-- 2018-08-01 18:28:27
Facebook and Instagram are releasing a new tool to limit how much time people spend on their apps. The announcement follows concerns that excessive social media usage can have a negative impact on me...
-- 2018-08-01 13:52:22
Malaysian factories are hiring Myanmar labourers directly, without charging them broker fees, because of a labour shortage, according to the Myanmar Overseas Employment Agencies Federation. “Em...
-- 2018-08-01 13:13:03
The Trump administration plans to propose slapping a 25-per cent tariff on $200 billion of imported Chinese goods after initially setting them at 10 per cent. The administration plan to more than d...
-- 2018-08-01 11:15:11
Facebook has identified a new coordinated political influence campaign to mislead users and organise rallies ahead of November’s US congressional elections, taking down dozens of fake accounts...
Jasim Uddin Haroon 2018-08-01 09:58:01
Leading economists are divergent over the monetary policy stance of the central bank, with some seeing it as 'expansionary' while others call it 'contractionary'. Bangladesh Bank governor Fazle Kabir...
FE Report 2018-08-01 09:44:55
The central bank announced a new monetary policy statement (MPS) on Tuesday for promoting job-centric growth with a restraining approach to curb inflationary pressure on the economy. Bangladesh Ban...
FE Report 2018-08-01 09:34:16
A group of businesses is reported to have been involved in capital flight amounting to Tk 40 billion in disguise of imports and exports. Bangladesh Financial Intelligent Unit (BFIU) has discovered...
FE Online Report 2018-07-31 20:31:14
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Tuesday said cooperation within South Asian countries is very important for this region to develop including Bangladesh. “South-south cooperation is very importan...
-- 2018-07-31 19:43:15
Blueprints for 3D-printed guns, published online four days early amid last-minute attempts to ban them, have been downloaded thousands of times. The designs were not due to be made public until Wedne...
FE Online Report 2018-07-31 16:57:02
Average yield rates of the long-term treasury bonds (T-bonds) increase modestly in the past fiscal year. Latest statistics released by the central bank showed that weighted average yield rate of 10-Y...
FE Online Report 2018-07-31 13:56:39
The central bank of Bangladesh on Tuesday unveiled a growth-supportive and restrained monetary policy for the first-half (H1) of the current fiscal year (FY) to cope with challenges ahead of the gener...
-- 2018-07-31 12:40:18
A gauge of businesses sentiment over economic situations for South Korea fell to the lowest in 17 months on worry about the global trade conflict. The business sentiment index (BSI) came in at 75 i...
-- 2018-07-31 11:38:40
The industrial production in Jappan fell 2.1 per cent from a month earlier in June, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Tuesday. The seasonally adjusted index of the output at factories...
-- 2018-07-31 11:36:50
Uber has stopped developing self-driving trucks as the programme is no longer competitive in the freight shipping industry, the ridesharing company announced Monday. The company said it wants to re...
FE Report 2018-07-31 11:21:14
Finance Minister A M A Muhith has stressed the need for timely submission of audit reports of different government institutions. "If you submit the reports within the (stipulated) time period, those...
FE Report 2018-07-31 10:01:02
The central bank unveils its first-half (H1) yearly monetary policy today (Tuesday) aiming to achieve maximum economic growth by boosting investments in productive sectors. Bangladesh Bank (BB) gover...
Reuters 2018-07-30 12:15:54
China’s capital Beijing will shut around 1,000 manufacturing firms by 2020 as part of a programme aimed at curbing smog and boosting income in neighbouring regions, state media said on Monday....
-- 2018-07-30 11:57:06
Bangladesh Bank will unveil its monetary policy statement for the first half (H1) of the 2018-19 fiscal, covering the period from July to December, on Tuesday. Central bank governor Fazle Kabir will...
-- 2018-07-29 19:48:39
Bangladesh Bank (BB) will announce its Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) for the first half of the financial year 2018-19 (FY19) on Tuesday. BB Governor Fazle Kabir will unveil the MPS in the morning o...
-- 2018-07-29 15:49:26
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Sunday approved nine projects involving Tk 75.39 billion. The approval came from an ECNEC meeting held at NEC conference room...
-- 2018-07-29 15:26:57
China's large unmanned helicopter, the Xiangying-200, has completed its test flights, according to its developer. Developed by the Shenyang Institute of Automation under the Chinese Academy of Scienc...
FE Online Desk 2018-07-29 13:13:17
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FE Online Report 2018-07-29 12:15:33
Rate of wage increase in the country’s low paid skilled and unskilled labours declined marginally in the past fiscal year. Latest Wage Rate Index (WRI), released by the Bangladesh Bureau of Sta...
-- 2018-07-28 16:53:23
British lawmakers said tech firms like Facebook should be made liable for harmful and misleading material on their websites. Describing the misuse of personal data as crisis in democracy, the lawmake...
FE Online Report 2018-07-28 12:24:23
Price inflation of clothing and footwear across the country jumped by 4.80 per cent in the past fiscal year. Latest statistics, released by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), showed that Consumer...
-- 2018-07-28 11:23:31
Alphabet Inc’s YouTube is creating scripted series and other original programming for international markets including France, Germany, Japan, Mexico and India to try to draw new customers to its...
BBC 2018-07-28 10:47:04
The US economy grew at its fastest pace in nearly four years in the second quarter, expanding at an annualised rate of 4.1 per cent, official figures show. The gains were driven by strong consumer sp...
Rezaul Karim 2018-07-28 10:14:37
The government's move to tap the blue economy has hardly made any progress over the past three years mainly due to dilly-dallying attitude of the ministries concerned, officials said. The Prime Minis...
Jasim Uddin Haroon 2018-07-28 09:51:39
The government's non-tax revenue (NTR) earning, which mostly includes resources mobilised from dividend, profit and fees by various departments, has been much below the expectation. Implementation of...
-- 2018-07-27 20:42:06
Equity and bond markets have welcomed Imran Khan’s victory in Pakistan’s disputed election, but the former cricket hero faces a tough slog to avert a currency crisis and implement long-ter...
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