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-- 2017-11-08 12:00:00
Bangladesh will require an additional amount of USD 928.48 to fully implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the country, a study reveals. According to the study, the amount is req...
-- 2017-11-08 12:00:00
Banks in the country are gradually expanding agent banking activities across the country as the number of accounts has already crossed 1.0 millon. According to the Bangladesh Bank (BB) quarterly data...
FE Online Desk 2017-11-08 11:33:56
A meeting between bankers and SME entrepreneurs was held at Amrit Lal Dey conference center in Barisal recently. Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd (IBBL) arranged the event, supervised by Bangladesh Bank, sa...
-- 2017-11-08 11:04:19
The government has honoured 84 families from 64 districts for paying highest amount of taxes in fiscal 2016-17. The families have got the ‘Kor Bahadur’ title for their contributions to na...
AP 2017-11-08 10:55:58
Twitter says it’s ending its iconic 140-character limit and giving nearly everyone 280 characters. Users tweeting in Chinese, Japanese and Korean will still have the original limit. That’...
Munima Sultana 2017-11-08 09:48:04
More than a year after the Chinese president laid the foundation stone, the construction work of the country's first tunnel under the Karnaphuli river is yet to start as Chinese Exim Bank has not yet...
-- 2017-11-08 02:18:33
China’s trade surplus with the United States fell in October to $26.62 billion from $28.08 billion in September, according to data from China’s customs administration on Wednesday. The su...
BBC 2017-11-07 12:00:00
The world's most profitable firm has a secretive new structure that would enable it to continue avoiding billions in taxes, the Paradise Papers show. They reveal how Apple sidestepped a 2013 crackdow...
-- 2017-11-07 12:00:00
The Google Play has finally opened merchant account for app developers in Bangladesh. Previously, Google would not allow app develoeprs to open a merchant account on Google Play from Bangladesh and s...
BBC 2017-11-07 11:16:35
A fake version of the WhatsApp messenger app was downloaded more than a million times from the Google Play Store before it was removed. The app, "Update WhatsApp Messenger", appeared to have been dev...
-- 2017-11-07 11:01:05
The Law Minister-led investigation committee could not yet submit report although about 15 months have elapsed since its formation to look into whether there was any irregularity in the tender process...
FE Online Report 2017-11-07 10:46:05
The central bank has circulated a ‘Code of Conduct’ for all banks and non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) of the country with effect from January 1. All banks and financial institutio...
-- 2017-11-07 06:05:52
A day-long workshop on ‘Applied Research on Energy and Power’ was held at an auditorium at Dhaka University (DU) today (Tuesday), said a press release. The Institute of Energy (IE) of DU...
-- 2017-11-07 04:34:11
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved the 'Smaller water resources development (2nd phase)' project, aiming to boost agricultural production and thus inc...
BBC 2017-11-06 12:00:00
A huge new leak of financial documents has revealed how the powerful and ultra-wealthy, including the Queen's private estate, secretly invest vast amounts of cash in offshore tax havens. Donald Trump...
FE Online Desk 2017-11-06 12:00:00
Capital market investors can now buy and sell government securities through the Dhaka Stock Exchange in a development that is expected to make the country's bond market active. The decision came at...
FE Online Report 2017-11-06 12:00:00
During the first half of the current calendar year, some 163 Bangladeshi citizens availed the long-term residency in Malaysia under the Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) programme. Statistics released b...
FE Online Report 2017-11-06 12:00:00
Economic growth measures the performance of an economy. But to what extent do the available data on commercial activities genuinely represent a nation's performance? Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is...
-- 2017-11-06 12:00:00
The central bank has asked the mobile banking customers not to keep more than Tk 300,000 in their accounts with effect from January next year. The Bangladesh Bank fixed the ceiling on Monday with an...
FE Online Desk 2017-11-06 11:11:53
For the second year running, Bridge Alliance emerged top as one of the best-placed enterprise mobility and IoT solutions providers in Asia-Pacific. This is on the back of Bridge Alliance's strong memb...
Rezaul Karim 2017-11-06 10:26:24
Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) moves to borrow US$ 700 million from International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) to import fuel oils for the calendar year 2018, officials said. The...
'The nat’l carrier earns $30-35m a year from ground handling' 2017-11-06 06:37:34
Biman Bangladesh Airlines' move to have a partner for ground handling activities at the country's airports is yet to see any tangible progress although nearly two years have already elapsed. When ask...
-- 2017-11-06 06:30:38
Investment proposals rose by 140 per cent during July-September period this year, according to the latest data of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA). During that period, BIDA rece...
-- 2017-11-06 03:24:32
German industrial orders rose unexpectedly in September, driven by strong demand for machines, cars and other capital goods, data showed on Monday. The data from the Economy Ministry also suggesting...
-- 2017-11-06 03:16:06
Growth in Italy’s service sector slowed for a third straight month in October, a survey showed on Monday, a sign a recent flurry in economic activity may be petering out. The Markit/ADACI Busin...
-- 2017-11-06 01:53:56
US President Donald Trump has lashed out at Japan over trade and said he would push for a fairer economic relationship between the two countries. Speaking to business leaders in Tokyo on Monday he sa...
Reuters 2017-11-05 12:00:00
Sprint Corp (S.N) and T-Mobile US Inc (TMUS.O) said on Saturday they have called off merger talks to create a stronger US wireless company to rival market leaders, leaving No. 4 provider Sprint to eng...
FE Online Report 2017-11-05 12:00:00
Country’s merchandise trade gap with the rest of the world surged to $3.65 billion in the first quarter (Q1) of the current fiscal year (FY18). Statistics released by the central bank on Sunday...
-- 2017-11-05 12:00:00
China sees a good prospect in electricity sharing by Bangladesh and Myanmar in the future through grid interconnection transmitting clean hydropower from China's Yunnan Province. A senior official of...
-- 2017-11-05 12:00:00
Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon Sunday urged the private sector to invest in the tourism sector of the country. Menon told the private sector to consider building resorts and m...
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