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SIBL arranges training course

SIBL arranges training course

FE Online Desk 2018-05-14 13:51:42

Social Islami Bank Limited (SIBL) has organised a Foundation Course in Banking for newly- recruited Officers at SIBL Training Institute in Dhaka. Managing Director and CEO of the Bank Mr. Quazi Osm...

Review Workshop on Treasury Operations of Banks May 15

Review Workshop on Treasury Operations of Banks May 15

FE Online Desk 2018-05-14 13:44:16

 A Review Workshop on Treasury Operations of Banks will be held at the BIBM Auditorium on May 15, said a BIBM statement. Abu Hena Mohd. Razee Hassan, deputy governor of Bangladesh Bank will be t...

Jamuna Bank arranges NRB customers’ get-together in UAE

Jamuna Bank arranges NRB customers’ get-together in UAE

FE Online Desk 2018-05-14 13:44:14

Jamuna Bank Limited has recently arranged a get-together for the non-resident Bangladeshi customers of the bank living in the United Arab Emirates. Al-Haj Nur Mohammed, Chairman of Jamuna Bank Founda...

IBBL arranges discussion on compliance of Shariah in banking

IBBL arranges discussion on compliance of Shariah in banking

FE Online Desk 2018-05-14 13:37:57

Dhaka Central Zone of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited organised a client get together and a discussion titled “Compliance of Shariah in the Banking Operations” recently at Karwan Bazar Bran...

EBL offers blockchain powered e- marketplace

EBL offers blockchain powered e- marketplace

FE Online Desk 2018-05-14 13:21:21

Eastern Bank Ltd (EBL) and Fintech Innovations International, UAE have signed an agreement recently under which EBL customers will be able to buy and sell trade assets faster and in a more secured man...

Xerox pulls out of $6.1b Fujifilm merger plan

Xerox pulls out of $6.1b Fujifilm merger plan

-- 2018-05-14 11:59:28

Xerox says it is ending a planned $6.1 billion deal with Fujifilm Holdings Corp and has already reached a settlement with activist investors Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason. The US printer and copier co...

Malaysia to review political representation in govt-linked funds

Malaysia to review political representation in govt-linked funds

Reuters 2018-05-14 11:11:36

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s new government will review political representation in the country’s largest government-linked investment firms, including the main sovereign an...

Furniture bonded warehouse soon to boost exports

Furniture bonded warehouse soon to boost exports

FE Report 2018-05-14 00:39:59

Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed has assured the local furniture makers of the government's necessary support including providing bonded warehouse facility for imported raw materials to help boost the s...

Trump accuses world’s drug  making nations of extortion

Trump accuses world’s drug making nations of extortion

-- 2018-05-13 22:21:51

US President Donald Trump has accused foreign governments of extorting "unreasonably low prices" from pharmaceutical firms, reports BBC. Speaking in Washington on Friday, he said he had directed his...

Tofail rules out scope of price hike during Ramadan

Tofail rules out scope of price hike during Ramadan

-- 2018-05-13 19:56:18

Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed Sunday reiterated again that there is no scope for any price hike or artificial crisis of commodities during the month of Ramadan. "Sufficient sugar, gram, edible oil,...

Bangladesh Furniture and Interior Decor Expo-2018 begins in capital

Bangladesh Furniture and Interior Decor Expo-2018 begins in capital

FE Online Report 2018-05-13 17:08:30

The four-day 'Bangladesh Furniture and Interior Decor Expo-2018' began on Sunday to showcase the strength of the country’s furniture and home furnishing sectors to both global and local buyers....

FBCCI for sufficient allocation in agro sector

FBCCI for sufficient allocation in agro sector

FE Report 2018-05-13 16:42:21

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) requested the government on Saturday for sufficient allocation in the upcoming national budget for the development of country's a...

IBBL holds RDS officials’ conference

IBBL holds RDS officials’ conference

FE Online Desk 2018-05-13 16:00:12

Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited has recently organised a conference for the officials of the bank’s Rural Development Scheme (RDS). The RDS officials of Jessore and Khulna zones were present at...

Mercantile Bank signs agreement with TRADEASSETS

Mercantile Bank signs agreement with TRADEASSETS

FE Online Desk 2018-05-13 15:02:12

Mercantile Bank Limited has recently signed an agreement with TRADEASSETS, a block chain-powered e-marketplace for banks. Shamim Ahmed, Senior Executive Vice President, also the Head of International...

Country imports 10,000 tonnes of onions in seven days

Country imports 10,000 tonnes of onions in seven days

-- 2018-05-13 14:16:41

In seven days, Dinjapur district has seen import of more than 10,000 tonnes of onion from India through Hili Land Port (HLP) at Hakimpur upazila, according to customs officials and importers. The dai...

FDI in power sector drops sharply

FDI in power sector drops sharply

FE Online Report 2018-05-13 13:32:14

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into the country’s power sector dropped sharply in the past year despite huge commitment from India and China for the last couple of years. Central bank statisti...

Open loan disbursed in Dinajpur to 10 taka account-holders

Open loan disbursed in Dinajpur to 10 taka account-holders

FE Online Desk 2018-05-13 11:20:44

A special programme was held recently at the BRAC Learning Center in Dinajpur to disburse loan to 10 taka account holders under refinance scheme of Bangladesh Bank. National Bank Ltd was the lead ban...

Thrust on entrepreneurship, startup ecosystem in Bangladesh

Thrust on entrepreneurship, startup ecosystem in Bangladesh

FE Online Desk 2018-05-13 10:47:35

 A 3-member delegation from Bangladesh participated in TiE Inflect 2018 (formerly known as TiEcon), the largest conference for tech entrepreneurs, held recently at the Santa Clara Convention Cent...

Workshop on key findings of Bangladesh logistics study

Workshop on key findings of Bangladesh logistics study

FE Online Desk 2018-05-13 10:27:40

A workshop on the key findings of Bangladesh Logistics (Warehousing and Storage) Study undertaken by the World Bank Group will be held at Pan Pacific Sonargon Hotel, Dhaka Sunday. Dhaka Chamber of C...

Liquidity crisis hits credit flow

Liquidity crisis hits credit flow

FE Report 2018-05-13 10:12:34

The recent liquidity crisis in private banks has created uncertainty in the credit flow in favour of the micro entrepreneurs, specially in agriculture and micro loans, a microfinance expert told a pro...

IBBL, CSBIB arrange workshop on Islamic Banking

IBBL, CSBIB arrange workshop on Islamic Banking

FE Online Desk 2018-05-13 09:55:41

Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited and Central Shariah Board for Islamic Banks of Bangladesh (CSBIB) jointly organised a workshop on 'Islamic Banking' Saturday at the auditorium of Islami Bank Training an...

Expo Freight launches weekly air service from Dhaka to NY

Expo Freight launches weekly air service from Dhaka to NY

FE Online Desk 2018-05-13 09:45:59

Expo Freight Limited, largely known as EFL started its weekly air freight from Dhaka to New York in collaboration with Qatar Airways Sunday, said a statement. This exclusive freighter will carry only...

Philippines ambassador for enhancing economic ties

Philippines ambassador for enhancing economic ties

-- 2018-05-12 21:47:10

Our CorrespondentCHATTOGRAM, May 12: The Philippines Ambassador to Bangladesh Vincente Vivencio T Bandillo has expressed his country's interest to strengthen economic cooperation with Bangladesh.Stres...

Govt disburses Tk 44.81b subsidy to entitled export sectors

Govt disburses Tk 44.81b subsidy to entitled export sectors

FE Online Report 2018-05-12 21:36:01

The government has disbursed subsidy of Tk 44.81 billion, out of the allocated Tk 45 billion, to the entitled export sectors for current fiscal (FY18), said sources. Currently 27 export sectors are r...

Odisha eyes long-term power trade with BD

Odisha eyes long-term power trade with BD

-- 2018-05-12 21:01:32

In what could be its first trading of power with a foreign nation, Odisha, via its bulk purchaser cum trading entity Gridco, is aiming at long-term supply of power to Bangladesh from 2020 onwards. The...

Garment wage hike proposal submission in three months: Minister

Garment wage hike proposal submission in three months: Minister

FE Online Report 2018-05-12 20:52:25

The wage board for garment sector will submit its proposal recommending the wage hike for the workers to the government by next three months, state minister for labour Mujibul Haque has said. “...

Tea auction in Sreemangal to begin Monday

Tea auction in Sreemangal to begin Monday

-- 2018-05-12 20:15:03

The much-awaited second tea auction centre of the country at Sreemangal in Moulvibazar is all set to start its activity from Monday. Bangladesh Tea Board Chairman Major General Md Jahangir Al Mustahi...

BSTI delegation visits PRAN-RFL factories

BSTI delegation visits PRAN-RFL factories

-- 2018-05-12 18:30:00

A three-member delegation of Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI), led by its Director General Sardar Abul Kalam, visited two industrial parks of PRAN-RFL Group on Saturday. The delega...

'Bangladesh Furniture and Interior Decor Expo-2018' begins Sunday

'Bangladesh Furniture and Interior Decor Expo-2018' begins Sunday

FE Online Report 2018-05-12 17:21:54

The four-day 'Bangladesh Furniture and Interior Decor Expo-2018' will begin tomorrow (Sunday) to showcase the strength of the country’s furniture and home furnishing sectors to both global and l...

Govt set to release over Tk 11b in cash incentives for exporters

Govt set to release over Tk 11b in cash incentives for exporters

FE Report 2018-05-12 17:13:43

The government is set to release a sum of Tk 11.05 billion in favour of the Bangladesh Bank for the payment of cash incentives/subsidy to local exporters, officials said. It will be the last (fourth)...