Munima Sultana 2018-08-10 10:26:50
The government has initiated to build a tunnel under the busy Airport Road aimed at preventing casualties. It will be constructed close to the July 29 accident site outside Kurmitola General Hospit...
Sajibur Rahman 2018-08-10 10:01:27
Applications seeking renewal of fitness certificates for vehicles have marked a 40 per cent rise over the past few days, official figures showed. According to the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority...
FE Report 2018-08-10 09:54:50
Finance minister AMA Muhith on Thursday laid emphasis on expanding bank branches across the country to foster the financial inclusion. He said currently there are fewer than 10,000 bank branches in t...
FE Report 2018-08-10 09:54:48
The total import pertaining to the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) project has emerged as the second largest 'sector' in the country's overseas procurement in the last fiscal year (FY), 2017-18. Th...
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The telecom regulator recently has selected four companies who will get licences to provide mobile towers in the country. The four companies are edotco Bangladesh, TASC Summit Towers, iSON Tower Bang...
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The government has set prices for rawhides and skins of sacrificial animals ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, keeping the rates lower than last year. Tanners will buy cowhide at Tk 45-50 per square foot in Dhaka...
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State Minister for Labour and Employment Md Mujibul Haque Chunnu on Thursday urged garment factory owners to clear the Eid-ul-Azha bonus of their workers by August 16. He also asked them to pay part...
FE Report 2018-08-09 15:16:24
Chinese Ambassador Zhang Zuo has said a number of Chinese companies are eager to invest in different sectors in Bangladesh, including fisheries, agro-processing, footwear, processed food and ready-mad...
FE Online Report 2018-08-09 14:39:02
Garment workers will receive festival allowances by August 16 on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha. The decision came at the 37th meeting of the crisis management core committee headed by state minister fo...
FE Online Desk 2018-08-09 13:48:34
EFT Solutions Holdings Limited has announced its first quarter results with its revenue and profit increasing significantly by roughly 162.5 per cent and 373.7 per cent respectively. For the three mo...
FE Online Desk 2018-08-09 13:32:11
Khulna zone of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) has organised a Shari’ah Awareness programme for investment clients and officials at Khulna zonal office recently. Md Mozahidul Islam Chowdh...
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Container shipping lines and port operators are seeking a change in the bilateral coastal shipping agreement signed between India and Bangladesh to permit transshipment of Bangladesh cargo from Indian...
FE Report 2018-08-09 10:31:54
The government would try to ensure uninterrupted supply of natural gas to consumers by year-end, riding on the domestic output and import of LNG, state minister for the Ministry of Power, Energy and M...
Doulot Akter Mala 2018-08-09 10:06:33
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has decided not to issue tax identity cards (IDs) to the taxpayers as many raised questions about its effectiveness without legal backup. In the upcoming income ta...
FHM Humayan Kabir 2018-08-09 09:58:13
The World Bank (WB)-assured US$ 240 million grant for rehabilitation of Rohingya people has been stuck, as two government agencies have been at loggerheads over ownership of the project concerned. Th...
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Oil prices steadied on Wednesday despite relatively weak Chinese import data as the market remained supported by falling US crude inventories and the introduction of sanctions against Iran, reports Re...
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Indonesia's president has issued new tax regulations aimed at providing clarity for mining companies shifting their current contracts to special mining permits, in a move that could help cement a $3.9...
FE Online Report 2018-08-08 20:09:53
Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday urged China to invest in Bangladesh, especially in the blue economy. “There are ample opportunities of investment in marine fisheries sector and...
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Toyota has recalled 20,702 cars sold between March 2010 and May 2015 in Russia. Russia’s standards agency revealed the information on Wednesday, reports Reuters. The cars, including the Alphar...
FE Report 2018-08-08 15:20:24
Effective financing, strong monitoring, and bridging data gap are essential to help ensure better outcome of development activities related to sanitation and safe water particularly, speakers observed...
M Azizur Rahman 2018-08-08 14:56:44
Bangladesh finally hooked up the first-ever LNG cargo with subsea pipeline on Sunday (August 5) on the 103rd day of its reaching the country's south coast of Chattogram on April 24. "Now we are carry...
FE Online Desk 2018-08-08 11:34:46
Eight banks and four non-bank financial institutions on Tuesday signed a participation agreement with Bangladesh Bank to enjoy funds from an Investment Promotion and Financing Facility (IPFF)...
FE Online Desk 2018-08-08 11:21:03
A high-level delegation led by Md. Nurun Newaz Salim, Chairman and Mosleh Uddin Ahmed, Managing Director & CEO of NCC Bank recently visited Germany to increase foreign remittances as well as to ex...
FE Report 2018-08-08 11:17:27
The government will sit with the traders' associations and stakeholders on Thursday (August 09) to fix prices of rawhide of sacrificial animals and review the prices of essentials ahead of Eid-ul-Azha...
FE Online Report 2018-08-08 11:05:52
A total of 38 government and private agencies on Tuesday signed agreement with the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to be connected with the National Single Window (NSW) system. The system is meant to...
Yasir Wardad 2018-08-08 10:43:35
Rice prices rose steeply in the city market again despite an all-time high Boro yield and record import of the staple grain. The price surge has left the consumers worried, who are already battered...
FE Report 2018-08-08 10:40:49
Sri Lankan investors have shown their interest to invest in the energy sector as the island nation is looking to tap into Bangladesh's growing demand for new energy resources. Simultaneously, the Sou...
FE ReportFE Report 2018-08-08 09:35:16
The government is set to fix the country's goods export earnings target at $39 billion for fiscal year 2018-19, officials said. It is 6.36 per cent higher than the $36.66 billion earnings target in t...
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India doubled the import tax on more than 300 textile products to 20 percent on Tuesday as the world's biggest producer of cotton tries to curb rising imports from China. It was the second tax hike o...
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Alibaba Group plans to merge its food delivery units and raise funds for the combined business, intensifying a battle with Tencent-backed Meituan Dianping for dominance of China’s booming on-dem...
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