among...
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Japanese automotive group Nissan is to set up a new regional business unit for Africa as it seeks to boost manufacturing capacity and penetrate one of the world’s biggest undeveloped new car mar...
FE Online Desk 2020-12-02 15:23:34
Eastern Bank Ltd (EBL) has been awarded the prestigious Bank of the Year 2020 Bangladesh by The Banker, an English-language monthly international financial affairs publication. The virtual award prog...
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Singapore has given US start-up Eat Just the greenlight to sell its lab-grown chicken meat, in what the firm says is the world’s first regulatory approval for so-called clean meat that does not...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN 2020-12-02 10:16:07
Construction of the proposed LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) terminal at Matarbari deep-sea port hits a snag due to dilly-dallying in selecting a partner for executing the project efficiently. The dela...
DOULOT AKTER MALA 2020-12-02 08:18:41
The taxmen are not accepting the financial statements of corporate taxpayers if those are not accompanied by the document verification codes (DVCs) given by the ICAB. A decision to this effect was e...
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Italy’s antitrust authority has fined Apple 10 million euros ($12 million) for ‘aggressive and misleading’ commercial practices regarding its iPhones. The regulator said in a statem...
FE Online Desk 2020-12-01 17:53:08
eGeneration, a leading system integration and software solutions company in Bangladesh, announced successful go-live implementation of SAP for UNIGAS, a concern of Unitex group. &nbs...
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Grameenphone has struck a deal with telecommunications infrastructure services company edotco Bangladesh to establish more than 500 towers to ensure connectivity to users. The new towers will expand...
FE Online Desk 2020-12-01 17:31:56
BDCSO Process, a forum of around 700 national Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), placed its declaration, containing 22 demands, in a virtual press conference y...
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