FE Online Report 2017-12-10 12:00:00
Local value addition of the country’s Ready-Made Garments (RMG) industry stood at 73.82 per cent in the first quarter (Q1) of the current fiscal year (FY18). The quarterly review report of the...
Doulot Akter Mala 2017-12-10 12:00:00
The government raised the ceiling of income tax payment by treasury chalan five times for the convenience of taxpayers and easing collection complexities. Now taxpayers are allowed to pay up to Tk 50...
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Tunisia’s parliament has approved a 36 billion dinar ($14.55 billion) budget for next year which included a package of fiscal measures to cut the budget deficit. The budget for the fiscal yea...
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Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Limited (BAPEX) started the drilling of new gas well in Bhola on Saturday. The new gas well named Bhola North 1 is in the district's Sadar upaz...
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Bangladesh is losing 1.0 GDP every year due to air pollution, which is a key barrier to the country's vision to become an upper-middle income country, according to a new World Bank study. Bangladesh...
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Scientists have proven the existence of new form of matter called excitonium - which was first theorised almost 50 years ago. Researchers from University of California Berkeley and University of Illi...
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Most of the country's new taxpayers belong to the under-40 age group. Finance Minister AMA Muhith came up with the disclosure on Sunday and thanked the young generation for helping expedite the state...
FE Online Report 2017-12-10 07:21:14
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) awarded 149 businesses as highest VAT payers recognising their contribution to the public exchequer. Of them, nine highest VAT paying businesses are at national le...
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Uber Technologies Inc and a woman who accused top executives of improperly obtaining her medical records after a company driver raped her in India have agreed to settle a civil lawsuit the woman filed...
FE Report 2017-12-09 12:36:55
Digital World 2017, an exposition promoting the country's information technology sector, drew huge crowd on Friday, a weekly holiday. Tech-lovers, especially youths, along with their close ones sta...
FHM Humayan Kabir 2017-12-09 12:00:00
A hybrid-power project undertaken for backwater Hatiya has finished sans installation of the plant, setting what insiders termed a bizarre instance of irregularities. Sources...
Syful Islam 2017-12-09 12:00:00
The government began a techno-economic feasibility study to build a new seaport and a floating harbour in the Bay of Bengal for tackling growing trade through the busy maritime corridor. Officials sa...
BBC 2017-12-09 12:00:00
Apple has fixed a security flaw in its HomeKit system that could have let unauthorised people control smart home gadgets such as door locks and lights. The bug appeared in the latest version of Apple...
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NBR tax revenue collection fell short of the target by Tk 65.61 billion in the first quarter (Q1) of the current fiscal year (FY), data of an independent multidisciplinary think tank showed. The thin...
FE Online Desk 2017-12-09 12:00:00
Dhaka has hosted a SIGGRAPH event, a global conference which showcases the best and the latest additions to computer graphics and interactive techniques, at the Bishwo Shahitto Kendro, recently. The...
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US job growth increased at a strong clip in November, better than expected, with payrolls rising by 228,000 jobs. Service, health care and manufacturing firms helped to drive the gains, holding the u...
Reuters 2017-12-08 12:46:22
Japan’s economy grew twice as fast as originally estimated in the third quarter thanks to big gains in capital expenditure, revised data showed on Friday, with expansion seen to continue thanks...
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Warren Buffett has long championed looking at market capitalisation to GDP (gross domestic product) ratio when assessing a market. For Buffett, the "single best" way to tell if stocks are too expensiv...
Siddique Islam 2017-12-08 12:00:00
Bangladesh Bank (BB) is now scrutinising the responses by 26 commercial banks on their alleged attempts to mislead the central bank with 'untrue information' about foreign exchange rates offered parti...
Reuters 2017-12-08 12:00:00
Bangladesh’s central bank has asked the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to join a lawsuit it plans to file against a Philippines bank for its role in one of the world’s biggest cyber-heis...
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San Francisco officials have voted to restrict where delivery robots can go in the city, in a blow for the burgeoning industry. Start-ups will have to get permits to use such bots, which will be rest...
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Sheikh Hasina Software Technology Park in Jessore is set to start its journey on Sunday aiming to generate employment opportunities for around 12,000 youths. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will i...
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Bangladesh needs to have separate cyber police to deal with cybercrimes and propaganda. Experts made the suggestion at a discussion at the Digital World 2017 venue, Bangabandhu International Conferen...
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Britain and the European Union struck a divorce deal on Friday that paves the way for talks on trade, easing pressure on Prime Minister Theresa May and boosting hopes of an orderly Brexit. British bu...
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A 20-year-old Florida man was responsible for the large data breach at Uber Technologies Inc last year and was paid by Uber to destroy the data through a so-called “bug bounty” programme n...
FHM Humayan Kabir 2017-12-07 12:00:00
Bangladesh will seek relaxation of the conditions attached to procurement of goods and services under the US$ 4.5 billion Indian line of credit-III (LoC-III) at a review meeting to be held later this...
BBC 2017-12-07 12:00:00
The UK's ability to attract talent is already suffering according to Standard Chartered chief executive Bill Winters. In an exclusive interview, he told the BBC the bank was "preparing for the worst"...
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Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda stressed the need to look at the impact monetary policy has on the banking system and said changes in the economy could trigger a hike in the bank’s yield...
FE Report 2017-12-07 12:00:00
Both income and wealth inequalities have increased in the country significantly over the past five years alongside higher economic growth, according to experts and a research. Experts said the average...
FE Online Report 2017-12-07 12:00:00
Earnings from merchandise shipment grew by 6.86 per cent to $14.56 billion during the first five months of current fiscal year over that of corresponding period. According to official data released T...
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