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-- 2018-04-03 12:50:57
The White House has criticised China after the second largest economic country imposed retaliatory tariffs against the US on a range of goods, including pork, fruits, and wine. Beijing has introduced...
FE Report 2018-04-03 09:47:46
The flow of inward remittance bounced back in March after a falling trend in the previous month, as the exchange rate of the local currency maintained stability against the US dollar, officials said....
FE Report 2018-04-03 09:38:15
Foreign investors have proposed the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to devise a plan to cut corporate tax rates gradually and expand the tax net over the next five years. The members of the Foreign I...
FE Report 2018-04-03 00:27:30
Only the strong and well-managed banks should be allowed to receive 50 per cent deposit of the state entities, a leading economist of the country opined on Monday. "Not all the banks should be allowe...
-- 2018-04-02 22:30:33
US factory activity slowed in March amid a decline in new orders, but growth in the manufacturing sector remains underpinned by strong domestic and global economies. Other data on Monday showed a mar...
-- 2018-04-02 19:35:54
National Board of Revenue (NBR) on Monday has sought cooperation from the business community for collection of tax from potential areas and individuals still remaining out of tax net. "This time the...
-- 2018-04-02 14:56:27
The US National Transportation Safety Board said on Sunday it was “unhappy” that electric car maker Tesla Inc made public information about the crash of its Model X vehicle on Autopilot th...
-- 2018-04-02 13:18:23
Bahrain has discovered its largest oil field since the Middle East country's first oil well began operation nearly 90 years ago, according to the country’s official news agency. The governmen...
Doulot Akter Mala 2018-04-02 10:18:12
The revenue authority is set to settle the long-standing Value Added Tax (VAT) worth Tk 35.64 billion dues from Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) through book adjustment after all its efforts to...
-- 2018-04-02 09:40:22
China’s Tiangong-1 space station re-entered the earth’s atmosphere and burnt up over the middle of the South Pacific on Monday, the Chinese space authority said. The “vast majority&...
Siddique Islam 2018-04-02 00:17:00
Bangladesh Bank (BB) will slash Cash Reserve Requirement (CRR) of the banks by 1.0 percentage point to 5.50 per cent to help mitigate the present liquidity crunch in the banking system. The decision...
Asjadul Kibria 2018-04-02 00:15:19
A macro-development economist of international renown noted with satisfaction the progress Bangladesh achieved in 47 years but warned that the rising disparity might derail the overall development. "...
-- 2018-04-01 18:37:12
Debris from a defunct Chinese space station is seen crashing to Earth on Monday, scientists monitoring it say. China's space agency said the station will re-enter the atmosphere in the next 24 hours...
FE Online Report 2018-04-01 16:18:07
The central bank of Bangladesh will slash the Cash Reserve Requirement (CRR) by 1.0 percentage point to 5.5 per cent from the existing level of 6.50 per cent to help mitigating the ongoing liquidity c...
-- 2018-04-01 13:11:02
In a laboratory in Copenhagen, scientists believe they are on the verge of a breakthrough that could transform computing. A team combining Microsoft researchers and Niels Bohr Institute academics is...
-- 2018-04-01 12:34:18
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Saturday said the government is expecting the country's economic growth will be over 7.5 per cent in the current fiscal year. The minister also said the economic growth...
FE Report 2018-04-01 09:55:13
Bangladesh's sustainable transition from the LDC (least-developed country) status largely depends on effective functioning of the country's financial institutions (FIs), says the central bank chief....
FE Report 2018-04-01 09:49:42
The European Investment Bank (EIB) intends to provide €110 million in loan to help Bangladesh purchase new rolling stock for the Railway. The total cost of the project is €270 million and c...
FE Report 2018-04-01 09:41:47
State energy regulator now weighs the proposals submitted by the gas- distribution companies for nearly doubling its tariffs, with an obvious motive of adjusting the prices with that of expensive LNG....
-- 2018-03-31 21:49:19
Bangladesh's first satellite to be launched into outer space, Bangabandhu-1, has been safely transported to its launch site. Thales Alenia Space, the French firm that built the 3.5-metric tonne commu...
-- 2018-03-31 14:51:46
Bilateral trade between France and Myanmar hit 234 million US dollars as of January in present fiscal year 2017-2018, the official Global New Light of Myanmar has reported. During the period, the c...
-- 2018-03-31 14:37:07
Beijing will offer 10,000 urban jobs in the public service sector to farmers living in the suburbs this year, according to the city's rural affairs commission. The measure is aimed at accommodating...
-- 2018-03-31 13:06:32
About 100 Google US employees concerned about cyber bullying inside the company have organised into a group proposing new policies for conduct at the unit of Alphabet Inc, five people involved in the...
FE Report 2018-03-31 10:36:23
The government is set to sign its long-awaited 94.75 million Euros loan deal with the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) next week, which would be used for the financing of rural and peri-urban housing...
FHM Humayan Kabir 2018-03-31 09:49:39
Japan has offered some US$1.83 billion in assistance for bankrolling Bangladesh's six major development projects on communications infrastructures, power and port. Ministry of Finance (MoF) officials...
FE Report 2018-03-31 00:17:10
State enterprises will now be allowed to deposit 50 per cent of their funds with the private commercial banks (PCBs), up from the 25 per cent cap they used to have earlier. The decision to raise the...
FE Online Report 2018-03-30 20:49:30
Eleven per cent children under 18 fall victim to cyber crimes in Bangladesh that pose a major threat to their lives, according to UNICEF. The Cyber Crime Awareness Foundation, a voluntary organisatio...
FE Online Report 2018-03-30 19:26:05
Even after formally being graduated from the Least Developed Country (LDC) category in 2024, Bangladesh will be able to enjoy the existing trade benefits for another three years or up to 2027. Thus t...
-- 2018-03-30 18:16:30
In a recent discovery, researchers uncovered a galaxy, that lacks the enigmatic substance known as the dark matter, which is generally considered as an essential ingredient in the birth of galaxies....
-- 2018-03-30 13:24:51
The World Bank has approved $560 million for two projects in Bangladesh to improve power supply and help microenterprises become environmentally sustainable. “The World Bank is helping Banglade...
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