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Most Japanese firms skipping year-end parties due to Covid-19: Survey

-- 2020-11-19 13:46:23

Nearly 90 per cent of Japanese companies plan to skip year-end and New Year parties to prevent the spread of Covid-19, a private survey showed on Thursday, underscoring the pain the coronavirus pandem...

Move to raise toll of two major bridges

MUNIMA SULTANA 2020-11-19 10:18:28

The Bangladesh Bridges Authority (BBA) has initiated to increase toll of two major bridges by 20 to 100 per cent depending on the categories of vehicles. One is Bangabandhu Multipurpose Bridge and th...

Chittagong port's container handling goes up

SYFUL ISLAM 2020-11-19 09:58:37

Export-import trade through the Chittagong port is showing a positive trend this month compared to last month, despite fear of the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic. Until November 15, some 31,844 TEU...

Cambridge releases new edition of dictionary of trade policy terms

FE Online Report 2020-11-18 20:52:13

A new edition of the Dictionary of Trade Policy Terms has been released recently by Cambridge University Press in association with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and Centre for International Econo...

G-20 imposes lower trade restrictions in May-Oct

FE Online Report 2020-11-18 20:51:05

G-20, an international forum for the governments and central bank governors from 19 countries and the European Union (EU), adopted lower trade restrictive measures between mid-May and mid-October comp...

Boeing gets US approval to fly 737 MAX jet again

-- 2020-11-18 20:16:42

After nearly two years of scrutiny, corporate upheaval and a standoff with global regulators, Boeing Co won approval on Wednesday from the US Federal Aviation Administration to fly its 737 MAX jet aga...

Experts underscore resilient RMG supply chain for sustainable development

-- 2020-11-18 18:44:49

Experts on Wednesday emphasised creating a resilient supply chain for the ready-made garments (RMG) sector to overcome disasters that induces disruptions.  They made the observation in a worksho...

Amazon opens online pharmacy, shaking up another industry

AP 2020-11-18 16:36:00

Now at Amazon.com: insulin and inhalers.  The retail colossus opened an online pharmacy Tuesday that allows customers to order medication or prescription refills, and have them delivered to thei...

Emirates teams up with South African FlySafair

FE Online Desk 2020-11-18 15:33:42

Emirates airline and FlySafair have announced an interline agreement, opening up connections for customers to selected routes on FlySafair’s network in South Africa. Through the arrangement, Em...

Airlines scrambling to get ready for extreme cold Covid-19 vaccine distribution

-- 2020-11-18 14:09:24

Airlines are scrambling to prepare ultra-cold shipping and storage facilities to transport Covid-19 vaccines developed by Pfizer and Moderna, whose doses, which require deep freezing, are likely to be...

National AgriCare inks deal with Expressions Ltd for brand promotion

FE Online Desk 2020-11-18 13:58:37

National AgriCare Import & Export Ltd has signed an agreement with Expressions Ltd to assign the agency for its brand promotion, says a press release received Wednesday. Managing director of Nati...

Talent hunt programme for school-goers launched

FE REPORT 2020-11-18 10:19:24

E-commerce Association of Bangladesh (e-CAB) and Office of the Commissioner, Dhaka Division have formally launched 'E-Genius' which is a talent hunt programme for school-goers aiming to enhance thei...

Failure to complete Jamalpur project almost doubles cost

FE REPORT 2020-11-18 10:08:41

Jamalpur Municipality and LGED's failure to complete the rehabilitation of abandoned water-bodies and adjacent older religious establishments in Jamalpur town in four years had pushed up the project c...

NBR team finds VAT evasion by Lakeshore Hotel

FE Report 2020-11-18 10:04:58

A VAT intelligence team raided the Lakeshore Hotel in the capital on Tuesday for alleged VAT evasion through non-submission of returns as per law. The team also seized 349 bottles of liquor from th...

Dhaka's planned subway network may encompass four routes

MUNIMA SULTANA 2020-11-18 09:45:06

The authority concerned has planned to develop a subway network by establishing four routes in the city by 2030 at an estimated cost of US$ 32 billion, sources said. Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA)...

Rice prices on rise in harvest season

Yasir Wardad 2020-11-18 09:37:46

Rice prices are showing a rising trend despite the beginning of Aman harvest in full swing across the country. Aman is the second-largest source of the major staple after Boro. Prices of seasonal co...

Sales of Walton TV, home appliances go up in Q1 of FY21

-- 2020-11-17 20:23:04

Country’s electronics giant Walton Hi-Tech Industries Limited registered a 13.24 per cent growth in its television, electrical and home appliances sales of the July- September quarter of the cur...

JABIAN Business Network celebrates its third anniversary

FE Online Report 2020-11-17 19:29:04

The JABIAN Business Network (JBN), a platform of businesses of former and current students of Jahangirnagar University, celebrated its third-anniversary on Monday. The ceremony was held at a city hot...

Emirates tops global ranking in safe travel

FE Online Desk 2020-11-17 14:46:30

Emirates has been rated the safest airline in the world in its response to the Covid-19 Pandemic, according to the Safe Travel Barometer. The airline, which has set industry-leading safety standards...

Premier Bank gets new DMD and CFO

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-11-17 14:30:43

Sayed Abul Hashem has recently been appointed as Deputy Managing Director (DMD) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of The Premier Bank Limited. Prior to joining Premier Bank, he was the Group Chief Fi...

Indian workers supplying global brands lament 'routine exploitation'

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-11-17 13:29:02

Indian workers in factories supplying the supermarket chains Marks and Spencer, Tesco and Sainsbury's, and the fashion brand Ralph Lauren are being subjected to exploitative conditions, the BBC report...

Private firm's proposal to export 5,000 tonnes of hilsa pending with govt

FE REPORT 2020-11-17 11:02:47

A private firm has requested the government to allow export of 5,000 tonnes of hilsa to different countries in Asia, Middle East, and Europe on the occasion of the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheik...

Construction of deep-sea port at Matarbari formally begins

Nazimuddin Shyamol 2020-11-17 10:48:13

CHATTOGRAM: Work on the deep-sea port at Matarbari in Cox's Bazar formally started on Monday. "The foreign consultancy company for the dream project held a meeting with us today and started the wor...

Small traders to benefit from easier digital payment

FE REPORT 2020-11-17 10:09:26

The central bank has allowed banks, mobile financial and payment service providers to open personal retail accounts of micro merchants to help them get digital payment against their sales of goods a...

10,000 Bangladesh workers may secure Brunei jobs next year

ARAFAT ARA | November 17, 2020 00:00:00 2020-11-17 09:44:44

Bangladeshi workers are likely to get an opportunity to go to Brunei with jobs next year, as the country will start a new project that will create scopes of employment for many foreign workers, offici...

Webinar on Logistics held

FE Online Desk 2020-11-16 20:45:30

A webinar titled Logistics in the Time of Covid-19, organised by GIM Digital Truck, was held recently. eJogajog Limited Managing Director Alamgir Alvi and Chief Operating Officer of online marketpl...

Bangladeshi families bear over 90pc of health costs for elderly people out of pockets

SAJIBUR RAHMAN 2020-11-16 11:27:12

Bangladesh's households bear some 93 per cent of the total cost of illness for senior citizens as out-of-pocket payment, highest in South Asia, a new study finds. The study, conducted by Bangladesh I...

RCEP deal to boost foreign investment across the region: UNCTAD

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-11-16 09:56:22

China-led Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement is likely to boost foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Asia-Oceania region during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. United Natio...

VAT refund for businesses made easier

FE REPORT 2020-11-16 09:54:21

Businesses will be able to obtain VAT refund through purchasing raw materials on credit from now on. The National Board of Revenue (NBR) issued a clarification on November 11 by allowing the long-a...

Robi's giant IPO hits market  Tuesday

JASIM UDDIN HAROON & BABUL BARMAN 2020-11-16 09:35:41

Robi, the country's second-largest mobile phone operator, is set to launch the initial public offering (IPO) tomorrow (Tuesday). The IPO, being the largest one, will dwarf the one floated by its main...