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Monira Munni 2018-07-01 10:12:08
Bangladesh has made commitment to the international community to make necessary amendments to the labour law and the export processing zones (EPZs) law by September next, officials said. The commitme...
-- 2018-07-01 10:12:06
Aziz Ahmad is one of the unlikely winners of the stand-off between the United States and Iran, turning his modest transport service into an international foreign exchange operation that is providing m...
Doulot Akter Mala 2018-07-01 10:02:27
The existing 11-digit Business Identification Number (BIN) will be considered invalid from today (Sunday), officials of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) said. From July 01, all the existing busine...
Mehdi Musharraf Bhuiyan 2018-07-01 09:57:46
Bangladesh remains one of the world's biggest dumping grounds for worn-out vessels, despite growing concerns about the environmental and labour standards of the ship-breaking industry. The country sc...
-- 2018-06-30 17:21:12
Benapole port on Thursday launched a new mobile scanner with a view to controlling tax evasion as well as to check imported goods faster. The customs authority has made the scanning mandatory for a...
-- 2018-06-30 15:44:41
Germany’s Thyssenkrupp and India’s Tata Steel signed a final agreement on Saturday to establish a long-expected steel joint venture, the European steel industry’s biggest shake-up in...
FE Online Desk 2018-06-30 15:43:29
First Finance Limited has celebrated its 25th anniversary in a ceremony at the head office of the company in the capital city on Thursday. Miah Nuruddin Ahmad, chairman of the First Finance Limited,...
FE Online Desk 2018-06-30 15:07:40
Pragati Life Insurance Limited has recently entered into a strategic partnership agreement with CMED Health. M J Azim, CEO of Pragati Life and Khondaker A Mamun, PhD, Chairman of CMED Health singed t...
FE Online Desk 2018-06-30 13:37:24
The 3rd Annual General Meeting of Meghna Bank Securities Limited was held recently at Hotel Le Meridien, Dhaka. Chairman of Meghna Bank Securities Limited Mr. H. N. Ashequr Rahman, MP presided over t...
FE Online Desk 2018-06-30 13:31:20
Social Islami Bank Limited (SIBL) and Daraz Bangladesh Ltd. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the Head Office of the Bank recently. In presence of the Deputy Managing Director of Soc...
FE Online Desk 2018-06-30 13:21:36
The 5th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of NRB Bank Limited was held recently at Nazimgarh Garden Resort, Sylhet. The AGM approved 8.0 per cent cash dividend for the year 2017. Mr. Mohammed Mahtabu...
-- 2018-06-30 10:47:38
General Motors Co warned on Friday that higher tariffs on imported vehicles under consideration by the Trump administration could cost jobs and lead to a “a smaller GM” while isolating US...
Syful Islam 2018-06-30 10:19:28
Bangladesh expects to draw a large investment from China by signing a free trade area (FTA) agreement, trade officials have said. Both countries have started working towards a joint feasibility study...
FE Report 2018-06-30 10:09:03
The outstanding loans of government firms to state-owned commercial banks (SoCBs) increased in May by Tk 2.42 billion over the previous month, statistics show. With the increase, the total outstandin...
Talha Bin Habib 2018-06-30 10:03:38
A move is underway to increase export of mung bean to Japan considering its huge potential in the Japanese market, officials said. As part of the move, a Japanese business delegation is going to have...
Jasim Uddin Haroon and Jubair Hasan 2018-06-30 10:02:49
Bangladesh's textiles and clothing sector stands to gain, to some extent, from the ongoing trade war between China and the United States. The benefit will largely be accrued from the declining price...
Munima Sultana 2018-06-30 09:55:20
Per-kilometre road construction cost is likely to increase by 18 per cent in the country due to a new schedule of rates, sources said. Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has taken the move for makin...
FE Report 2018-06-30 00:18:08
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) called on Chinese businessmen to invest more in Bangladesh considering the investment-friendly environment in the country. Senio...
-- 2018-06-29 17:07:56
Australia has won a major trade dispute over its pioneering plain packaging for cigarettes, in a decision handed down by the World Trade Organization (WTO). Australia made it mandatory in 2011 for ci...
-- 2018-06-29 15:57:54
The US Senate passed a sweeping farm bill without the food stamps changes approved by the House of Representatives earlier this month. The Senate approved the bipartisan measure by an 86-11 vote. T...
Reuters 2018-06-29 14:55:58
India’s oil ministry has asked refiners to prepare for a ‘drastic reduction or zero’ imports of Iranian oil from November, two industry sources said, the first sign that New Delhi is...
-- 2018-06-29 14:55:50
BMW has awarded a contract worth just over a billion euros ($1.16 billion) to China’s lithium battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd (CATL), the German carmaker has said. The deal wi...
-- 2018-06-29 14:28:15
European Union leaders pledged on Friday to react firmly against protectionism and called for a new EU law to screen foreign investments, with Washington and Beijing clearly in mind. The leaders, mee...
-- 2018-06-29 11:59:21
The euro jumped more than a half cent on Friday after European Union leaders reached an agreement on migration, a thorny issue that has threatened EU unity and the fate of German Chancellor Angela Mer...
FE Report 2018-06-29 11:59:15
The government plans to take up hospital, school and housing projects for the welfare of expatriate Bangladeshis and their families. Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Nurul Islam...
FE Report 2018-06-29 11:58:22
The government has empowered project directors to spend first and second instalments of the government portion of the allocated funds for approved schemes. They can utilise the funds against the ap...
FE Report 2018-06-29 11:44:01
Japan has confirmed its engagement in six large public private partnership (PPP) projects in Bangladesh. The confirmation was made at the second platform meeting held in Tokyo on June 07. Leading...
Jubair Hasan 2018-06-29 11:15:38
No visible progress has been made so far in reviving the halted project for digitising the country's land registration system even after eight years of launching it, officials said. The government to...
-- 2018-06-28 21:41:28
Iran criticised Saudi Arabia's plan to raise oil output and pressure from the United States (US) on Riyadh to do so, saying this was in breach of OPEC's decision last week and belittled the producer g...
-- 2018-06-28 20:56:48
Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd on Wednesday settled a seven-year patent dispute over Apple's allegations that Samsung violated its patents by ‘slavishly’ copying the design of th...
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