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FE Online Desk 2018-03-10 12:14:14
The foreign exchange market witnessed a good volume of payments in the week ended Thursday last. Higher import payments than export receipts continued widening the current account deficit. Ba...
FE Online Report 2018-03-10 12:09:46
The Executive Committee of UCB Foundation, a CSR organisation of United Commercial Bank Limited (UCB), has appointed State Minister for Land Saifuzzaman Chowdhury as adviser of the foundation. Saifuz...
M Azizur Rahman 2018-03-10 10:33:20
French firm Technip has submitted a draft final design of a crude oil refinery to be set up in the country with an annual capacity of 3.0 million tonnes. They submitted the draft to state-run Banglad...
FE Report 2018-03-10 10:22:05
Bangladesh has once again ranked at the bottom of a global survey of women entrepreneurs due mostly to the poor access to finance for female business owners. The country has been ranked 57th out of 5...
Kamrun Nahar 2018-03-10 09:56:27
Local airlines, including the state-owned Biman, are facing a severe blow and losing their competitiveness globally due to exorbitant price of jet A-1 fuel, fixed by Padma Oil Company Limited, a subsi...
-- 2018-03-09 21:51:22
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for the European Union to be exempted from new US tariffs on steel and aluminium imports. "The best option would be [for the EU] to be excluded," she told b...
-- 2018-03-09 13:53:22
The three-day jute fair titled ‘Diversified Jute Goods Fair 2018’ has been extended to till Saturday considering huge enthusiasm from the jute entrepreneurs and buyers in the jute produc...
-- 2018-03-09 13:32:39
Major Asian nations reacted sharply to US President Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium imports on Friday, warning of damage to relations amid industry calls for ret...
FE Online Desk 2018-03-09 12:09:55
Shahjalal Islami Bank Ltd handed over a cheque for Tk 5.0 million to Mrs. Golsen Ara, Proprietor of Afnan Enterprise. Mrs. Golsen Ara is an investment client of Shahjalal Islami Bank’s Keraniga...
-- 2018-03-09 11:51:16
Assam has shown keen interest in enhancing connectivity with Bangladesh especially in the air link. It hoped that both sides would be able to utilise their development potentials from this. The air...
-- 2018-03-09 11:21:13
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Thursday urged the entrepreneurs in Hong Kong to invest in Bangladesh, saying the country is an ideal place for investment. "If necessary, investors can take back th...
-- 2018-03-09 10:35:05
Eleven countries, including Japan and Canada, signed a landmark Asia-Pacific trade agreement without the United States on Thursday in what one minister called a powerful signal against protectionism a...
-- 2018-03-09 09:10:35
US President Donald Trump pressed ahead on Thursday with import tariffs of 25 per cent on steel and 10 per cent for aluminium but exempted Canada and Mexico and offered the possibility of excluding ot...
-- 2018-03-08 17:27:11
Infor, a leading provider of industry-specific cloud applications, announced on Thursday promotion of Helen Masters to the posts of senior vice president and general manager, Asia-Pacific, says a Medi...
-- 2018-03-08 15:41:33
Standard Bank Limited has organised a day-long workshop on 'Prevention of Money Laundering and Combating Financing of Terrorism' at its training institute recently. Mamun-Ur-Rashid, Managing D...
FE Online Report 2018-03-08 15:14:07
Export earnings during the first eight months of this fiscal year grew by 7.38 per cent to $24.39 billion, official data shows. As per the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) data, the country earned $22.7...
-- 2018-03-08 14:55:59
Electronics giant Walton has launched some unique featured air-conditioners (ACs) including ioniser, inverter, and smart ACs aiming to help people get rid of the sweltering summer heat. Engineer Md...
Monira Munni 2018-03-08 14:31:17
Though women workers are dominating the country's readymade garment sector, their scope to go up the ladder is very limited. Women workers generally do not get the equal chance for promotion in upper...
Farzana Chowdhury 2018-03-08 14:22:32
Sustainability Development Goals, also known as SDG are the glimpse of hope mostly for developing nations like ours. While the global disparity exists and many nations have moved forward, there are na...
FE Online Desk 2018-03-08 13:52:26
The International Chamber of Commerce is concerned about the looming trade war triggered by the US plans to put hefty tariffs on steel and aluminium. “There will be no winners from a trade war....
FE Online Report 2018-03-08 12:15:32
Three international flights have failed to meet their departure schedules at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka on Thursday. BG 091 was scheduled to leave for Kolkata at 7: 00am...
-- 2018-03-08 12:00:56
China will make a necessary response in the event of a trade war with the United States, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Thursday, while warning that such a war would only harm all sides. US Preside...
-- 2018-03-08 11:15:48
European multinational corporation Airbus that designs, manufactures, and sells civil and military aeronautical products worldwide has said up to 3,700 jobs could go across its four "home" countries b...
Siddique Islam 2018-03-08 10:11:07
The country's overall imports grew by 11.66 per cent in the first seven months of the current fiscal year (FY), 2017-18, mainly due to higher import of food grains and fuel oils, officials said. Actu...
Pankaj Dastider 2018-03-08 09:57:37
Businesses rue their fate as some 1170 TEUs of containers, mostly with apparel and jute exports, missed scheduled shipment for a cargo-transport strike. A greater dimension of the external trade disr...
-- 2018-03-07 21:30:13
British Prime Theresa May has confirmed that the United Kingdom will leave the European Union’s Digital Single Market after completing the Brexit process. The move means the UK will not be able...
-- 2018-03-07 18:19:17
Coca-Cola is planning to produce an alcoholic drink for the first time in the company's 125-year history - with an alcopop-style product in Japan. It is keen to cash in on the country's growing...
-- 2018-03-07 17:32:42
Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith has said Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) should be shut down and a jute cell should be opened in the ministry instead. "In the present situation...
FE Online Desk 2018-03-07 14:09:50
Leathergoods And Footwear Manufacturers & Exporters Association of Bangladesh (LFMEAB) signed a Memorandum of Understanding & Cooperation Agreement with Vietnam Leather, Footwear and Han...
FE Online Desk 2018-03-07 13:42:45
Pepsi Black, a zero calorie carbonated beverage, has been introduced in Bangladeshi market keeping its maximum taste unchanged. Transcom Beverages Limited (TBL), the franchisee of PepsiCo in the co...
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