FE Online Desk 2020-09-18 14:17:00
IPDC Finance Limited, the first private financial institution of Bangladesh established in 1981, conducted the fourth episode of 'OGROJ.' The episode, which was aired live on IPDC's off...
Reuters 2020-09-18 12:21:30
Twitter on Thursday (US standard time) placed a warning label on a tweet by US President Donald Trump, saying his post included potentially misleading information regarding the process of mail-in voti...
REUTERS 2020-09-18 11:57:58
Japan’s new prime minister will pursue economic structural reforms through a mixed bag of policies that target specific industries, rather than a grand strategy to reshape society and boost long...
Reuters 2020-09-18 11:12:16
Facebook will no longer show health groups in its recommendations to ensure that its users get health information from authoritative sources, the social media giant said on Thursday. The company took...
FE REPORT 2020-09-18 10:39:26
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will set up a 'regional hub' to facilitate achieving higher tax base in its member countries amid the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic when many of the economies are st...
FE DESK REPORT 2020-09-18 10:34:36
Experts at a webinar on Thursday stressed the advantages of mediation over arbitration and litigation as a dispute resolution tool, especially in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has created a...
FE Online Desk 2020-09-17 19:13:05
A virtual 3-day long youth skills development festival called BEYOND 2020 began on Thursday to celebrate International Youth Day 2020. Inspiring Bangladesh, the 1st Bangladeshi Social Network that...
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The global economic recovery from the crisis originated by the coronavirus pandemic may take as much as five years, the World Bank's chief economist Carmen Reinhart said on Thursday, reports Reuters....
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The Covid-19 pandemic has threatened hard-won gains in health and education over the past decade, especially in the poorest countries, a new World Bank Group analysis finds. It insists that investmen...
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New Zealand is in its deepest recession in decades, following strict measures in response to the Covid-19 pandemic which were widely praised. The country's GDP shrank by 12.2 per cent between April a...
FE REPORT 2020-09-17 09:35:58
As many as 65 per cent of the fund from the government's social safety net programmes (SSNPs) goes to non-poor owing to nepotism, corruption, political consideration and clientelism in selecting benef...
Reuters 2020-09-16 11:19:50
International tourist arrivals plunged 65 per cent in the first half of 2020 compared to last year, data from the World Tourism Organization showed on Tuesday, translating into an estimated $460 billi...
Reuters 2020-09-16 10:27:58
The World Trade Organization found on Tuesday (local time) that the United States breached global trading rules by imposing multibillion-dollar tariffs in the country's President Donald Trump’s...
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Apple Inc rolled out a new virtual fitness service and a bundle of all its subscriptions, Apple One, focusing a holiday-season product launch on services that are the backbone of Apple's growth strate...
FE Online Report 2020-09-16 10:13:08
Having a huge market, strong manufacturing base and strategic location, Bangladesh is an important country for US under Indo Pacific Strategy (IPS), said a top US State Department official. “Be...
FE REPORT 2020-09-16 09:56:44
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal expressed satisfaction over the growth projection made by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the current fiscal year. "People of the country are working heartily...
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The contribution of Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) in national export has increased in the fiscal 2019-20. The operational enterprises of eight EPZs under BEPZA exported goods w...
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The government in collaboration with a private sector automotive maintenance startup, Zantrik, has developed an AI-based app `Safe Drive’ to avert accident on the roads. Leveraging ICT project...
Reuters 2020-09-15 12:39:59
Britain’s unemployment rate rose for the first time since the coronavirus lockdown began in March, official data showed on Tuesday. The unemployment rate increased to 4.1 per cent in the three...
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YouTube has announced it will test a beta version of its new TiktTok rival in India. YouTube Shorts will limit videos to 15 seconds, and the platform will feature creator tools that are similar to Ch...
FE Online Report 2020-09-15 10:23:19
Bangladesh’s economy is expected to grow at a rate of 6.8 per cent in the current fiscal year (FY 2021), the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Tuesday. “The growth reflects gradual rec...
FHM Humayan Kabir 2020-09-15 09:40:36
Bangladesh's bond market is under-performing as sales of major such debt instruments are on the declining trend, officials said on Monday. The bond sales by banks to the clients fell in fiscal year...
REUTERS 2020-09-15 09:35:06
Scientists said on Monday they have detected in the harshly acidic clouds of Venus a gas called phosphine that indicates microbes may inhabit Earth’s inhospitable neighbor, a tantalising sign of...
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Indonesia was seen posting a 2.16 billion US dollar trade surplus in August, slightly smaller than the previous month, with export and import contraction slowing, a Reuters poll showed on Monday. Sou...
FE Online Report 2020-09-13 19:23:23
Outward foreign direct investment (FDI) from Bangladesh to other countries turned negative in the past year, according to the statistics of the country’s central bank. It showed that the net ou...
FE REPORT 2020-09-13 09:56:27
Speakers during a virtual consultation have suggested that Bangladesh should ensure periodic review of the UN-binding treaty on business and human rights. They also called for involving three types o...
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The new taxpayers will enjoy a Tk 2,000 discount for submission of income tax returns through online. The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has made the decision to encourage online return submission,...
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US consumer prices continued to rebound in August with the reopening of the world largest economy, but the overall inflation is expected to remain subdued due to the pandemic. The consumer price inde...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON 2020-09-12 09:41:18
The country's current account balance registered a surplus of approximately US$2.0 billion in July last against a deterioration of over $100 million a year earlier. This is mainly because of higher i...
Reuters 2020-09-12 09:37:56
With expectations of a US government lawsuit against Alphabet’s Google within weeks, two progressive Democrats tweeted support for legal action against tech giants who break the law, in a rare i...
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