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Funding on flexible terms will be challenging: SMEF

Funding on flexible terms will be challenging: SMEF

FE REPORT 2022-06-20 10:28:50

Thanking the government for accepting its proposals in the budget, the SME Foundation says small and medium enterprises will be benefited when these take effect. It, however, say funding for entrepre...

Indo-Bangla JCC meeting ends

Indo-Bangla JCC meeting ends

FE REPORT 2022-06-20 09:14:03

The 7th Round of India-Bangladesh Joint Consultative Commission, held in New Delhi on Sunday, ended without any breakthrough in the pending issues like water sharing. In the meeting both sides reiter...

Pre-shipment credit: Banks invited to take part in refinance fund

Pre-shipment credit: Banks invited to take part in refinance fund

FE REPORT 2022-06-20 09:12:09

The central bank has invited the banks to have 'participation agreement' for availing pre-shipment credit under the Tk 50 billion refinance scheme earlier formed to help local exporters face the cha...

Govt gives directives on project priorities

Govt gives directives on project priorities

SYFUL ISLAM 2022-06-20 09:01:37

Government high-ups ask the ministries and departments concerned to concentrate on timely implementation of ongoing projects instead of taking less-important new ones to stay within means in crunch...

Padma Bridge: Make road usable under Hanif Flyover, say experts

Padma Bridge: Make road usable under Hanif Flyover, say experts

MUNIMA SULTANA 2022-06-20 08:54:07

Concerns have been surfacing about expected snarl in and around Padma Multi-purpose Bridge from more than a week before its opening to the public transport in later part of the current month. Getting...

Price rises push inflation to 8-yr high at 7.42pc

Price rises push inflation to 8-yr high at 7.42pc

FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2022-06-20 08:37:17

Price rises pushed up inflation to a record-high 7.42 per cent in Bangladesh by official count, overshooting government estimation amid market volatility globally and locally. Economists suggest co...

Banks asked to serve flood-hit people from nearby safe branches

Banks asked to serve flood-hit people from nearby safe branches

-- 2022-06-19 19:24:58

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has instructed banks to continue services in the flood-hit areas through their sub-branches, agent bank outlets or branches nearby in the dry places. The central bank’s Dep...

LFB calls for standing by endangered humanity

LFB calls for standing by endangered humanity

-- 2022-06-19 17:32:05

Leaders Forum BD (LFB) Trust, a Dhaka-based registered platform of corporate and business leaders and managers, has made a clarion call for corporate fraternities to wake up to stand by endangered hum...

ICCB conducts workshop on international trade payment and finance

ICCB conducts workshop on international trade payment and finance

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-06-19 15:24:36

International Chamber of Commerce Bangladesh (ICCB) organised a workshop titled ‘International Trade Payment and Finance-Practice, compliance, operations & Legal analysis’ at a city ho...

REHAB urges govt to allow investment of undisclosed money in real estate sector

REHAB urges govt to allow investment of undisclosed money in real estate sector

FE REPORT 2022-06-19 12:28:58

The realtors have urged the government to continue allowing investment of undisclosed money in real estate to help the sector flourish unhindered. They observed that the proposed national budget for...

Market closure after 8pm: FBCCI urges government to postpone decision until Eid

Market closure after 8pm: FBCCI urges government to postpone decision until Eid

FE REPORT 2022-06-19 08:34:46

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) has called upon the government to postpone the decision on closure of shops, shopping malls and kitchen markets after 8:00pm, unt...

BCI demands simplification of taxation system

BCI demands simplification of taxation system

-- 2022-06-18 20:36:18

Bangladesh Chamber of Industries (BCI) has demanded simplification of the taxation system saying that people feel reluctant to pay taxes due to complexities. “The taxation system must be simple...

Bitcoin drops below $20,000 to lowest level in 18 months

Bitcoin drops below $20,000 to lowest level in 18 months

-- 2022-06-18 19:15:13

Bitcoin dropped below $20,000 on Saturday to its lowest level in 18 months, extending its slide as investors pull back from riskier assets amid rising interest rates. The biggest cryptocurrency was d...

India may impose ceiling on sugar exports for second straight year

India may impose ceiling on sugar exports for second straight year

-- 2022-06-18 16:07:18

India is likely to impose a ceiling on sugar exports for a second straight year starting this October, aiming to ensure ample domestic supplies and keep a lid on local prices, industry and government...

Japan turns a potential job market for Bangladesh

Japan turns a potential job market for Bangladesh

ARAFAT ARA 2022-06-18 10:07:26

Japan has emerged as a potential market for Bangladeshi workers as it can help increase employment opportunity and quality migration. Officials at the Bureau of Manpower Employment and Training (BMET...

Govt decides to shut shops, markets by 8pm

Govt decides to shut shops, markets by 8pm

-- 2022-06-18 09:20:36

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked all concerned to take necessary measures to shut down shops, shopping malls, markets and kitchen markets across the country by 8pm every day, BSS reports. The i...

Protecting humans, environment: BD to ratify mercury convention

Protecting humans, environment: BD to ratify mercury convention

FE REPORT 2022-06-18 09:02:51

Bangladesh will soon ratify an international convention on mercury which is designed to protect human health and the environment from anthropogenic emissions and releases of this poisonous metal. Ado...

Efforts on to ensure integrity in BD financial system

Efforts on to ensure integrity in BD financial system

SIDDIQUE ISLAM 2022-06-18 08:47:41

Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has taken various measures to prevent money laundering as well as terrorist financing, in order to ensure stability and integrity in the country's financi...

Rice, potato become pricier again

Rice, potato become pricier again

FE REPORT 2022-06-18 08:45:54

Rice and potato became pricier further last week augmenting woes of the consumers already battered by the rocketing price trend of essentials. Prices of rice at the retail level increased by Tk2.0-...

Sony, Honda sign JV to sell electric cars by 2025

Sony, Honda sign JV to sell electric cars by 2025

-- 2022-06-17 14:10:03

Japan's Sony and Honda Motor on Thursday officially agreed to an equally owned joint venture that will start selling electric cars in 2025. Honda, like bigger rival Toyota Motor, has been slower to s...

Two more tugboats join Ctg port's fleet

Two more tugboats join Ctg port's fleet

NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL 2022-06-17 10:01:00

CHATTOGRAM: The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has procured two new tugboats to facilitate larger ships' smooth movement in the port channel and enhance the port's cargo handling capacity. Procure...

Bankers back FBCCI request for loan-repayment moratorium

Bankers back FBCCI request for loan-repayment moratorium

FE REPORT 2022-06-17 09:14:55

Bangladesh's top bankers suggest the central bank to consider FBCCI request for loan-repayment moratorium till December selectively and on condition, as they mention some willful defaults. Followin...

Six gas fields, wells in enforced idleness

Six gas fields, wells in enforced idleness

M AZIZUR RAHMAN 2022-06-17 09:07:12

At least three feasible onshore gas fields and three wells have remained "forced idle" for years due to cases pending with local and international courts, slowing down the much-needed oil-gas discov...

'Black money whitening contravenes social justice'

'Black money whitening contravenes social justice'

FE REPORT 2022-06-17 08:54:35

Some analysts term the budgetary provision of bringing back laundered money by offering tax incentives unethical and contravention of social justice, while suggesting a revision of different fiscal...

Double-decker trains can run on PMB rail

Double-decker trains can run on PMB rail

MUNIMA SULTANA 2022-06-17 08:47:22

The single-track rail being built with the Padma bridge will have the capacity to operate 80 trains daily with provision of running double-deckers in both passenger and container services. Official...

Emphasis on bringing stakeholders of syndication financing under one forum

Emphasis on bringing stakeholders of syndication financing under one forum

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-06-16 20:04:57

Participants called for bringing all the key stakeholders of syndication financing including the investment banks under a forum to discuss the prospects, challenges and opportunities regarding syndica...

Qatar Airways posts record $1.5b profits ahead of World Cup

Qatar Airways posts record $1.5b profits ahead of World Cup

-- 2022-06-16 19:53:29

Qatar Airways, one of the Mideast's largest carriers known for on-board comfort and luxury, said Thursday its profits over the past fiscal year topped $1.5 billion, marking the highest ever earnings f...

Aligning with changing trends, building capabilities must to remain competitive: BGMEA

Aligning with changing trends, building capabilities must to remain competitive: BGMEA

-- 2022-06-16 19:17:38

Aligning business strategies with changing trends in the fashion industry and building capabilities accordingly is a must to sustain in the global competitive market, said Faruque Hassan, president of...

FBCCI to resolve problems prevailing in the media industry

FBCCI to resolve problems prevailing in the media industry

-- 2022-06-16 18:14:29

The FBCCI Standing Committee on Press, Media and Cultural Affairs will work to resolve the existing problems in the Print and Electronic Media.   Director-in-Charge of the Committee Dr. Kazi Ert...

EU to help Bangladesh in attaining renewable energy goals

EU to help Bangladesh in attaining renewable energy goals

FE REPORT 2022-06-16 10:21:40

The EU Member States have common interest to support Bangladesh in achieving their national goals and fulfilling international commitments in the field of renewable energy through the Team Europe Init...