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VW names new boss

VW names new boss

-- 2018-04-14 14:21:44

Volkswagen has chosen Herbert Diess as its new chief executive officer (CEO) in an overhaul that includes streamlining the company’s multiple car brands into just three groups while preparing it...

Greeting cards business speeds-up on Friday   

Greeting cards business speeds-up on Friday   

SM Najmus Sakib 2018-04-14 13:29:29

Greeting cards embroidered with Bengali alphabets or signs are being sold like hotcakes on the eve of Pahela Baishakh. People were seen buying cards from different holiday card shops in the city to w...

Bangladesh, Tajikistan keen to boost trade ties

Bangladesh, Tajikistan keen to boost trade ties

-- 2018-04-14 13:00:15

Bangladesh and Tajikistan have agreed to work together to take bilateral relations to a new height saying there are ample scopes to expand the current relations encompassing more mutually beneficial i...

Flower sales gain momentum on Friday ahead of Baishakh

Flower sales gain momentum on Friday ahead of Baishakh

SM Najmus Sakib 2018-04-14 12:34:08

Youths were seen flocking around different makeshift and temporary flower stalls in Shahbagh intersection on the eve of Pahela Baishakh as quota reformation movement in the area somewhat thwarted the...

Fashion outlets see sales hit by supply of Indian wear

Fashion outlets see sales hit by supply of Indian wear

Arafat Ara 2018-04-14 12:19:30

Supply of various items of Indian clothing to the market has affected the sales of locally made Baishakhi wear to some extent, according to fashion house owners in the city. They said their sales in...

89 WTO members self-identify as ‘developing countries’

89 WTO members self-identify as ‘developing countries’

FE Online Report 2018-04-14 11:23:02

Some 89 members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) identify themselves as ‘developing countries.’ Trade News Centre has unveiled the information which it derived from the WTO negotiati...

Facebook spent $9m last year on security and private jets for Zuckerberg

Facebook spent $9m last year on security and private jets for Zuckerberg

-- 2018-04-14 10:52:07

Facebook co-founder, Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a combined Senate Judiciary and Commerce committee hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill April 10, 2018 in W...

Maitree Express enters 10th year

Maitree Express enters 10th year

FE Online Report 2018-04-14 10:40:15

Maitree Express, a cross-border train, has entered the 10th year of its run between Dhaka and Kolkata today. It was formally introduced this day in 2008, re-establishing the missing rail link between...

SoEs' divestment looks uncertain

SoEs' divestment looks uncertain

Syful Islam 2018-04-14 10:05:50

The move to divest five state firms' stakes on the stock market is unlikely to see daylight anytime soon as those are mired in deep financial trouble, a senior official said. The ministry of industri...

Chinese overtake Indian tourists in Nepal

Chinese overtake Indian tourists in Nepal

-- 2018-04-14 10:05:34

Arrivals of Chinese tourists to Nepal overtook those from India during the first quarter of 2018 for the first time, the Department of Immigration (DoI) said here on Friday.   According to th...

Apple may start making iPhone 6S Plus in India

Apple may start making iPhone 6S Plus in India

-- 2018-04-14 09:52:16

Apple may start iPhone 6S Plus production at a new factory in southern India to lower the model’s price, local media outlet The Economic Times reported Friday. It may start manufacturing in Ben...

PM reiterates call to ensure single digit lending rate

PM reiterates call to ensure single digit lending rate

-- 2018-04-14 00:36:30

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Friday asked the bank authorities to bring down lending rate to a single digit to expedite the country's investment, reports BSS. "I would like to tell you to cut interes...

Food import reaches 8.4m tonnes in July-March

Food import reaches 8.4m tonnes in July-March

FE Online Report 2018-04-13 21:15:17

Food import in the first nine months of the current fiscal year reached to 8.40 million tonnes, according to the statistics released by the food ministry. Of the total import 6.98 million tonnes of f...

Export to India jumps by 18pc in nine months

Export to India jumps by 18pc in nine months

FE Online Report 2018-04-13 19:30:07

Bangladesh export to India jumped by 18 per cent for the first time in nine months of the current fiscal year (FY18). The latest statistics available with Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) showed that ex...

New Zealand to ban new offshore drilling

New Zealand to ban new offshore drilling

-- 2018-04-13 14:15:52

New Zealand has said it will ban new permits for offshore oil exploration as it attempts to move towards a low-carbon future. The announcement has been lauded by climate groups but industry groups ha...

India's retail inflation eases to five-month low in March

India's retail inflation eases to five-month low in March

-- 2018-04-13 14:04:07

India’s retail inflation eased to a five-month low in March, but remained above the Reserve Bank of India’s medium-term target, supporting views that monetary policy is likely to remain un...

SIBL holds knowledge sharing session with Dun & Bradstreet

SIBL holds knowledge sharing session with Dun & Bradstreet

FE Online Desk 2018-04-13 13:41:08

Social Islami Bank Limited (SIBL) has organised a Knowledge Sharing Session (KSS) with Dun & Bradstreet at its training institute in the capital. Mr. Abu Naser Chowdhury, deputy managing directo...

Govt set to prepare draft rules of Jute Act

Govt set to prepare draft rules of Jute Act

Talha Bin Habib 2018-04-13 10:50:22

The government is set to prepare draft rules of Jute Act 2017 incorporating some provisions, including providing licence for charcoal export, officials said. Under the move, the ministry of textile...

Regulator for no new insurance company

Regulator for no new insurance company

Rezaul Karim 2018-04-13 10:43:39

The insurance regulator has come out against the idea of allowing any new insurance company in the country considering the present 'saturation and chaotic state' of the insurance sector, officials sai...

BPC set to receive $600m ITFC loan

BPC set to receive $600m ITFC loan

Rezaul Karim 2018-04-13 10:30:36

Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) is set to receive US$ 600 million loan soon from International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) to import fuel oils for the calendar year 2018, officials...

B2B partnership meetings between Japanese investors and BD team end

B2B partnership meetings between Japanese investors and BD team end

FE Report 2018-04-13 00:37:50

The 'Japanese Investors B2B Partnerships 2018' concluded in Japan this week, aiming to facilitate greater private investment between Japanese and Bangladesh companies, according to a message sent to t...

Hilsa gets pricier on Pahela Baishakh celebrations

Hilsa gets pricier on Pahela Baishakh celebrations

FE Report 2018-04-13 00:35:58

As the people get ready for the celebrations of Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bangla New Year, tomorrow (Saturday), prices of Hilsa and meat shot up further. Prices of Hilsa continued to skyrocke...

Coca-Cola plans to invest US$ 50m more in BD

Coca-Cola plans to invest US$ 50m more in BD

Mir Mostafizur Rahaman 2018-04-13 00:35:00

In an attempt to strengthen its presence in Bangladesh, global beverage giant Coca-Cola plans to invest US$ 50 million more in the country over the next three years. It will also roll out a string of...

Uber service begins in Chattogram

Uber service begins in Chattogram

-- 2018-04-12 20:55:10

Uber, the world's largest on-demand ride-sharing company, on Thursday announced the launch of its services in Chattogram. With the launch of three products - UberX, HIRE and MOTO, Uber expanded its s...

Cut corporate tax rates: FBCCI

Cut corporate tax rates: FBCCI

FE Online Report 2018-04-12 18:01:01

Country’s apex trade body has urged the government to cut the corporate tax rates by 2.50 percentage points in the upcoming national budget for the fiscal year 2018-19. The apex trade body al...

PM seeks more South Korean investment

PM seeks more South Korean investment

-- 2018-04-12 16:39:55

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday welcomed more South Korean investment as it helped achieve the main aim of the government in building a developed Bangladesh. The Prime Minister said this whe...

China, India allow huge under-invoicing in exports to Bangladesh

China, India allow huge under-invoicing in exports to Bangladesh

FE Online Report 2018-04-12 15:24:42

China and India are allowing a massive under-invoicing of their exports in Bangladesh, violating the rules of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), according to an East Asia Forum article. By doing thi...

Walmart edges close to buying India's Flipkart

Walmart edges close to buying India's Flipkart

-- 2018-04-12 14:38:17

Walmart Inc is likely to reach a deal to buy a majority stake in Indian e-commerce player Flipkart by the end of June in what could be the US retail giant’s biggest acquisition of an online busi...

Rangs Properties holds gala night for suppliers

Rangs Properties holds gala night for suppliers

FE Online Desk 2018-04-12 14:28:38

Rangs Properties Limited (RPL), a real estate company in the country, has organised a “Partners’ Gala Night” for its prominent suppliers in the capital city. The company hold the...

China vows to retaliate against US in trade war

China vows to retaliate against US in trade war

-- 2018-04-12 13:36:15

China’s commerce ministry said on Thursday trade negotiations with the United States would be impossible as Washington’s attempts at dialogue were not sincere, and vowed to retaliate shoul...