FE REPORT 2022-08-31 11:01:55
Bangladesh Reconditioned Vehicles Importers and Dealers Association (BARVIDA) has called for reducing rents at the Chittagong port following a rise in their business-operation cost in recent months....
FE REPORT 2022-08-31 09:02:40
Rights groups have called for ensuring a sustainable reintegration of migrant returnees through giving them income-generating scope and psychosocial support. They also suggest undertaking long-term...
FE REPORT 2022-08-31 08:50:46
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), in a drive at the city's Kamalapur Railway Station on Tuesday, unearthed massive irregularities in ticketing of privately operated commuter train services. The c...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2022-08-31 08:41:58
Already late by years, the ill-fated Airport-Gazipur Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor seeks time extension for a fifth time, up to December next year, sources say. The ministry of road transport and...
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Iraq's oil exports are unaffected by the current political turmoil in the country, three sources told Reuters on Tuesday. Baghdad is seeing its worst fighting for years as clashes between Shi'ite Mus...
-- 2022-08-30 19:54:05
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FBCCI) has welcomed the decision for price re-adjustment of fuel oil as it would decrease the pressure on the national economy despite...
-- 2022-08-30 15:56:05
The Bangladesh government will soon fix the prices of nine essential commodities, including rice and wheat, to ease public suffering, a senior minister has said. "The Tariff Commission will determine...
-- 2022-08-30 13:03:00
A California owner of a Tesla Model 3 sued the electric vehicle maker in a proposed class action over cars suddenly stopping for non-existent obstacles, calling it a "frightening and dangerous nightma...
FE REPORT 2022-08-30 11:11:48
Edible salt could be imported following domestic production shortage in order to stabilise the market, Bangladesh Competition Commission gave such an order in the judgment of a case on Monday. "In th...
FE REPORT 2022-08-30 10:43:43
The Ministry of Commerce is set to hold a meeting with the stakeholders today (Tuesday) to devise strategies on how to keep the prices of essential items stable in the market. The meeting with trader...
YASIR WARDAD 2022-08-30 10:36:32
Traders get until September to open letters of credit (L/Cs) for importing 1.06-million tonnes of rice until September as only 25 per cent have been opened so far. Food ministry earlier fixed August...
FE REPORT 2022-08-30 09:24:46
Country's rice exporters fear losing the international market of aromatic rice as different neighbouring countries are trying to take control over the Bangladeshi fragrant rice market due to a ban on...
FE REPORT 2022-08-30 09:19:51
India is holding another trial run of its ships this week using Chittagong Port - to check readiness for starting regular transhipment of cargoes to and from Kolkata and the north-eastern states using...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM 2022-08-30 08:28:32
Credit flow into Bangladesh's private sector has been on the up and up pushed by rising demand, particularly for trade financing, sources say on a cautious note about a possible side-effect. The uptu...
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Bangladesh is finalising deals with Vietnam and India to import a total of 330,000 tonnes of rice as it races to replenish reserves and cool domestic prices, two officials with direct knowledge of the...
-- 2022-08-29 19:42:20
The government has reduced the prices of fuel oil by Tk 5 a litre 23 days after raising the prices by as much as 51.68 per cent. The new prices of diesel, kerosene, octane and petrol will be effectiv...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-08-29 16:04:42
BURO Bangladesh has raised the first-ever syndicated local currency loan of Tk 5.75 billion for SME financing from nine commercial banks. Citibank, N.A. worked as the lead arranger for this syndica...
FE ONLINE DESK 2022-08-29 11:41:42
Trust Bank Limited recently signed an agreement with Bangladesh Bank to provide term loan facilities to Cottage, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (CMSMEs) entrepreneurs under the CMSME Refinance Sc...
FE REPORT 2022-08-29 10:38:18
Mismanagement across the country in fertiliser supply has prompted the government to open a control room to monitor the fertiliser condition in the country. The Ministry of Agriculture on Sunday set...
FE REPORT 2022-08-29 10:07:09
The Chinese company concerned has submitted a detailed safety plan for the entire Joydevpur-Airport corridor for approval from the BRT project's consultants with a target to resume the construction wo...
DOULOT AKTER MALA 2022-08-29 09:26:38
Industrial and domestic consumers of two basic utility services - electricity and gas - paid Tk 315.35 billion taxes to the public exchequer with their consumption charges during the last five fiscal...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM 2022-08-29 09:13:50
The central bank has decided to introduce foreign currency (FC) clearing and settlement through the RTGS system for the first time - from September 04 - to facilitate business activities, officials...
FE REPORT 2022-08-29 08:50:11
The government has imposed fresh fees on 46 types of export-import services to increase its non-tax earnings to make two ends meet, in a measure seen as ill-timed. By a twin-stroke it has also increa...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2022-08-29 08:24:57
Project revision and extension faces hard times as the Planning Commission is applying a new method of scrutinising every step during implementation of ongoing projects to prevent time and cost esca...
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The government on Sunday withdrew the total import duty on rice and reduced the regulatory excise duty from 25 per cent to 5 per cent. The government issued a gazette notification on Sunday after gro...
-- 2022-08-28 21:31:25
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has waived the entire advance tax on diesel aiming to cut the import cost of the key gasoline item. The NBR issued a notification in this regard, according to a BS...
-- 2022-08-28 21:26:57
Japan's Suzuki Motor Corp will set up a new global research and development company in India and continue to invest in the country aggressively, its president Toshihiro Suzuki said on Sunday. The new...
-- 2022-08-28 19:16:58
Dell Technologies Inc. said on Saturday it had ceased all Russian operations after closing its offices in mid-August, the latest in a growing list of Western firms to exit Russia. The US computer fir...
-- 2022-08-28 17:41:31
Bangladesh plans to import 500,000 tonnes of wheat at $430 a tonne from Russia in a government-to-government deal as it battles to secure supplies amid surging prices. Two government officials with t...
FE ONLINE DESK 2022-08-28 15:53:19
Mohammad Jahangir on Sunday assumed charge as managing director and chief executive officer of Rupali Bank Ltd, reads a press release. Earlier on 14th August, the Financial Institution Division under...
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