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FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2021-01-12 08:30:24
Bangladesh would seek revision of the deals involving the Indian line of credit (LoC)-II and III as some of the provisions prove to be barriers to the smooth implementation of relevant projects, off...
FE REPORT 2021-01-11 08:51:14
Country's leading economists have expressed concern over the gradually lessening involvement of the economists in the policymaking process and feared that it would affect achieving sustainable develop...
-- 2021-01-10 18:58:27
The Embassy of Bangladesh in Rome, Italy honoured five expatriate Bangladeshis and a business organisation with “Remittance Award". The five individual awardees of 2020 are Kartik Chandra Ghosh...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2021-01-10 09:48:48
Japan has emerged as Bangladesh's largest lender in terms of aid disbursement this fiscal year, overtaking the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank. The country's biggest bilateral donor disburs...
FE REPORT 2021-01-10 09:38:16
The government will continue to float tenders to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) from spot market despite non-submission of 'suitable' offers from bidders over the past several months. "We'll cont...
FE Report 2021-01-09 10:50:14
Dhaka bourse welcomed the year 2021 with a robust start as investors' active participations added 220 points to the broad index which posted the highest single week gain since August 16, 2020. The...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM 2021-01-09 10:22:40
The government's net borrowing from the country's banking system is expected to be negative in January, as a move is underway to repay Tk 40 million from the surplus, officials say. The ministry of...
SYFUL ISLAM 2021-01-09 08:40:07
The government has backtracked from a plan to propose the United States for signing a free trade area (FTA) deal considering its lack of preparedness, an official says. Failing to get the generalised...
Doulot Akter Mala 2021-01-08 08:30:14
The country's tax revenue collection grew by 2.10 per cent in the first half (H1) of the current fiscal year (FY), 2020-21, although the Covid-19 pandemic hit economic activities hard. The National B...
FE REPORT 2021-01-08 08:24:50
The central bank has relaxed regulations, allowing banks to transfer up to 75 per cent of net monthly income of the expatriate employees, by converting Taka into equivalent foreign exchange, to their...
-- 2021-01-07 22:24:57
Bangladesh Bank (BB) further relaxed outward remittance rules for foreigners working in the country's economic zones (EZs), export processing zones (EPZs) and hi-tech parks (HTPs), reports UNB. As pe...
UNB 2021-01-07 19:15:46
President of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) Dr Rubana Huq has said the current downtrend in RMG export is likely to continue until April of this year. "I seek all...
FE Online Report 2021-01-07 17:39:35
The government has set a target to produce 4,500 tonnes of jute seed in the next five years, aiming to make the country self-sufficient in such seeds, Agri Minister Dr Mohammad Abdur Razzaque said Thu...
SYFUL ISLAM and REZAUL KARIM 2021-01-07 10:00:38
The rich nations are yet to support a request by the LDCs to extend the existing trade preferences for an additional period of 12 years after their graduation, officials said. Against this backdrop,...
FE REPORT 2021-01-07 09:42:50
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday came down heavily on the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for frequently changing the forecast on gross domestic product (GDP)...
FE REPORT 2021-01-07 09:40:10
The country's economic growth rate for the current fiscal year is forecast to remain subdued at 1.6 per cent, even though the global economy may expand by 4.0 pc in 2021. For economies like Banglades...
Doulot Akter Mala 2021-01-07 09:34:05
A total of 2.6 million or 52.41 per cent of the taxpayers remained non-respondent to the mandatory provision of submission of income tax returns by the stipulated time, prompting the National Board of...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON 2021-01-07 09:30:20
The deposit growth in the country's banking sector increased by a record 13 per cent to approximately Tk 12.5 trillion in October last year, even as interest rate is at historic low, the central bank...
-- 2021-01-06 19:13:34
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has reiterated that the economy of Bangladesh is in good shape as it is getting more dynamic and stronger day by day and there is no mismatch or distortion in the ec...
FE REPORT 2021-01-06 09:02:01
The initial public offering (IPO) subscription of NRB Commercial Bank is set to begin on February 3, aiming to raise Tk 1.20 billion through IPO under the fixed price method. The bank's IPO subscri...
FE REPORT 2021-01-06 08:52:06
Daily trade turnover on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) climbed to more than 10 years high on Tuesday, since the country's stock market had developed bubbles that soon burst in 2010. Turnover, a cru...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM 2021-01-06 08:41:20
All the scheduled banks will have to keep additional 1.0 per cent general provisioning against loans, which have enjoyed deferral/ time extension facilities, instead of all unclassified loans earlie...
DOULOT AKTER MALA 2021-01-06 08:20:26
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is in the process of reviewing the import duties and taxes on rice and onion to rationalise their prices in the domestic market, according to the officials. It i...
-- 2021-01-05 21:36:20
Bangladesh’s export earnings have plummeted once again due to the coronavirus pandemic as a second and larger wave of infections has continued to shatter its major markets in the West. The coun...
-- 2021-01-05 18:49:14
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday said Bangladesh, with its 165 million hard-working people in between two large economies like China and India, is a lucrative destination for investment....
-- 2021-01-05 18:11:20
The general point-to-point inflation rate came down by 0.23 percentage point to 5.29 per cent in December last year. Planning Minister MA Mannan gave the information while briefing reporters after we...
Babul Barman 2021-01-05 13:46:44
The government revenue earnings from the Dhaka bourse almost doubled in the July-December period of the current fiscal year compared to the same period of the previous fiscal as trading volume was on...
FE REPORT 2021-01-05 13:00:23
Some Tk 102.20 billion undisclosed income came into the formal channel in the first half (H1) of the current fiscal year, helped by the government's blanket opportunity. In a statement on Monday, the...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-01-05 11:05:25
Stocks witnessed a sharp rise in the early trading on Tuesday with the key index of the country's major bourse crossing the 5700-mark, as investors were putting fresh bets on the market amid high ho...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-01-05 09:46:31
Net outflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) from Bangladesh declined further in the past fiscal year, according to a new estimate of the country’s central bank. The estimate, released by Ban...
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