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New law in the making: No official seal for forming company

New law in the making: No official seal for forming company

Mehdi Musharraf Bhuiyan 2018-02-06 00:00:00

A new companies' law currently in the making may eliminate the obligation to obtain official seal as a precondition for forming a company, aiming to create many start-ups. Officials said the latest C...

20 int’l flights miss arrival schedules at Dhaka airport

20 int’l flights miss arrival schedules at Dhaka airport

FE Online Report 2018-02-06 00:00:00

About 20 international flights failed to meet their arrival schedules at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Tuesday. A US-Bangla Airlines flight from Singapore was scheduled to arrive at the a...

PRAN-RFL’s four companies win top VAT payer's award

PRAN-RFL’s four companies win top VAT payer's award

FE Online Desk 2018-02-06 00:00:00

Four companies of PRAN-RFL Group have received award for paying highest amounts of VAT at the 23rd Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) 2018. Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith handed over the...

July-January export earnings mark growth

July-January export earnings mark growth

FE Online Report 2018-02-06 00:00:00

Export earnings of July-January period of the current fiscal year has witnessed a slightly upward trend compared to that of corresponding period of the previous fiscal. As per Export Promotion Bureau...

Islami Bank bags 1st prize in Corporate Governance

Islami Bank bags 1st prize in Corporate Governance

-- 2018-02-05 15:48:21

Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) has clinched the 1st prize in Corporate Governance at a ceremony organised by The South Asian Federation of Accountants (SAFA) recently. SAFA, an apex body of SA...

EU sits in talks with BKMEA

EU sits in talks with BKMEA

-- 2018-02-05 14:43:20

The European Union (EU) has sat in a meeting with Bangladesh Knitwear and Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) in Dhaka city.  The meeting, focusing on the overall situation in t...

SpherePay launches cryptocurrency ICO

SpherePay launches cryptocurrency ICO

-- 2018-02-05 12:25:41

Singapore homegrown mobile payment app company SpherePay officially opened its Initial Coin Offering (ICO) or also known as Initial Token Sale on Monday. Earlier this month, SpherePay made an announ...

Uttara Motors launches 'Bajaj Pulsar NS160'

Uttara Motors launches 'Bajaj Pulsar NS160'

FE Online Desk 2018-02-05 12:13:29

Uttara Motors Ltd launched “Bajaj Pulsar NS160”, the most powerful 160cc motorcycle in the local market Sunday. Tagged as “The Fastest Bangladeshi”, Pulsar NS160 is the most s...

Help undocumented migrants get regularised abroad

Help undocumented migrants get regularised abroad

FE Report 2018-02-05 11:03:30

Expatriates' welfare minister on Sunday asked the labour counsellors to help undocumented Bangladeshi migrants get regularised in their respective job destinations. He also requested them to provide...

Labour rights: Factory inspection checklist disrupts status report prep

Labour rights: Factory inspection checklist disrupts status report prep

Monira Munni 2018-02-05 10:49:31

The introduction of a new checklist for factory inspection has caused some technical complexities like preparing status reports on labour rights and safety issues in the industries, especially garment...

Retail prices of key vegetables 50pc higher in city markets

Retail prices of key vegetables 50pc higher in city markets

Yasir Wardad 2018-02-05 10:12:59

Retail prices of key vegetables remain at least 50 per cent higher during this peak harvesting season comparing to the same period a year back, official data have showed. Traders have, however, blame...

Knowledge helps people attain ‘great results’

Knowledge helps people attain ‘great results’

Our Correspondent 2018-02-05 00:23:42

CHITTAGONG, Feb 4: The Chittagong Regional Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) organised a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) on 'Knowledge Management: A St...

‘Rising world oil prices to save Libya’s economy  from deficit’

‘Rising world oil prices to save Libya’s economy from deficit’

-- 2018-02-05 00:21:56

The rise of world oil prices will save Libya's national economy from deficit, Tariq Al-Jarushi, a member of the Libyan eastern-based House of Representatives, said Saturday, reports Xinhua. "The high...

Bangladesh EU’s largest EBA trade scheme beneficiary

Bangladesh EU’s largest EBA trade scheme beneficiary

FE Online Report 2018-02-05 00:00:00

The European Union (EU) imported the most from Bangladesh under its Everything But Arms (EBA) preferential trade scheme. A report, prepared by the European Commission, showed that EU’s 66 per c...

Samsung heir Lee walks out of jail after one year

Samsung heir Lee walks out of jail after one year

Reuters 2018-02-05 00:00:00

A South Korean appeals court on Monday set Samsung Group heir Jay Y. Lee free after nearly a year of detention, suspending his five-year jail term after he was convicted of bribing the country’s...

Deal tomorrow to boost tea sector

Deal tomorrow to boost tea sector

FE Online Report 2018-02-05 00:00:00

Bangladesh Tea Research Institute (BTRI) is going to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with two organisations aiming to boost the country’s tea sector. The BTRI will sign the agreement w...

BKMEA urges EU to extend GSP facility for 12 years

BKMEA urges EU to extend GSP facility for 12 years

FE Report 2018-02-05 00:00:00

The country's knitwear manufacturers on Monday requested the European Union (EU) to extend GSP facility for at least twelve years.  Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (B...

DITF ends with Tk 1.6b orders, Tk 870m sales

DITF ends with Tk 1.6b orders, Tk 870m sales

FE Report 2018-02-04 22:35:55

The 23rd Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF 2018) ended on Sunday with the exhibitors receiving spot export orders worth Tk 1.60 billion and transactions amounting to Tk 870 million. Commerce Minis...

India removes minimum export price on onion

India removes minimum export price on onion

-- 2018-02-04 18:54:59

India has removed the minimum export price (MEP) on onions aiming to restrict the crash in wholesale onion prices. The Times of India said country's commerce ministry decided to remove the MEP on oni...

FBCCI delegates to join  CACCI meeting in Turkey

FBCCI delegates to join CACCI meeting in Turkey

FE Report 2018-02-04 18:27:13

A Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) delegation will join the meeting of Confederation of Asia-Pacific Chambers of Commerce and Industry (CACCI) to be held in Turkey....

Plastic goods makers want quick execution of industrial park

Plastic goods makers want quick execution of industrial park

FE Report 2018-02-04 11:34:10

Country's plastic goods manufacturers urged the government Saturday to accelerate implementation of the planned industrial park to help bring discipline the sector. Currently, many small and medium p...

Geopotato project to save potato from late blight disease

Geopotato project to save potato from late blight disease

Yasir Wardad 2018-02-04 11:13:22

Potato farmers who suffer financial losses every year due to outbreak of late blight disease in their farms could now get relief, as a project has been launched under which geo-data are being used to...

Another fertiliser factory to shut for gas supply cut

Another fertiliser factory to shut for gas supply cut

Jubair Hasan 2018-02-04 10:47:54

Country's lone active urea fertiliser unit, Shahjalal Fertiliser Factory, is now set to halt for gas cut that would make public exchequer count huge costs in import bills and subsidies. Though Bangla...

Bankers seek exemption from labour act

Bankers seek exemption from labour act

Rezaul Karim 2018-02-04 10:28:30

A proposal put forward for exempting banking companies from the purview of the labour act aiming to help protect the sector from possible challenges is now under scrutiny, sources said. After receivi...

DITF ends today

DITF ends today

FE Report 2018-02-04 00:00:00

The 23rd Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) will end today (Sunday). Begun on January 1, the fair was scheduled to be held until end of the month, but it rolled into February as the government ex...

Turkish Airlines flight misses arrival time

Turkish Airlines flight misses arrival time

FE Report 2018-02-04 00:00:00

A Turkish Airlines flight has made a delay of more than five hours on arriving at the Dhaka airport on Sunday. Turkish Airlines TK 712 was scheduled to arrive at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airpo...

Bhutan eyes import of Bangladeshi medicines, use of inland waterways  

Bhutan eyes import of Bangladeshi medicines, use of inland waterways  

-- 2018-02-03 21:07:34

Bhutan is willing to import medicines from Bangladesh as it is of high quality, said Bhutanese premier. Prime Minister of the South Asian country Tshering Tobgay expressed his willingness on Saturda...

OIC ministers to talk on regional integration in Dhaka

OIC ministers to talk on regional integration in Dhaka

-- 2018-02-03 19:41:47

The tourism ministers of OIC will meet in Dhaka from February 5 to February 7 to talk about the scopes of enhancing regional integration through tourism. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate...

N Korea earns $200m from banned exports: UN

N Korea earns $200m from banned exports: UN

-- 2018-02-03 16:59:54

North Korea violated United Nations sanctions to earn nearly $200 million in 2017 from banned commodity exports, according to a confidential report by independent UN monitors, which also accused Pyong...

Amazon profit blows past expectations

Amazon profit blows past expectations

-- 2018-02-03 16:04:11

Amazon reported a profit near $2 billion, the largest in its history, as the online retailer drew millions of new customers to its Prime fast-shipping club for the holiday season and as changes to US...