-- 2022-04-15 20:27:11
Several buyers of Russian gas have agreed to switch to payments in roubles, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Friday. "We expect the decision (to switch to roubles) from other imp...
-- 2022-04-15 19:44:35
Manisha Meem Nipun, a member of the transgender community, has changed myths about the transgender community by becoming an entrepreneur, overcoming social barriers and financial troubles. Soci...
-- 2022-04-15 11:32:43
Italian confectionary giant Ferrero said it will stop sourcing palm oil from Sime Darby Plantation after the US customs service found the Malaysian planter used forced labour, in a reputational blow f...
-- 2022-04-14 21:01:41
Russia's Energy Ministry has started limiting access to its statistics on oil and gas production and exports, it said on Thursday. The ministry "is limiting the distribution of information, which cou...
-- 2022-04-14 20:31:40
Runner, the country's first motorcycle manufacturer and exporter company, is set to launch a three-wheeler by September next, said State Minister for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Jun...
-- 2022-04-14 17:32:07
Billionaire Elon Musk has offered to buy Twitter for about $41 billion in cash, saying the social media company he has often criticised needs to go private to see effective changes. Musk's offer pric...
-- 2022-04-14 10:58:22
Two years after tourism in Southeast Asia ground to a halt, travellers are getting back on planes as entry and COVID-19 quarantine rules are lifted in the region, but a full recovery will be slow and...
FE REPORT 2022-04-14 09:27:45
On the occasion of Bengali new year, the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corpo-ration (BSCIC) and Bangla Academy are jointly organising a fair, styled 'Boishahki Mela-1429, starting today (Thu...
FE REPORT 2022-04-14 09:18:22
The country's apex investment promotion agency and a platform of foreign investors join hands to promote and facilitate foreign investment in the country. To this end, the Bangladesh Investment Devel...
FE REPORT 2022-04-14 09:07:12
The government released Tk 23 billion for the payment of cash incentives to local exporters on their export earnings. It is the 4th installment of cash incentives for the April-June period of the cur...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN 2022-04-14 09:04:28
The government has issued request for proposals (RFPs) to eight previously short-listed global firms to build the country's maiden land-based LNG terminal with a capacity to handle 7.50 million tonnes...
FE REPORT 2022-04-14 08:50:02
Policymakers, telecom stakeholders and experts have opined that the existing tax structure on the telecom sector is unfair and has created an obstruction to the further expansion of digital Banglade...
FE REPORT 2022-04-14 08:12:08
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has exempted Bangladesh Tele-communications Company Limited (BTCL) from payment of VAT in a bid to avoid double taxation on consumers. The NBR VAT Policy Wing is...
-- 2022-04-13 20:35:46
Prices for wind and solar power in major global markets have climbed nearly 30 per cent in a year as developers have struggled with chaotic supply chains and surging costs for everything from shipping...
-- 2022-04-13 19:49:52
Smarting from two consecutive years of pandemic-induced losses the country has returned to a festive mood giving a fillip to this year’s Ramadan, Pohela Boishakh, and Eid-ul-Fitr shopping. ...
FE REPORT 2022-04-13 09:16:31
Country's apparel makers have demanded withdrawal of the decision of gas rationing in the industrial units for four hours a day for fifteen days. In a statement, first vice president of Bangladesh Ga...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN 2022-04-13 09:10:00
Bangladesh will be able to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) from spot market at lower rates if the government purchases the fuel through open-tendering method instead of the existing selective- and...
-- 2022-04-12 20:27:43
Telecoms equipment maker Nokia is pulling out of the Russian market, its CEO said, going a step further than rival Ericsson, which said on Monday it was indefinitely suspending its business in the cou...
-- 2022-04-12 17:02:48
Al-Arafah Islami Bank, in collaboration with Mastercard, announced the launch of contactless debit and prepaid cards at a city hotel Tuesday. At the inauguration ceremony, Md. Mezbaul Haque, Honorabl...
-- 2022-04-12 15:50:07
BRAC Bank has launched Quick Response (QR)-based transactions through the mobile app ‘ASTHA’ to provide its customers with the convenience of daily transactions. It lets use...
FE REPORT 2022-04-12 12:18:32
The government has imposed gas rationing for industrial clients across the country, requesting them to cease consuming natural gas for four hours daily from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm for the next 15 days sta...
FE ONLINE DESK 2022-04-12 11:44:12
A workshop on the overall activities of Postal Department Mobile Financial Service 'Nagad' was held on Monday, aimed at providing guidance to BPO officials in conducting operations of the Bangladesh P...
FE REPORT 2022-04-12 10:51:55
Incepta Pharmaceuticals has launched a new diabetes controlling medicine under the brand name of 'Linatab E' (Generic: Linagliptin+ Empagliflozin). The medicine combines the two most remarkable and s...
FE REPORT 2022-04-12 10:40:59
The country's largest rooftop solar power plant under the opex model, a 3.2-megawatt peak (MWp) array, was inaugurated in Narayanganj on Monday. The facility has been established on a textile mill's...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN 2022-04-12 09:41:04
Scotland's Wood Mackenzie will work for sweetening Bangladesh's model production-sharing contract (MPSC) to lure international oil companies (IOCs) to explore hydrocarbons in the Bay. The hiring of t...
FE REPORT 2022-04-12 09:27:22
With the government high-ups keen to start a direct shipping service between Bangladesh and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) amid growing trade, the Ministry of Shipping has advanced faster to realise t...
-- 2022-04-11 22:00:44
Bangladesh Bank has asked banks to impose at least a 25 per cent margin on the opening of letters of credit (LCs) for non-essential consumer items to curb the escalated import payments. Baby food, fu...
-- 2022-04-11 20:18:13
The professionalisation of TVET teachers or trainers is critical in order to build a quality technical and vocational training system to produce highly skilled trainees. Therefore improving the...
FE ONLINE DESK 2022-04-11 19:25:35
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) in Bangladesh has recently inaugurated its new relocated branch at Giant Business Tower, Uttara, Dhaka. Faruque Hassan, president of BGMEA and Rup...
-- 2022-04-11 18:13:25
The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) has started issuing halal certification alongside the quality certification of the products and food items it assesses and evaluates. According...
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