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Over 2,000 trucks registered in Jan-March: BRTA

Over 2,000 trucks registered in Jan-March: BRTA

FE Online Report 2019-05-10 19:17:08

Truck registration across the country stood at 2,391 in first three months of the current calendar year, according to official data. Of them, some 1,716 trucks are based in Dhaka, showed the data by...

China vows to hit back as US hikes tariffs

China vows to hit back as US hikes tariffs

-- 2019-05-10 12:08:44

US President Donald Trump’s tariff increase to 25 per cent on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods took effect on Friday, and Beijing said it would strike back, ratcheting up tensions as the two...

Bank Asia holds workshop on Islamic Banking

Bank Asia holds workshop on Islamic Banking

FE Online Desk 2019-05-10 12:04:21

Bank Asia recently organised a day-long workshop on Islamic Banking in its Corporate Office for Dhaka based 50 Heads of Branches. Rumee A Hossain, Chairman of Board’s Executive Committee chaire...

Protein items get costlier raising woes of consumers

Protein items get costlier raising woes of consumers

FE Report 2019-05-10 10:12:44

Prices of fish, beef, chicken and garlic increased further last week, raising sufferings of the consumers, especially limited income groups, with the beginning of Ramadan. The government's with...

US, China attempt to rescue trade deal

US, China attempt to rescue trade deal

-- 2019-05-10 09:49:34

Top US and Chinese trade negotiators concluded the first of two days of talks on Thursday to rescue a trade deal that is close to collapsing as Washington prepares to go ahead with plans to hike tarif...

Farmers hit by Fani may get loan waiver

Farmers hit by Fani may get loan waiver

FE Report 2019-05-10 09:46:57

Farmers in areas hit by cyclone Fani might get loan waiver facility as part of the rehabilitation from the tropical storm that struck Bangladesh Saturday, officials said. The ministry of agriculture...

BB moves to salvage capital market

BB moves to salvage capital market

Siddique Islam 2019-05-10 09:35:26

The central bank has decided to extend its policy support further to bring back stability in the country's ailing capital market, officials said. As part of the initiative, a bank's investment in the...

BPC floats tender to import 1.345m tonnes of oil items

BPC floats tender to import 1.345m tonnes of oil items

FE Report 2019-05-10 09:25:05

The state-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has floated tender to import up to 1.345 million tonnes of refined oil products during the second half of 2019 calendar year (July-December). The...

World food prices climb in April,  cereal output seen rising: FAO

World food prices climb in April, cereal output seen rising: FAO

-- 2019-05-09 21:11:33

World food prices rose some 1.5 per cent in April, with a jump in dairy and meat prices helping offset a fall in cereal quotations, the United Nations (UN) food agency said on Thursday, reports Reuter...

Emirates airline reports 69pc profit fall in 2018-19

Emirates airline reports 69pc profit fall in 2018-19

FE Online Desk 2019-05-09 16:15:21

Emirates airline’s profit dropped 69 per cent in the 2018-19 financial year as higher oil prices, strengthened US dollar and intensified competition eroded earnings. The Dubai-based carrier rep...

Trump says China 'broke the deal' in trade talks

Trump says China 'broke the deal' in trade talks

-- 2019-05-09 12:00:13

US President Donald Trump speaks while meeting with China's Vice Premier Liu He in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, US, April 4, 2019. Reuters/File Photo President Donald Trump said...

‘My Emirates Pass’ offers special discounts across UAE

‘My Emirates Pass’ offers special discounts across UAE

FE Online Desk 2019-05-09 11:55:51

Emirates, one of the world’s leading airlines, has announced special benefits and discounts for its customers with the ‘My Emirates Pass’ for this summer. The pass, which turns an E...

Sinopec eyeing to team up with Technip

Sinopec eyeing to team up with Technip

M Azizur Rahman 2019-05-09 10:45:59

Chinese oil giant Sinopec is eyeing to team up with French company Technip to jointly build a new 3.0 million tonnes per year (Mtpa) capacity crude oil refinery worth US$1.15 billion (Tk 89.49 billi...

Experts urge SMEs to adopt technology to boost business

Experts urge SMEs to adopt technology to boost business

Kamrun Nahar 2019-05-09 10:40:10

Bangladesh, sooner or later, will also face the impact of change in core skills around the globe between 2015 and 2020, experts opined. Subsequently, the country's small and medium enterprises (SME...

NBR to issue instant BIN again

NBR to issue instant BIN again

Doulot Akter Mala 2019-05-09 09:43:42

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has decided to re-introduce the system of instant issuance of the BIN. This comes at odd with the board's earlier stance on verifying the information before the is...

BB relaxes rules to facilitate FDI

BB relaxes rules to facilitate FDI

Siddique Islam 2019-05-09 09:32:58

The central bank has relaxed regulation allowing foreigners to open temporary non-resident Taka account (NRTA) with any scheduled bank along with authorised dealer (AD) bank branches to facilitate for...

TCB intervention yields little  impact on market price

TCB intervention yields little impact on market price

FE Report 2019-05-08 21:25:15

The government's ongoing efforts have hardly yielded any visible impact on stabilising the market price of essential commodities during the holy month of Ramadan. As a result, the commoners are beari...

Saudi business group keen to invest in BD ports

Saudi business group keen to invest in BD ports

-- 2019-05-08 20:11:10

Saudi port operator and investment group – Red Sea Gateway Terminal (RSGT) – has expressed willingness to invest in Chattogram, Mongla and Payra ports and terminal sector in Bangladesh. T...

Govt take steps to make state-run sugar mills profitable

Govt take steps to make state-run sugar mills profitable

-- 2019-05-08 18:24:47

The government has taken initiatives to make state-run sugar mills profitable by keeping those operational throughout the year by diversifying their activities.  Currently, there are 15 sugar mi...

BASIS leading BD team at Japan IT Week

BASIS leading BD team at Japan IT Week

FE Online Desk 2019-05-08 13:38:29

BASIS member companies are showcasing their latest products and services in the Japan IT Week which began on Wednesday. It will continue till May 10, 2019.  Along with 62 members delegation fro...

Pathao targets up to $50m in fresh funds

Pathao targets up to $50m in fresh funds

-- 2019-05-08 13:32:36

Pathao, a Bangladeshi ride-hailing firm, is seeking to raise up to $50 million in its latest funding round to add more services such as payments and expand its food delivery business, its senior execu...

BSRM – Uttaran Water Project in Shatkhira

BSRM – Uttaran Water Project in Shatkhira

FE Online Desk 2019-05-08 13:21:47

BSRM and its NGO partner Uttaran have agreed to set up a submersible pipeline water supply project in Khanpur, Tala, Shatkhira.  The capacity of the water reservoir will be 50,000 litre, 500 HHs...

Brazil's vehicle exports fall 52pc in April

Brazil's vehicle exports fall 52pc in April

-- 2019-05-08 12:50:04

Brazil's motor vehicle exports dropped 52.3 per cent in April from a year earlier, the National Association of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (Anfavea) said Tuesday. The Anfavea said in a report that th...

BRAC Bank , Energypac Fashions sign deal

BRAC Bank , Energypac Fashions sign deal

FE Online Desk 2019-05-08 12:49:37

BRAC Bank Limited and Energypac Fashions Ltd have signed an Employee Banking Agreement. "Energypac Fashions Ltd, a leading technologically advanced RMG company in Bangladesh, is one of our largest co...

Hackers steal $41m worth of bitcoin from Binance

Hackers steal $41m worth of bitcoin from Binance

-- 2019-05-08 12:21:48

Hackers stole bitcoin worth $41 million from Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, the company said on Wednesday, the latest in a string of thefts from cryptocurrency exc...

Beef still selling at high price, as traders ignore fixed rate

Beef still selling at high price, as traders ignore fixed rate

FE Report 2019-05-08 10:20:47

Traders were still selling beef at a high rate on Tuesday, defying the city corporation-fixed rate. The price of beef, which has been on the rise over several months, has already gone beyond the re...

BGMEA again asks units to give foreign staff info

BGMEA again asks units to give foreign staff info

Monira Munni 2019-05-08 10:11:28

The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) again asked its member factories to provide information on foreigners working in the country's ready-made garment (RMG) industr...

IOM to implement PACE programme for migrants

IOM to implement PACE programme for migrants

FE Report 2019-05-08 10:09:00

The Gap Inc, a global apparel retailer, and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) have recently signed an agreement that will enable the UN agency to implement the company's innovative...

Summit’s FSRU fails to increase RLNG supply

Summit’s FSRU fails to increase RLNG supply

M Azizur Rahman 2019-05-08 09:36:30

The new LNG import terminal has 'failed' to increase the overall supply of re-gasified LNG (RLNG) to the national grid. State-owned Petrobangla, however, started counting 'capacity payment' charge of...

Traders running businesses peacefully, home minister claims

Traders running businesses peacefully, home minister claims

-- 2019-05-07 21:05:05

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has claimed that currently traders are running their businesses in more comfortable and peaceful situation than in the past. He made the remarks while addressing a prog...