FE Online Report 2019-01-27 14:44:25
Cargo van registration in Dhaka city witnessed a slight decline in 2018 compared to that of 2017. A total of 1,224 cargo vans were registered in 2018 while the number was 1,285 in 2017, according to...
FE Online Report 2019-01-27 14:27:58
The Khirsapat mango of Chapainawabganj in the country has formally got the Geographical Indication (GI) mark on Sunday. Khirsapat, one of the most popular varieties of mango, has become the third pro...
FE Online Desk 2019-01-27 14:09:46
The concluding ceremony of a 15-day long Foundation Training Course, arranged by Union Bank Training Institute was held recently. A. B. M. Mokammel Hoque Chowdhury, Additional Managing Director of Un...
FE Online Desk 2019-01-27 14:00:30
Entrepreneur Organization (EO) Bangladesh held its 5th meeting of EO Board Room Series on January 27 in Dhaka. The objective of EO Board Room Series is an unreserved conversation about the leader&rs...
FE Online Desk 2019-01-27 13:38:21
As Bangladesh is moving fast through a transition era of rapid economic progress and full-phase digitisation, smart ICT services will be a paramount catalyst; particularly in Chattogram, the commercia...
FE Online Desk 2019-01-27 12:43:35
BRAC Bank Limited has recently signed an employee banking agreement with Bishwo Infra Projects Limited (BIPL). Bisho Infra Projects Limited, a project of Shapoorji Pallonji Group of Companies, is the...
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US payments card company Mastercard says it still plans to apply for a bankcard clearing licence in China and was in “active discussions” to explore solutions. Mastercard “continues...
Our Correspondent 2019-01-27 11:45:17
Businesses have demanded quicker and smoother delivery of imported cargo without harassment during customs valuation and revenue collection to facilitate higher production in factories. At the same t...
Jubair Hasan 2019-01-27 10:02:39
Bangladesh Railway (BR) has decided to make direct contribution in keeping the markets of key essential commodities stable and easily accessible to the city consumers, officials said. As part of the...
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Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi has urged the owners of readymade garments (RMG) factories to follow the new wage structure announced by the government. "I am urging them (the owners) to pay their work...
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International Customs Day is being observed in Bangladesh today (Saturday) as elsewhere around the world. National Board of Revenue (NBR) has taken elaborate programmes to observe the day in a befitt...
FE Online Desk 2019-01-26 13:21:46
NCC Bank distributed blankets among the poor & helpless cold-stricken people as a part of Bank's Corporate Social Responsibility activities. Chairman of the Bank Md. Nurun Newaz Salim inaugurated...
FE Online Desk 2019-01-26 12:41:23
Social Islami Bank Limited and BRAC Saajan Exchange Ltd, UK have signed an agreement for Inward Foreign Remittance drawing arrangement at the Bank’s Head Office recently. Managing Director &a...
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Malaysia’s economics minister said on Saturday the country will cancel its $20 billion East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project with contractor China Communications Construction Co Ltd (CCCC). Moham...
FE Online Desk 2019-01-26 12:05:43
The Certificate Awarding Ceremony of an international training programme on ‘Risk-Based Internal Audit’ for the Nepalese bank executives was held at Bangladesh Bank auditorium on January 2...
FE Report 2019-01-26 11:27:11
The country's readymade garment (RMG) sector needs "fair pricing" so that the industry can fully comply with standards, Bangladesh High Commissioner in the United Kingdom Saida Muna Tasneem said. The...
Rezaul Karim 2019-01-26 10:22:53
The government plans to set up branches/exchange houses of scheduled banks soon in some countries having potential sources of remittances. The objective of the move is to help the Bangladeshi migra...
Pankaj Dastider 2019-01-26 10:17:46
Some 8,000 families of stranded Pakistanis in the city have not been paying their electricity bills to Power Development Board (PDB) for last two years. As a result, their outstanding bills have stoo...
Kamrun Nahar 2019-01-26 10:13:05
The Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation (BPC) has decided to operate some of its commercial units under public-private partnership (PPP) for maximum utilisation of the resources and increased revenue. To...
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Freight rates for dry-bulk and container ships, carriers of most of the world's raw materials and finished goods, have plunged over the last six months in the latest sign the global economy is slowing...
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The United States government is concerned about India’s revised e-commerce regulations and has told officials in New Delhi the policy will hinder the Indian investment plans of Amazon.com and Wa...
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Volkswagen will manufacture electric car batteries and charging stations in its home region in Germany, as it prepares to mass produce electric vehicles and overhaul its components division, which mak...
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Apple has dismissed more than 200 employees from its autonomous vehicle group, Project Titan, CNBC reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. The dismissals are seen, internally, a...
FE Report 2019-01-25 10:34:38
Prices of spices declined last week giving some comforts to the consumers battered by rising costs of staple food rice and protein items. Vegetables prices showed both upward and downward trends in t...
Monira Munni 2019-01-25 10:22:20
The readymade garment (RMG) exports to the United Kingdom grew by 1.3 per cent to US$ 1.87 billion in the first half (H1) of the current fiscal year (FY 2018-19). The exports to the Bangladesh's seco...
M Azizur Rahman 2019-01-25 10:15:40
State-run Petrobangla has scaled down its fiscal requirement by over a quarter to Tk 40 billion to purchase LNG from global suppliers until June. The oil and gas corporation has sent a letter to the...
Mehdi Musharraf Bhuiyan 2019-01-25 10:13:21
Mobile banking transactions maintained a momentous growth in 2018, albeit at a much lower rate than the previous years. The latest data of the Bangladesh Bank (BB) shows that transactions worth aroun...
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Boeing Co said on Wednesday its flying car prototype hovered briefly in the air during an inaugural test flight, a small but significant step as the world's largest planemaker bids to revolutionize ur...
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The customers of Brac Bank can transfer funds from their Brac Bank accounts to bKash and Rocket accounts using the bank’s internet banking facility from now on. As per the facility, a cus...
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Germany is interested to invest more in Bangladesh aimed at boosting economic ties between the two countries. The German envoy conveyed this message when he met Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen at...
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