ABDUL MONAYEM KHAN 2019-11-23 10:38:00
Sonadia Island, a nine-square kilometre small island in the Bay of Bengal, is likely to lose its 'virginity' as the authorities concerned are building an eco-tourism park there, according to local peo...
FE Report 2019-11-23 10:37:01
Top 10 traded stocks captured 23.54 per cent of the total turnover featured by Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) in last week. The premier bourse DSE posted a total turnover of above Tk 19.81 billion in f...
SAIF UDDIN 2019-11-23 10:31:52
Despite enormous potential of tourism in Bangladesh, the sector is facing different challenges like inadequate infrastructure, high cost of doing business and lack of branding, according to a study....
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The crisis-hit shrimp industry, which has seen a gradual fall in exports over the last five years, is now looking for a breakthrough by introducing a new variety called vannamei or white shrimp. Th...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON 2019-11-23 09:54:15
The country's budget deficit widened to over Tk 1.1 trillion in the past fiscal year, highest in more than a decade. The imbalance stood at 5.1 per cent of the gross domestic product, or GDP, in fi...
FE Report 2019-11-22 12:22:30
The securities regulator has allowed the chiefs of merchant banks to conduct sell-buy of the shares of listed companies. The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) took the decision o...
FE REPORT 2019-11-22 12:15:30
The central bank has waived the Probashi Kallyan Bank (PKB) from maintaining the stipulated statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) in line with the existing Banking Companies Act 1991. The state-owned speci...
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A new rule requiring customers to obtain a certificate before completing a transaction online is causing people a lot of grief with businessmen in the IT sector suffering in particular. Bangladesh Ba...
FE Report 2019-11-21 10:44:31
Remitters who will wire $1,500 or equivalent amount of other currencies or Tk 150,000 will be eligible for receiving 2.0 per cent cash incentives without showing any documents. The amount of local cu...
FE REPORT 2019-11-21 10:07:50
A think-tank on Wednesday warned that Bangladesh would face debt-servicing problem unless it proceeded with caution while securing foreign loans. "There are many countries who took loans without cons...
BSS 2019-11-20 20:51:37
Bangladesh is one of the top four countries in terms of 'improvement and remarkable growth' in digital economy in the last four years, according to Huawei Global Connectivity Index (GCI) 2019. The in...
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Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has sought more Turkish investment in various sectors in Bangladesh. The Finance Minister called for the investment at the first day of the Bangladesh-Turkey Joint...
FE Report 2019-11-20 10:35:22
Standard Bank will raise a capital worth Tk 5.0 billion through issuance of perpetual bond as additional tier-I capital. The company's board of director has taken the decision of raising capital th...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON 2019-11-20 10:34:50
The increase in issuance of T-bonds and T-bills propelled their yield curves upward in last fiscal year (FY), 2018-19, according to the Bangladesh Bank (BB) statistics. Yield curve has direct relatio...
FE Report 2019-11-20 10:31:25
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) collected Tk 3.57 billion in tax on Tuesday, the sixth day of the countrywide Income Tax Fair (ITF) 2019, according to a statement. The revenue authority bagged...
FE Report 2019-11-20 10:25:13
The central bank has slashed interest rates on loans under the Export Development Fund (EDF) scheme by 1.0 percentage point to facilitate exporters. As per the revised policy, exporters will now ge...
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The Bangladesh Bank has increased the maximum limit for home loans to Tk 20 million from Tk 12 million due to rising apartment prices and the purchasing capacity of people. The central bank on Tuesda...
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The central bank has slashed the interest rate on loans from its Export Development Fund (EDF) by 1.0 percentage point to boost exports. From now, the EDF interest rate would be the six-month dollar...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM 2019-11-19 10:39:53
The Federal Reserve Bank (FRB) of New York has expressed willingness to provide technical assistances to the Bangladesh Bank (BB) for mitigating its operational risks. A four-member delegation, led b...
BSS 2019-11-18 19:52:22
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has collected Taka 3.11 billion on Tuesday, the fifth day of the weeklong income tax fair. On the day, a total of 1,06,200 people submitted their income tax return...
FE Online Desk 2019-11-18 13:09:06
The 55th Annual General Meeting of Eastern Housing Limited was held at RAOWA Convention Hall, Mohakhali, Dhaka recently. The AGM was presided over by Manzurul Islam, Chairman of Eastern Housing Ltd....
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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday sought both public and private investment from the UAE in larger volume in potential sectors such as RMG, IT, agriculture and special economic zones in Banglades...
FE Report 2019-11-18 10:33:14
The securities regulator has halted the execution of the Shepherd Industries' decision of purchasing the shares of another company 'Shepherd Jeans' by the assets of the former. The securities regul...
FE REPORT 2019-11-18 09:49:14
Collaboration among accountability organisations, including Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), parliamentary committees and civil society organisations, can ensur...
Mohammad Mufazzal 2019-11-17 10:39:21
The EPS (earnings per share) of majority number of listed textile companies declined while some eight others incurred loss in the last fiscal year (FY) compared to previous FY. On the other hand, som...
FE Report 2019-11-16 10:52:14
The government's revenue earnings from the Dhaka bourse tumbled 28 per cent month-on-month in October this year as trading volume was on the decline. The turnover remains poor for months as unusual f...
Babul Barman 2019-11-16 10:45:50
Stocks backed to the red again in the outgoing week that ended on Thursday as risk-averse investors dumped their holdings amid 'poor' earning disclosures. Week-on-week, DSEX, the prime index of the D...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM 2019-11-16 09:56:59
The central bank has scaled up its foreign currency support to the commercial banks to help settle their import payment obligations, particularly for oil, officials said. The Bangladesh Bank, or BB,...
FE REPORT 2019-11-15 10:49:26
Wata Chemicals, a listed company in the pharmaceuticals & chemicals sector, posted the highest EPS (earnings per share) growth among its local peers in fiscal year (FY) 2018-19. The company's EPS...
FE Report 2019-11-15 10:47:45
Ten most traded companies accounted for nearly 27 per cent of transactions on the prime bourse on Thursday, with Renata generating the highest turnover. Market analysts said investors were active o...
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