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FE Report 2018-07-05 11:27:17
Experts at a seminar on Wednesday called for introducing 'Sukuk' in the country as it can help the Islamic banks mobilise fund while managing liquidity. Sukuk means Islamic securities that are often...
-- 2018-07-04 20:47:34
Country’s overall exports grew 5.81 per cent in the outgoing fiscal year (FY18) to $36.67 billion from $34.65 billion of the fiscal year 2016-17 (FY17) riding on the higher shipment of garment p...
-- 2018-07-04 19:56:02
The government will start the supply of 500 mmcfd liquefied natural gas (LNG) into the national grid by this month. Prime Minister's Energy Affairs Adviser Dr Towfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury came up with th...
-- 2018-07-04 14:22:07
British shop prices edged down in June but the slide was less sharply than in May, shoppers could take some comfort from that food price inflation did not accelerate, a survey showed on Wednesday. Th...
-- 2018-07-04 14:01:29
Indonesian authorities said on Wednesday they had banned Chinese video app Tik Tok for containing “pornography, inappropriate content and blasphemy”. The ban, which went into effect on Tu...
M Azizur Rahman 2018-07-04 11:59:54
The joint venture (JV) of Australian Santos and Singapore's KrisEnergy carried out a 3D (three dimensional) seismic survey in block SS-11 in the Bay of Bengal to explore hydrocarbon. The JV conducted...
Munima Sultana 2018-07-04 11:38:27
A delay in taking the decision on the Dhaka-Chittagong expressway project by the finance ministry has compelled the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) to seek support from the PPP Authority to comple...
FE Report 2018-07-04 10:06:54
The World Bank (WB) has projected 6.7 per cent economic growth in fiscal year (FY) 2018-19 for Bangladesh. The global lending agency has made the projection in its 'Global Economic Prospects (GEP)' i...
FE Report 2018-07-04 09:39:40
The inflow of remittance jumped by more than 17 per cent or US$ 2.21 billion in the just-concluded fiscal year (FY), 2017-18, following higher fuel oil prices in the global market, officials said. Th...
-- 2018-07-03 20:49:25
Bangladesh received foreign assistance amounting to US$24 billion from various countries and development partners in the last nine years. Finance Minister AMA Muhith told it to the Parliament on Tues...
-- 2018-07-03 19:00:29
Former Indian Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Jayant Dasgupta on Tuesday praised the readymade garment sector of Bangladesh. "The way the garment sector of Bangladesh...
-- 2018-07-03 17:48:25
The implementation rate of the Annual Development Programme (ADP) hit record high in the last fiscal year. The rate was 93.71 per cent with an expenditure of Tk 1.477 trillion in 2017-18. It was 87 p...
FE Online Desk 2018-07-03 14:16:32
Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) on Tuesday unveiled a free digital learning platform designed to help customers quickly and easily take advantage of the continuous innovation within Oracle Cloud Applications. De...
-- 2018-07-03 13:53:33
Lyft Inc said on Monday it would buy bike-share operator Motivate as the ride-hailing company tries to fend off competition arising from rival Uber Technologies Inc’s purchase of electric cycle-...
FE Online Desk 2018-07-03 13:52:35
SINGAPORE - Media OutReach - July 3, 2018 - ABCC, the world-class cryptocurrency exchange, recently announced the issuance of its platform token, ABCC Token (AT), to reward its pla...
-- 2018-07-03 11:27:21
The Bank of Japan is likely to cut its inflation forecasts for this fiscal year and the year to March 2020 at a meeting later this month with price pressures remaining stubbornly weak, people with dir...
Doulot Akter Mala 2018-07-03 10:37:15
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) allows businesses with satisfactory compliance records to apply for the status of authorised economic operators (AEOs). According to a new rule issued on June 28,...
FE Report 2018-07-03 09:50:30
Bangladesh could make good use of low cost International Development Association (IDA) loans, a top World Bank official said on Monday. "Bangladesh is one of the largest recipients of the IDA funding...
FE Report 2018-07-03 09:38:54
The state-owned commercial banks (SoCBs) have agreed to provide deposit to the private commercial banks (PCBs) at 6.0 per cent interest rate for implementing the single-digit lending rate, officials s...
-- 2018-07-02 18:00:48
The annual meat production increased by seven times in the last nine years making the country self-sufficient in meat production. Director general of the Department of Livestock Services Dr Md Ainul...
-- 2018-07-02 17:23:32
Smartphone maker HTC plans to slash around a quarter of its global workforce through job cuts at its manufacturing unit in Taiwan. The electronics company is planning the job cuts in a bid to better...
-- 2018-07-02 15:52:30
The manufacturing output of United Kingdom (UK) was steady in June but worries about global trade and Brexit knocked confidence about the outlook to a seven-month low, a survey showed on Monday. Th...
FE Online Report 2018-07-02 14:58:35
Hailing the reduced lending rate by the banks, the country’s apex trade body on Monday called for strict supervision for continuation of the single digit lending rate for the sake of investmen...
Doulot Akter Mala 2018-07-02 09:49:12
Tax-revenue mobilised by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) fell short of the revised target by Tk 200 billion in the just concluded Fiscal Year (FY), according to a provisional figure. Revenue offi...
-- 2018-07-01 13:56:49
An AI-powered search tool is being used to monitor fake news and polling station problems in Mexico's elections. Krzana is being used by the Verificado 2018 initiative which was set up by Mexican med...
-- 2018-07-01 13:28:06
Apple Inc is rebuilding the widely used mapping application on its iPhones from the ground up with its own dataset, but Amsterdam-based TomTom NV will continue to be a data provider for Apple’s...
-- 2018-06-30 18:30:10
ICCB emphasised on timely action to avoid falling into the 'middle-income trap" where a number of countries are stuck in the lower-middle income status and are unable to move up. "The country is now...
-- 2018-06-30 14:55:42
A Portuguese tech firm is uncorking an Android smartphone whose case is made from cork, a natural and renewable material native to the Iberian country. The Ikimobile phone is one of the first to use...
-- 2018-06-30 13:21:51
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a 2 billion US dollar loan instalment for Egypt under a 12 billion dollar aid deal to support the country's economic reform. The latest loan, the...
Rezaul Karim 2018-06-30 10:10:42
The central bank is set to make a new guideline on writing off non-performing loans (NPLs), an official said. The Bangladesh Bank (BB) is actively considering a new strategy in the matters of writing...
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