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SBAC Bank donates Tk 2.50m to PM relief fund for Chawkbazar fire victims

SBAC Bank donates Tk 2.50m to PM relief fund for Chawkbazar fire victims

FE Online Desk 2019-04-04 12:46:52

The SBAC Bank donated Tk 2.50 million to the Prime Minister's Relief and Welfare Fund as assistance for the people who were affected by the fire which broke out at Churihatta area in Old Dhaka’s...

BD trade policy review begins in WTO

BD trade policy review begins in WTO

FE Online Report 2019-04-04 12:39:57

The fifth review of the trade policies and practices of Bangladesh started at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland, on Wednesday. Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi is lea...

BRAC Bank, bKash partner with Malaysian Incentive Remit

BRAC Bank, bKash partner with Malaysian Incentive Remit

FE Online Desk 2019-04-04 12:39:02

BRAC Bank Limited and the country’s largest mobile financial services (MFS) provider bKash Limited have partnered with Malaysia’s Incentive Remit for digital money transfers. The new stra...

UK new car sales fall around 3pc in March

UK new car sales fall around 3pc in March

-- 2019-04-04 11:21:55

British new car registrations fell by around an annual 3 per cent last month as uncertainty over diesel and Brexit continued to hit consumer confidence, according to preliminary data from an industry...

Ex-Nissan chief Ghosn re-arrested in Japan over new claims

Ex-Nissan chief Ghosn re-arrested in Japan over new claims

-- 2019-04-04 11:12:37

Former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn has been re-arrested in Tokyo while out on bail pending trial over claims of financial misconduct. Prosecutors said the 65-year-old had been detained over suspicions...

UCB donates Tk 10m to PM relief fund

UCB donates Tk 10m to PM relief fund

-- 2019-04-04 10:59:34

United Commercial Bank (UCB) Limited has donated Tk 10.00 million to the Prime Minister's Relief Fund. Chairman of Executive Committee of United Commercial Bank Limited and Vice-Chairmen of Banglades...

Private Medical College Assoc seeks tax exemption

Private Medical College Assoc seeks tax exemption

FE Report 2019-04-04 10:34:35

Private medical college authorities have sought tax exemption on the earnings of the colleges in the upcoming budget for fiscal year (FY) 2019-20, saying that these educational institutions are nonp...

IMF for in-depth study of changes in VAT law

IMF for in-depth study of changes in VAT law

Doulot Akter Mala 2019-04-04 09:52:00

The government should conduct an in-depth cost benefit analysis of the possible changes in the new VAT law, and focus on transition of the existing VAT payers to the new regime, the International Mone...

Underwriting guidelines need overhaul to benefit life insurers

Underwriting guidelines need overhaul to benefit life insurers

Jasim Uddin Haroon 2019-04-04 09:40:34

Life firms' underwriting guidelines need to be reformed due to the country's rapidly growing life expectancy, according to a study. The paper presented at a seminar in the city last week said such re...

Payra 1,320-MW power plant project hits snag

Payra 1,320-MW power plant project hits snag

M Azizur Rahman 2019-04-04 09:37:43

Implementation of the Payra 1,320-megawatt (MW) thermal power plant project in Patuakhali is being delayed, allegedly due to lack of coordination among the stakeholders involved. Only 70 per cent act...

Money laundering scandal tarnishes Nordic trust

Money laundering scandal tarnishes Nordic trust

-- 2019-04-03 18:23:15

Money laundering allegations involving Sweden and Denmark have shattered faith in the open Nordic business culture, prompting demands for tighter controls on the banks held responsible. Ranked among...

Ford to launch more than 30 new models in China

Ford to launch more than 30 new models in China

-- 2019-04-03 17:00:48

Ford Motor plans to launch more than 30 new models in China over the next three years of which over a third will be electric vehicles, the US automaker said on Wednesday, as it seeks to reverse slumpi...

Emirates wins Best First Class award

Emirates wins Best First Class award

FE Online Desk 2019-04-03 15:09:51

Emirates has been awarded Best First Class in the world at the 2019 TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice Awards for airlines. The airline also clinched several other awards including Best Regional Bus...

EBL signs deal with Cricketers' Kitchen

EBL signs deal with Cricketers' Kitchen

FE Online Desk 2019-04-03 13:37:19

M. Khorshed Anowar, Head of Retail and SME Banking, Eastern Bank Ltd (EBL) and Mohammad Akram Khan,former captain of Bangladesh ODI team and  Managing Partner of Cricketers’ Kitchen signed...

FSIBL workshop begins

FSIBL workshop begins

FE Online Desk 2019-04-03 13:28:56

First Security Islami Bank inaugurated a workshop on Foreign Exchange & International Trade Financing on April 3 at FSIBL Training Institute, Dhaka. Mr. Abdul Aziz, Additional Managing Director,...

eGeneration to provide Microsoft Solutions to Robi

eGeneration to provide Microsoft Solutions to Robi

FE Online Desk 2019-04-03 13:02:51

eGeneration Limited, Licensing Solutions Partner (LSP) of Microsoft Bangladesh, has recently signed an agreement with Robi Axiata Limited, second largest mobile network operator in Bangladesh, to prov...

BTRC asks GP to pay Tk 125.79b in dues

BTRC asks GP to pay Tk 125.79b in dues

-- 2019-04-03 12:05:09

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has sent a letter to the country's leading telecom operator Grameenphone (GP) to pay Tk 125.79 billion in dues. Of the total amount, GP owes...

Ex-Nissan boss Ghosn says ready to ‘tell the truth’ about events

Ex-Nissan boss Ghosn says ready to ‘tell the truth’ about events

-- 2019-04-03 11:07:17

Ousted Nissan Motor Co boss Carlos Ghosn on Wednesday said on Twitter that he was getting ready to tell the truth about recent events and that he would hold a news conference on April 11. “I&rs...

Ctg port grapples with import containers

Ctg port grapples with import containers

Syful Islam 2019-04-03 10:52:37

The number of import containers at Chattogram port looks to grow bigger with every passing day, making its yard heavily congested. When things have got this bad, the authorities of the country's pr...

Inspection authority fails to eliminate safety hazards in garment factories: Accord

Inspection authority fails to eliminate safety hazards in garment factories: Accord

Monira Munni 2019-04-03 10:45:08

The inspection authority concerned in Bangladesh has failed to eliminate the high-risk safety hazards in the garment factories it inspected three to five years back, according to a latest research r...

Ensure TINs for all the clients: NBR to bourses, insurers

Ensure TINs for all the clients: NBR to bourses, insurers

FE Report 2019-04-03 09:43:57

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Md Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan urged the bourses and the insurers on Tuesday to ensure that all of their clients must possess Taxpayer's Identification Numbe...

RHD mulls changes in land use policy

RHD mulls changes in land use policy

Munima Sultana 2019-04-03 09:31:25

The agencies concerned are likely to shoulder a major cost of the utility shifting work in any road and highway development project under Roads and Highways Department (RHD). RHD is considering takin...

BD may allow Bhutan to use Ctg and Mongla ports

BD may allow Bhutan to use Ctg and Mongla ports

Mir Mostafizur Rahaman 2019-04-03 09:26:37

Bangladesh is likely to provide transshipment facility to Bhutan under which the land-locked country will be able to use Chittagong and Mongla ports for its international trade, officials said. A dea...

1,825 pickup trucks registered in Jan-Feb: BRTA  

1,825 pickup trucks registered in Jan-Feb: BRTA  

FE Online Report 2019-04-02 20:14:12

The number of pickup truck (double/single cabin) registration in the country stood at 1,825 alone in January and February 2019, according to an official data. Of the total, 1,332 pickups were registe...

Digital financial service Nagad reaches all districts

Digital financial service Nagad reaches all districts

FE Online Desk 2019-04-02 18:22:39

Digital financial service Nagad is now available in the 64 districts of the country, Bangladesh Postal Division said on Tuesday. After completing registration process, anyone can avail services of Na...

Internal demand of tea is rising, exports fluctuating

Internal demand of tea is rising, exports fluctuating

FE Online Report 2019-04-02 17:43:38

Internal demand of tea in Bangladesh is rising gradually thanks to urbanisation, change in consumer taste along with population growth. Internal demand of tea was estimated at 60 million kg in FY14 w...

BRAC Bank congratulates BARVIDA on its silver jubilee

BRAC Bank congratulates BARVIDA on its silver jubilee

FE Online Desk 2019-04-02 15:15:17

BRAC Bank Limited has congratulated Bangladesh Reconditioned Vehicles Importers & Dealers Association (BARVIDA) on the auspicious occasion of its Silver Jubilee.     Mr. Selim R. F. Hu...

Islami Bank wins 'Strongest Bank in Bangladesh Award'

Islami Bank wins 'Strongest Bank in Bangladesh Award'

FE Online Desk 2019-04-02 15:10:36

Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited received ‘Strongest Bank in Bangladesh-2018’ Award conferred by The Asian Banker. Foo Boon Ping, Managing Editor of The Asian Banker handed over the award...

bKash payment launched at ICDDR,B

bKash payment launched at ICDDR,B

FE Online Desk 2019-04-02 15:05:58

From now on the bill of diagnostic services at ICDDR,B could be paid using bKash, and for thatbKash Limited, the largest mobile financial service provider in the country has signed an agreement with I...

GP STAR customers to receive special benefits from Shohoz

GP STAR customers to receive special benefits from Shohoz

FE Online Desk 2019-04-02 14:04:24

Fast-growing ride sharing company Shohoz Limited has signed a partnership agreement with Grameenphone Limited at the GP House. Under the agreement, Grameenphone STAR customers will receive special be...