FHM Humayan Kabir 2020-05-05 09:26:54
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) board is likely to approve US$500 million worth of credit support for Bangladesh on Thursday (May 7) to help the latter meet its budget deficit during the current fina...
FE Online Desk 2020-05-04 22:14:21
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has directed banks/financial institutions to provide special loan/investment facility to revive cottage, micro, and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) that were affected financia...
Babul Barman 2020-05-04 10:25:02
Most of the listed multinational companies (MNCs) have recommended substantial amount of cash dividends for the year ended on December 31, 2019, maintaining their profit growth. There are eleven MNCs...
FE Report 2020-05-04 10:17:48
Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) will seek permission today (Monday) from the securities regulator to resume trading on May 10. The premier bourse DSE will send a letter to the Bangladesh Securities and Ex...
SYFUL ISLAM 2020-05-04 09:53:32
The government is likely to set a 6.0 per cent GDP (gross domestic product) growth target for the fiscal year, 2020-21, finance ministry officials say. The rate is 2.2 per cent lower than the origina...
DOULOT AKTER MALA 2020-05-04 09:37:09
The government has set a Tk 3.30-trillion revenue collection target for the National Board of Revenue (NBR) for the fiscal year (FY) 2021. The target is 1.35 per cent higher than that of the original...
FE REPORT 2020-05-04 09:32:09
The flow of inward remittance dropped by nearly 25 per cent in April following the coronavirus outbreak in different parts of the world, officials said. Remittances from Bangladeshi nationals working...
FE REPORT 2020-05-04 09:23:21
Ready-made garment (RMG) export in April 2020 declined by 84.86 per cent, which is $366.58 million over the corresponding month in the last calendar year. Export earnings from the apparel sector were...
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The government has taken an initiative to take opinion from all sections of people through website on the budget for the next fiscal year (FY21) to be placed in parliament in June. Various stakeholde...
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Thousands of employees in the retail sector are at the risk of losing their jobs if shops do not reopen before Eid. The International Labour Organization (ILO) has already estimated that almost 25 m...
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The Bangladesh Bank has announced a suspension on interest payments on all loans due in April and May in a bid to help borrowers during the coronavirus pandemic. In a notice on Sunday, the central ba...
Mohammad Mufazzal 2020-05-03 10:01:09
The securities regulator has decided to form a panel of independent directors who will be appointed in the boards of listed companies. The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) took th...
FE Online Desk 2020-05-03 01:51:42
“Esho Shobai”, on behalf of E-commerce-based marketplace Evaly, has recently distributed Iftar items and food among 4,000 people in 1,000 families. To help destitute and unemployed people...
Asif Ibrahim, Nihad Kabir, Abul Kasem Khan, Syed Nasim Manzur and Dr M Masrur Reaz 2020-05-02 21:23:46
Restriction must be eased out in a manner that can help get maximum economic gain with minimum loss of lives through the pandemic, and at the appropriate time. Life or livelihood? That is the que...
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The Economist, the leading source of analysis on international business and world affairs, has listed Bangladesh as the ninth strongest economy in its report on the financial strength of 66 emerging e...
FE Online Desk 2020-05-02 18:10:40
The leading food delivery platform foodpanda, in its latest efforts of serving the community, has distributed 20,000 food packages and rations among COVID 19 frontline soldiers of the nation. Healthc...
FE Online Desk 2020-05-01 23:16:52
Experts in a recent webinar suggested for introducing digital solutions in country’s pharmaceutical sector to enhance productivity of the sector. Fresh investment is needed for...
FE Online Desk 2020-05-01 16:41:10
Green Delta Insurance Company (GDIC) and Nagad have jointly took on a fundraising initiative for helping the farmers’ community of Bangladesh under a platform named “Amra Korbo Joy&rdquo...
FE Online Report 2020-05-01 13:14:39
Reckitt Benckiser (BD) Ltd has declared a record 1250 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2019. The investors will get Tk 125 per share of face value of Tk 10 each. The board o...
Siddique Islam 2020-05-01 09:35:53
The central bank has strengthened its foreign currency support to the commercial banks to settle their import payment obligations particularly for petroleum products, officials said. As part of the m...
FE Online Report 2020-04-30 21:29:40
Trading on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) is set to resume from May 10 after a 46-day break due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The DSE board of directors in a virtual meeting on Thursday agreed in princip...
Babul Barman 2020-04-30 09:51:30
Share prices of all listed banks tumbled up to 72 per cent in the past one year until March 25, 2020 amid prolonged bearish trend in the country's capital market. All the 30 banks listed on the Dhaka...
FE Report 2020-04-30 09:38:49
The DSE Brokers Association (DBA) has made a set of proposals, including the scope of investing undisclosed money into the capital market, to overcome the crisis created following the outbreak of COVI...
FE Report 2020-04-30 09:36:03
The securities regulator will fix new timeframe after opening its office to seek public opinion on the draft rules required to issue new TREC (trading right entitlement certificate). The decision was...
Siddique Islam 2020-04-30 09:33:11
The country's foreign exchange (forex) reserve reached at US$33 billion-mark on Wednesday following lower import payment pressure on the economy due to the worldwide spread of coronavirus pandemic....
FE ONLINE DESK 2020-04-29 14:51:03
South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM) has called giving farmers for interest-free loan, rather than a 4.0 per cent interest loan for them. Dr. Selim Raihan, Executive Director of the SANEM...
FE Online Report 2020-04-29 14:31:33
The board of directors of Marico Bangladesh Ltd has recommended final 200 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on March 31, 2020. The board recommended the dividend and approved the audited fina...
Jasim Uddin Haroon 2020-04-29 13:43:23
Coronavirus is going to change the way we do things in our society- from handshake to how we behave in public places. The social distancing, physical distancing to be accurate, is likely to stay until...
BBC 2020-04-29 12:20:42
High Street fashion emporiums around the world have closed their doors for lockdowns, but the largely forgotten victims are thousands of miles from the glass and steel-fronted shopping arcades. Sabin...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-04-28 23:08:46
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has advised the banking sector leaders to keep non-performing loan (NPL) at a tolerable level as the economic recovery after COVID-19 pandemic would be challenging....
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