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Four-day Thai trade fair kicks off

Four-day Thai trade fair kicks off

-- 2019-03-27 17:23:27

A four-day Thai fair titled 'Thailand's Trade Fair: Top Thai Brands began at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Dhaka on Wednesday The Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP) and Commerce Ministry of T...

Bangladesh takes part in Fashion World Tokyo fair

Bangladesh takes part in Fashion World Tokyo fair

-- 2019-03-27 17:03:43

Bangladesh is participating in the prestigious ‘Fashion World Tokyo-2019’ at Tokyo Big Sight. The fair started on Wednesday and will continue until March 29, the embassy said in a stateme...

EBL wins Asiamoney award

EBL wins Asiamoney award

FE Online Desk 2019-03-27 15:32:24

Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) has won Asiamoney Best Corporate and Investment Bank of Bangladesh award. Ziaul Karim, Head of Communications and External Affairs and Sohail Murshed, CEO of EBL Finance (H...

Emirates offers discounted Uber ride in Dubai

Emirates offers discounted Uber ride in Dubai

FE Online Desk 2019-03-27 14:55:10

Emirates passengers travelling to and through Dubai can now enjoy a free or discounted Uber ride from and to Dubai International Airport. Visitors travelling from more than 50 global destinations, in...

Walton offers free servicing to AC users

Walton offers free servicing to AC users

FE Online Desk 2019-03-27 14:21:22

Walton Service Management System (WSMS), an ISO certified service centre, has started AC Servicing Campaign to deliver free and home based post sales services to the Walton air conditioner users. To...

Oracle adds AI Smarts

Oracle adds AI Smarts

FE Online Desk 2019-03-27 12:55:06

Oracle has extended the artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities within Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Cloud and Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) Cloud. The la...

Amazon, VW agree strategic partnership for 'industry cloud'

Amazon, VW agree strategic partnership for 'industry cloud'

Reuters 2019-03-27 12:35:45

German carmaker Volkswagen and US technology giant Amazon have agreed on a strategic partnership to create a kind of “industry cloud”, for which details will soon be announced, Germany&rsq...

IBBL pays homage to Independence War heroes

IBBL pays homage to Independence War heroes

FE Online Desk 2019-03-27 12:30:38

Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited paid homage at the National Memorial in Savar marking the Independence and National Day on Tuesday. A procession led by Md. Joynal Abedin and Professor Dr. Qazi Shahidu...

BRAC Bank wins awards from AsiaMoney

BRAC Bank wins awards from AsiaMoney

FE Online Desk 2019-03-27 12:22:06

BRAC Bank Limited has won two international accolades in Asiamoney Best Bank Awards.   Hong Kong-based magazine, Asiamoney, has conferred BRAC Bank with the “Best Domestic Bank”,...

Bring middlemen under legal structure

Bring middlemen under legal structure

FE Report 2019-03-27 11:04:57

Migrant rights campaigners have urged the government to mention the middlemen's role in the draft rules of the Migration Act 2013. They also placed a five-point-recommendation to incorporate in the...

All FBCCI directors set to be elected unopposed

All FBCCI directors set to be elected unopposed

-- 2019-03-27 10:00:58

The entire board of directors of Bangladesh’s apex trade body FBCCI is going to be elected unopposed as there are single candidates for all the posts. No voting will be needed in the election s...

Changes in tender policy hit small RHD contractors hard

Changes in tender policy hit small RHD contractors hard

FE Report 2019-03-27 09:47:19

Roads and Highways Department contractors at a public hearing have alleged that they were not only deprived of getting work but also facing difficulties in realising money against their work mainly du...

Safety inspection finds defects in 35 boilers in RMG factories

Safety inspection finds defects in 35 boilers in RMG factories

Monira Munni 2019-03-27 09:33:36

The Accord, a platform of Western retailers, has found defects in all the 35 boilers it inspected during a pilot programme covering the readymade garment sector. The Accord signatories launched the p...

Trade fair ‘Top Thai Brands’ begins in city tomorrow

Trade fair ‘Top Thai Brands’ begins in city tomorrow

-- 2019-03-26 20:46:53

A four-day annual Thai trade fair "Top Thai Brands" begins at the Grand Ballroom of Pan Pacific Sonargaon hotel tomorrow(Wednesday). The Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP) of Minist...

Vivo becomes title sponsor for PUBG MOBILE Club Open 2019

Vivo becomes title sponsor for PUBG MOBILE Club Open 2019

FE Online Desk 2019-03-26 15:28:12

Smartphone giant Vivo has announced a partnership with the world’s leading mobile game PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Mobile (PUBG MOBILE) as the title sponsor of the upcoming PUBG MOBILE Cl...

Bangladesh gets offers in 50,000 tonne wheat tender

Bangladesh gets offers in 50,000 tonne wheat tender

-- 2019-03-26 13:38:45

Bangladesh's state grains buyer received the lowest offer of $267.10 a tonne C&F liner out in an international tender to purchase 50,000 tonnes of wheat which closed on Monday, sources in the purc...

Airbus wins China order for 300 jets worth billions

Airbus wins China order for 300 jets worth billions

-- 2019-03-26 11:59:15

Airbus signed a deal worth tens of billions of dollars on Monday (local time) to sell 300 aircraft to China, coinciding with a visit to Europe by Chinese President Xi Jinping and matching a China reco...

Tesla wins dismissal of lawsuit over Model 3 production

Tesla wins dismissal of lawsuit over Model 3 production

-- 2019-03-26 11:50:06

A federal judge in San Francisco dismissed for the second time a securities fraud lawsuit brought by Tesla shareholders alleging that the company made misleading comments about the production status o...

No tax benefit for industries relocated in Economic Zones

No tax benefit for industries relocated in Economic Zones

FE Report 2019-03-26 10:13:17

Economic Zones (EZs) investors will not enjoy reduced tax rates on their income if they relocate factories or install old machinery, the revenue board said. In an order, the National Board of Revenue...

Summit's FSRU to start operation from April 20

Summit's FSRU to start operation from April 20

 M Azizur Rahman 2019-03-26 09:56:19

The country's second liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, owned by Summit Group, is scheduled to initiate its commercial operation next month, mounting further the fiscal burden on the state-run Pe...

Oil prices steady amid worries  of severe economic slowdown

Oil prices steady amid worries of severe economic slowdown

-- 2019-03-25 21:35:00

Oil prices were steady on Monday, with concerns of a sharp economic slowdown competing with support from tighter supply due to OPEC's production cutbacks and US sanctions on Iran and Venezuela, report...

Jet Airways chairman Goyal steps down

Jet Airways chairman Goyal steps down

-- 2019-03-25 19:44:58

Jet Airways Chairman Naresh Goyal will step down from the board and reduce his stake in the cash-strapped Indian carrier, the company said on Monday as it closes in on a rescue deal led by state-run b...

Shrimp production witnesses drop

Shrimp production witnesses drop

FE Online Report 2019-03-25 17:36:59

Shrimp production witnessed a dip from 2014-2015 fiscal year to 2016-2017 fiscal (FY15 to FY17) in the country, according to official data. As per data of the Department of Fisheries (DOF), some 75,2...

3,796 auto-rickshaws registered in Jan-Feb

3,796 auto-rickshaws registered in Jan-Feb

FE Online Report 2019-03-25 17:03:21

A total of 3,796 auto-rickshaws were registered across the country in January and February this year. Of them, 2,054 got registration in the city, according to Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BR...

IBBL holds workshop on prevention of money laundering & terrorist financing

IBBL holds workshop on prevention of money laundering & terrorist financing

FE Online Desk 2019-03-25 13:59:08

Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited organised a workshop on 'Prevention of Money Laundering & Terrorist Financing' recently at Cumilla Zone Office of the Bank. Abu Reza Md. Yeahia, Deputy Managing Dir...

Prime Bank hosts Wholesale Banking Offsite Event

Prime Bank hosts Wholesale Banking Offsite Event

FE Online Desk 2019-03-25 13:54:35

Prime Bank Limited hosted its Wholesale Banking Offsite Event at The Palace Luxury Resort, Habiganj recently. Rahel Ahmed, Managing Director & CEO of the Bank, Md. Golam Rabbani, DMD, Md. Touhidu...

NCC Bank arranges training on "IT Security & LAN Management"

NCC Bank arranges training on "IT Security & LAN Management"

FE Online Desk 2019-03-25 13:44:29

A day-long training on "IT Security & LAN Management for LAN Managers" was held at NCC Bank Training Institute on Sunday. Khondoker Nayeemul Kabir, Deputy Managing Director of NCC Bank, inaugurat...

MTB opens agent banking centre  at  Gaibandha

MTB opens agent banking centre at Gaibandha

FE Online Desk 2019-03-25 13:39:27

Mutual Trust Bank Limited (MTB) has recently opened its Agent Banking Centre at Ullabazar, Varotkhali, Saghata, Gaibandha. Deputy Speaker of Bangladesh Parliament, Advocate Md. Fazle Rabbi Miah, MP i...

MDB opens agent banking centre in Madaripur’s Shibchar

MDB opens agent banking centre in Madaripur’s Shibchar

FE Online Desk 2019-03-25 13:14:53

Midland Bank Limited (MDB) has inaugurated an Agent Banking Centre at Shibchar Bazar in Madaripur today (Monday). Md Ahsan-uz Zaman, Managing Director and CEO of the bank inaugurated the Centre in pr...

China to reduce government intervention in industrial sector

China to reduce government intervention in industrial sector

-- 2019-03-25 13:09:53

China's Minister of Industry and Information Technology Miao Wei speaks at the annual session of China Development Forum (CDF) 2018 at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, March 26, 2018....