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Doulot Akter Mala 2020-06-24 09:21:30
The government's revenue collection in the current fiscal year is likely to contract for the first time since the country's independence in 1971. The slump in tax collection as the fallout of the cor...
-- 2020-06-23 21:09:59
The United Nation weather agency has been investigating media reports suggesting the Arctic Circle has recorded a new record high temperature of over 38 degrees Celsius amid a heat wave and prolonged...
FE Online Desk 2020-06-23 17:49:22
A total of 12 video conference sessions have been conducted among Chinese medical expert team and departments of Bangladesh government, its medical institutions, designated hospitals and relevant Unit...
FE Online Desk 2020-06-23 16:47:45
Consumers in Asia Pacific are rapidly going digital with purchases of everything from groceries to movies in a shift that looks set to become a permanent habit after the pandemic passes, Maste...
-- 2020-06-23 14:30:12
The US economy is expected to grow more slowly than people had hoped months ago as the country cannot stop the community spread of Covid-19, a senior US Federal Reserve official said on Monday. "Some...
FE ONLINE DESK 2020-06-23 11:51:08
Budgetary allocations for health, agriculture, social protection and education have not been sufficient and visionary in view of the Covid-19 crisis, the Centre on Budget and Policy (CBP), University...
-- 2020-06-23 10:17:37
More than 1,600 workers at Alphabet Inc are petitioning its Google unit to stop selling email and other services to police departments, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday. The workers i...
FE Report 2020-06-23 09:55:12
The central bank has relaxed regulations, allowing banks to discount usance export bills in foreign exchange with their own source of funds, to facilitate exporters. Under the relaxations, the author...
Doulot Akter Mala 2020-06-23 09:43:14
The National Board of Revenue's (NBR) Customs Wing is eyeing an additional Tk 20 billion import duty with the withdrawal of fiscal incentives on furnace oil import. In the Finance Bill 2020, the fina...
MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN 2020-06-23 09:33:36
Bangladesh needs massive administrative reforms and provisions for increased incentives to leverage the shifting global supply chain, which is likely to move out of China. Since many top multinationa...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-06-22 20:40:42
Some 74 per cent of returnee migrant workers failed to bring back remittances from their job destination countries, according to a study. The study, conducted by Refugee and Migratory Movements Resea...
-- 2020-06-22 16:07:15
The contribution of the tourism industry to the Philippine economy increased to 12.7 per cent in 2019 from 12.3 per cent in 2018, the country's Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said on Mond...
FE Online Desk 2020-06-21 15:04:22
The world is facing a severe and acute public health emergency and economic threat due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which originated in Wuhan Province of China in last December. The World Health Organiza...
MONIRA MUNNI 2020-06-21 09:26:30
Textile and clothing manufacturers of least-developed countries (LDCs), including Bangladesh, are likely to face a significant fall in export earnings in 2020. The World Trade Organisation (WTO), i...
FE REPORT 2020-06-21 09:22:58
Carrying out necessary reform in the financial sector and addressing health crisis are crucial to financing the budget while preventing economic growth from tumbling, economists say. They also put em...
-- 2020-06-20 16:16:29
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said it is expected to deploy emergency financing for 70 countries by Friday as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to ripple across the globe. IMF spokesperson...
-- 2020-06-20 14:16:22
The US unemployment rate will remain in double digits by the end of this year as efforts to contain Covid-19 so far have not been particularly successful in the country, a senior US Federal Reserve...
-- 2020-06-20 12:14:37
The World Bank has approved $1.05 billion for three projects to help Bangladesh create quality jobs and accelerate economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic as well as build resilience to future cr...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON 2020-06-20 09:24:26
The government has allocated a significant amount of fund in the proposed budget for fiscal year (FY) 2020-21 to recapitalise the state-owned banks at a time when budget financing remains a big challe...
FE Online Desk 2020-06-19 13:35:34
Motorcycle Manufacturers and Exporters Association of Bangladesh (MMEAB) reiterated its demand to the government to continue its supportive policies for the development of the industry and its backwar...
FE Online Desk 2020-06-19 13:26:05
Experts in a post-budget discussion recently put thrust on increasing investment in health and education sectors which will help the country attain its desired growth. They were participating in a...
-- 2020-06-19 12:45:33
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for the protection of jobs amid Covid-19. The pandemic has turned the world of work upside down. Every worker, every business, and ev...
Reuters 2020-06-19 11:20:35
Facebook said on Thursday it took down posts and ads run by the re-election campaign of US President Donald Trump for violating its policy against organised hate. The ads showed a red inverted t...
-- 2020-06-19 10:41:08
China has granted zero tariff treatment for 5,161 more Bangladeshi products in the Chinese market effective from July 1. With the announcement made by the State Council of Ministry of Finance of Chin...
Siddique Islam 2020-06-19 09:22:17
The central bank has slashed cash reserve ratio (CRR) by 200 basis points to 2.0 per cent only from existing level of 4.0 per cent for the offshore banking operation (OBO) in Bangladesh. Under the...
FE REPORT 2020-06-19 09:17:37
Business leaders alleged on Thursday that the changes in VAT measures in the budget have turned the relevant law into a business-unfriendly statute. They said the 2012 VAT law has been transformed in...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-06-18 20:43:49
Mobilisation of equipment worth Tk 4.0 billion for implementing different development projects has been delayed due to communication disruption amid coronavirus pandemic. State Min...
FE Online Report 2020-06-18 18:21:33
A daylong online training on Artificial Intelligence (AI) was organised by the Innovation Design and Entrepreneurship Academy (iDEA) project of Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) under the ICT Division...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-06-18 12:26:19
The DSE Brokers Association urged the government to reconsider four proposals in the final budget, including reduction of AIT of its members to 0.015 per cent from the existing 0.05 per cent to surviv...
-- 2020-06-18 11:53:03
Developing Asia will barely grow in 2020 as containment measures to address the Covid-19 pandemic hamper economic activity and weaken external demand, according to an updated Asian Development Bank (A...
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