FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2020-07-21 09:17:40
Six ministries and agencies could not spend even half of their development work in the last fiscal, in a blatant repeat of failure year after year, officials said on Monday. An economist said it has...
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The government has estimated crop losses from flash floods at Tk 3.49 billion, Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque has said. "The floods have destroyed harvests of paddy, vegetables, jute and other c...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-07-20 15:49:01
Stocks broke a five-day losing streak on Monday as buoyant investors showed a buying binge at the lowest possible prices amid the floor price system. The market started on a positive note and the upw...
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Farida Akhter, a homemaker living in Dhaka's Basabo, bought a 'Paribarik Sanchayapatra', a savings instrument, worth Tk 1.0 million two years ago. She used to draw Tk 8,640 a month in interest from it...
Monira Munni 2020-07-20 10:13:18
The country's ready-made garment (RMG) export earnings in the first 18 days of July stood at US$1.57 billion despite the Covid-19 pandemic, which local manufacturers consider as a good sign of revivin...
Mohammad Mufazzal 2020-07-20 09:49:36
Benchmark indices of both the bourses witnessed moderate correction against the sharp losses observed by some of the indices of south Asian stock exchanges amid Covid-19 pandemic. The market insiders...
FE REPORT 2020-07-20 09:40:21
The Power Division under the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, or MPEMR, has implemented 94.40 per cent of project work under the Annual Development Programme, or ADP, in the last fis...
DOULOT AKTER MALA 2020-07-20 09:36:37
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has revived its plan to identify barriers that constrain making the online income tax returns user-friendly. The income tax wing of the board has formed a high-pow...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM 2020-07-20 09:34:09
Interest rate spread in the country's banking system improved slightly in May as banks slashed interest rates on deposits more than on lending. The spread defined as the gap between lending and depos...
SYFUL ISLAM 2020-07-20 09:25:01
The Asian Development Bank or ADB has reshuffled the current year's projects, pushed back a few and included some fresh programmes with the objective of offsetting the impact of the pandemic on life...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-07-19 16:17:37
Stocks extended the losing streak for the fifth straight session on Sunday as the risk-averse investors continued their sell-offs ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. Market operators said some retail investors sol...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-07-19 11:36:51
Stocks witnessed sharp decline in early trading on Sunday as investors mostly followed cautious stance amid ongoing virus fears. Within 30 minutes of trading, DSEX, the key index of DSE, lost more th...
FE Online Report 2020-07-19 11:35:06
The board of directors of Republic Insurance Ltd has recommended 7.0 per cent cash and 7.0 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2019. The final approval will come during the ann...
FE REPORT 2020-07-19 09:38:55
The readymade garment industry might fail to realise or face deferred payment worth US$3.0 billion because of the Covid-19 pandemic, exporters say. Local clothing exporters faced $3.18 billion work o...
FE REPOR 2020-07-19 09:28:55
Easy access to finance for smaller enterprises is required for employment generation and economic recovery during and after the pandemic, experts said on Saturday. They also called for creating a pro...
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Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) Chairman Professor Shibli Rubayat Ul Islam has said that a total of 13 banks have formed low-interest special fund to invest in the capital market...
MUNIMA SULTANA 2020-07-18 12:44:40
With the road network expanding, lower budgetary allocation for road development and maintenance work in this fiscal year is likely to put the authorities concerned in a fix. Although budgetary alloc...
FE REPORT 2020-07-18 10:52:26
The securities regulator has extended the timeframe for keeping provision against unrealised losses in accounts of the stock dealer, stockbrokers, and merchant banks' own and their client portfolios u...
FE REPORT 2020-07-18 10:43:26
Stocks kept the positive trend for the fourth straight week that ended on Thursday despite the last four sessions of the week witnessed profit booking sell-offs. The week featured five trading sessio...
Babul Barman 2020-07-18 10:31:44
Net foreign investment in the Dhaka bourse has been on a downward trend for the last 14 straight months as the overseas investors continued to pull out their fund amid prolonged bearish market trend....
JASIM UDDIN HAROON 2020-07-18 10:07:44
The government has expedited the process of replacing more than 70-year-old foreign exchange regulations in order to attract investments while improving the ease of doing business. The foreign exch...
REZAUL KARIM 2020-07-18 09:39:08
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has suggested the government adopt time-bound action plan for four state-owned commercial banks (SoCBs) to meet their existing capital shortfalls and make them operationally sound...
FE Report 2020-07-17 10:13:41
The securities regulator has formed a two-member committee to look into the unusual transactions of the shares of two listed pharmaceuticals companies. The companies are Beacon Pharmaceuticals and Ce...
FE Report 2020-07-17 10:05:54
The securities regulator has imposed an aggregate amount of penalty worth Tk84 million on a listed company, a brokerage firm and some individuals for misuse of IPO fund and manipulating share price....
SIDDIQUE ISLAM 2020-07-17 09:19:41
The central bank has predicted domestic economic activities are likely to lose momentum in near future as side-effects of the shutdowns and slower growth in foreign trade. "The ordered implementation...
FE Online Desk 2020-07-16 20:32:35
As COVID-19 cases surge throughout the nation, it is imperative for Bangladesh to utilize ICT in the healthcare system to stave off the challenges posed by a catastrophe. The ICT Division of the Gove...
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Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi on Thursday said that the government has fixed $48.0 billion export target for the current fiscal year 2020-2021. “$41.0 billion has been fixed for goods export se...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-07-16 16:25:21
Stocks extended the losing streak for the fourth straight session on Thursday as investors mostly remained watchful amid ongoing virus fears. The market opened on a downward trend and continued the t...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-07-16 11:24:54
Stocks witnessed downward trend in early trading on Thursday as investors mostly followed cautious stance amid static virus situation. Within 30 minutes of trading, DSEX lost more than 7.0 points whi...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-07-16 10:56:55
The board of two more insurance companies – Rupali Insurance and City General Insurance - have recommended dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2019. Rupali Insurance: The board of direc...
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