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BD High Commission in Nigeria receives ‘Best Foreign Participant Award’

BD High Commission in Nigeria receives ‘Best Foreign Participant Award’

FE Online Desk 2019-04-09 14:27:09

Bangladesh High Commission in Abuja, Nigeria has participated at the Kaduna International Trade Fair, organised by Kaduna Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, for the first time. Dr...

SJIBL holds 765th EC meeting

SJIBL holds 765th EC meeting

FE Online Desk 2019-04-09 14:02:40

The 765th meeting of the Executive Committee (EC) of Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited was held recently at the Board Room of Corporate Head Office of the Bank. The meeting was presided over by Dr. Anwer...

SIBL workshop on 'Branch Management & Leadership Development'

SIBL workshop on 'Branch Management & Leadership Development'

FE Online Desk 2019-04-09 13:57:30

Social Islami Bank Limited arranged a three-day long workshop on “Branch Management & Leadership Development” recently at its Training Institute at the Head Office of the Bank. Mr. Qu...

UCB Card holders get special benefits at Bangkok Hospital

UCB Card holders get special benefits at Bangkok Hospital

FE Online Desk 2019-04-09 13:48:43

United Commercial Bank Limited (UCB) has signed an agreement with Life and Health Limited, Bangladesh liaison office of Bangkok Hospital at the premises of the bank recently. Under the agreement, UCB...

Ghosn blames ‘backstabbing’ of ex-Nissan executives for his arrest

Ghosn blames ‘backstabbing’ of ex-Nissan executives for his arrest

-- 2019-04-09 13:40:57

Nissan ex-boss Carlos Ghosn has accused former executives at the firm of "backstabbing" and said he is innocent of all charges against him. He said he was victim of a "conspiracy" and appealed to hav...

RMG factories start using 'jhut' to run boilers

RMG factories start using 'jhut' to run boilers

Monira Munni 2019-04-09 10:49:04

The country's readymade garment (RMG) factories have started using cutting wastes, popularly known as jhut, to run boilers amid short supply of natural gas - presently the main energy source for the b...

EU lawmakers back fines for internet firms

EU lawmakers back fines for internet firms

Reuters 2019-04-09 10:48:22

European Union lawmakers have backed plans to fine Facebook, Google, Twitter and other online platforms if they fail to remove extremist content within one hour. The measures have been brought into...

Gas price hike to cast negative impact on industry, employment

Gas price hike to cast negative impact on industry, employment

FE Report 2019-04-09 10:34:00

Leaders of a trade body on Monday expressed concern over the possible impact of gas price hike, urging the government to frame a long-term pricing policy for the primary energies like gas and oil. Th...

US firm to help improve Ctg port rly connectivity

US firm to help improve Ctg port rly connectivity

Syful Islam 2019-04-09 09:20:38

EagleRail, a US-based container logistics service provider, has sought to invest in rail connectivity at the Chattogram port, officials said. It is interested to carry containers from the port yard t...

Is Karnaphuli Paper Mills going bust?

Is Karnaphuli Paper Mills going bust?

Jubair Hasan 2019-04-09 09:14:30

The state-owned Karnaphuli Paper Mills (KPM) is fast sliding into crisis as both productivity and financial health of the entity have deteriorated, officials have said. Established in 1953, the mill...

Internet subscribers now 92.061m

Internet subscribers now 92.061m

FE Online Report 2019-04-08 17:01:06

The total number of internet subscribers reached 92.061 million till February, 2019. Of them, 86.268 million are mobile phone internet users while 5.731 million subscribers are using broadband intern...

Grameenphone hits 10m 4G internet users

Grameenphone hits 10m 4G internet users

-- 2019-04-08 14:38:42

Within months of introducing the fourth generation (4G), Grameenphone has become the first operator in the country to cross the 10.0 million 4G internet users Since the launch of 4G in February 2018,...

American Airlines extends 737 MAX cancellations to June 5

American Airlines extends 737 MAX cancellations to June 5

Reuters 2019-04-08 11:47:50

American Airlines said on Sunday (local time) it will extend cancellations of 90 flights a day through June 5 because of the grounding of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft following two deadly crashes in five m...

Nissan shareholders sever last ties with Ghosn

Nissan shareholders sever last ties with Ghosn

-- 2019-04-08 10:53:12

Nissan Motor Co shareholders voted former chairman Carlos Ghosn out as a director on Monday, severing his last ties with the automaker. Shareholders at the emergency meeting also voted out another di...

NBR to request BB for devising mechanism

NBR to request BB for devising mechanism

FE Report 2019-04-08 10:11:50

National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan has assured the women entrepreneurs of taking up their concerns over the need for increased access to bank loans with the Bangladesh...

Brexit won't impact trade between BD and UK

Brexit won't impact trade between BD and UK

Mir Mostafizur Rahaman 2019-04-08 09:19:58

Visiting British Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Mark Field has said business between Bangladesh and the United Kingdom (UK) will be as usual in the post-Brexit era. "I th...

Petrobangla gets Tk 10b in subsidies

Petrobangla gets Tk 10b in subsidies

M Azizur Rahman 2019-04-08 09:17:45

State-run Petrobangla has received subsidies worth Tk 10 billion from the government to foot LNG import bills, its first since purchase started. The amount of subsidy is, however, around one-third of...

MCCI pushes for corporate tax cut

MCCI pushes for corporate tax cut

FE Report 2019-04-08 09:15:19

The Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI), on Sunday, demanded reduction of corporate tax, increasing tax-free ceiling for individual taxpayers, and waiving the provision for imposing d...

New NAFTA deal 'in trouble'

New NAFTA deal 'in trouble'

-- 2019-04-07 19:31:21

More than six months after the United States, Mexico and Canada agreed a new deal to govern more than $1 trillion in regional trade, the chances of the countries ratifying the pact this year are reced...

Mobile phone subscribers now 158.438m

Mobile phone subscribers now 158.438m

FE Online Report 2019-04-07 18:27:52

The total number of mobile phone subscribers has reached 158.438 million till February, 2019. There were 157.544 million subscribers as of the end of January, 2019, according to Bangladesh Telecommun...

Export earnings see moderate growth in July-March

Export earnings see moderate growth in July-March

FE Online Report 2019-04-07 14:56:57

Earnings from the country's merchandise exports in the first nine months of the current fiscal year (FY) maintained a moderate growth of about 13 per cent to US$ 30.90 billion. The country fetched $...

Heavygari: Commercial vehicle renting is just a click away

Heavygari: Commercial vehicle renting is just a click away

FE Online Desk 2019-04-07 13:29:08

Renting commercial vehicle now is easier than ever… thanks to Heavygari. Heavygari is a local venture that will help you rent any and every possible commercial vehicle. They have already launch...

She Trades Outlook  stakeholder consultation & pilot surveys in Bangladesh

She Trades Outlook stakeholder consultation & pilot surveys in Bangladesh

FE Online Desk 2019-04-07 13:03:12

BUILD in collaboration with The International Trade Centre (ITC) and the Ministry of Commerce, GoB organized  a national stakeholder consultation meeting recently in Dhaka. The purpose of the wo...

Siegwerk plans to build a new Blending Center in Bangladesh

Siegwerk plans to build a new Blending Center in Bangladesh

FE Online Desk 2019-04-07 12:49:45

Siegwerk, one of the leading global suppliers of printing inks for packaging applications and labels, has announced plans for a new Blending Center in the Dhaka region, in Bangladesh. The center is ex...

PaperTech expo starts Thursday

PaperTech expo starts Thursday

FE Report 2019-04-07 11:01:33

A three-day international exhibition on paper technology will begin in the capital's international Convention City Bashundhara (ICCB) on Thursday (April 11). The '4th PaperTech Expo 2019' is expected...

Govt to ensure production-friendly environment for entrepreneurs

Govt to ensure production-friendly environment for entrepreneurs

FE Report 2019-04-07 10:50:54

Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun on Saturday assured the investors and entrepreneurs of the government's continued support for creating a business and production-friendly environment to...

Low expectations rescue G7 summit

Low expectations rescue G7 summit

-- 2019-04-07 10:14:21

The Group of Seven nations ended a foreign ministers’ meeting in western France without quarreling on Saturday, as they looked to lay the groundwork for a leaders’ summit in August despite...

Feasibility study soon on Jamuna river tunnel

Feasibility study soon on Jamuna river tunnel

FHM Humayan Kab 2019-04-07 09:31:55

The Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) is expected to conduct a feasibility study on the Jamuna river tunnel and is looking for US$14.62 million support from development partners, officials said Saturd...

Wealth tax growth belies rising number of the rich

Wealth tax growth belies rising number of the rich

Doulot Akter Mala 2019-04-07 09:29:07

The growth in collection of wealth tax from rich people slowed in the last fiscal year despite a significant rise in the number of such people. The collection of taxes from wealthy people in the form...

RHD to save Tk 15b on a mega-project

RHD to save Tk 15b on a mega-project

Munima Sultana 2019-04-07 09:17:45

For the first time in its history, the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) is set to finish a mega project before time, cutting back on a hefty budget. Sources said a militant attack on Holey Artisan...