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-- 2017-09-12 12:00:00
Bangladesh will become a middle income country before 2021, says the planning minister. “We are hopeful that our dream of becoming a middle income country will be fulfilled before 2021,”...
BBC 2017-09-12 10:59:51
Tech giant Google has lodged an appeal against the 2.4billion euro fine (£2b / $2.8b) which was ordered to pay by the European Commission in June. The regulator had ruled that positioni...
Rezaul Karim 2017-09-12 10:29:29
A move is under way to organise a platform styled Financial Inclusion Network-Bangladesh (FIN-B) for developing, sharing and disseminating knowledge and expertise in financial inclusion. Its...
Doulot Akter Mala 2017-09-12 10:09:16
Taxpayers have expressed their resentment over a penal measure that deprives them of tax-exemption benefit of certain incomes. According to the current income-tax provision, tax-exempted inco...
-- 2017-09-12 03:59:11
The world economy is showing positive signs but remains fragile and countries should rely on structural reforms, not quantitative easing, to support growth, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Tuesday....
Reuters 2017-09-12 01:39:45
A decade after then-CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the first iPhone, Apple Inc (AAPL.O) on Tuesday is set to introduce a completely redesigned top-of-the-line iPhone along with two other new phones, as well...
-- 2017-09-11 12:00:00
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Sunday that another nuclear power plant would be set up in the southern region for which the government is working to select an island there, reports UNB. Sh...
FE Report 2017-09-11 12:00:00
The central bank asked the commercial banks to avert loan concentration in single big groups or sectors through diverting their investment portfolios to minimise default risks. In another major dir...
BBC 2017-09-11 12:00:00
Details of new iPhones and other forthcoming Apple devices have been revealed via an apparent leak. Two news sites were given access to an as-yet-unreleased version of the iOS operation syste...
-- 2017-09-11 12:00:00
The total power generation capacity of the country now stands at 15,761 MW. This was disclosed by Power Division Secretary Dr Ahmad Kaikaus while he made a power-point presentation on the power sec...
Xinhua 2017-09-10 12:39:27
Using rubbery materials, scientists at the University of Houston have successfully created a new form of stretchable electronics that holds promise in health monitors, medical implants and artificial...
FHM Humayan Kabir 2017-09-10 12:00:00
Nearly a dozen cost-intensive mega projects are up for a review for accelerating their execution, as the government nears end of its present term. A high-level meeting scheduled for Wednesday...
-- 2017-09-10 12:00:00
The Bangladesh government has sold Tk 73.52 billion in savings certificates in the first month of the new fiscal year, a 49 per cent increase over the same period last year. However,...
-- 2017-09-10 12:00:00
South Korea's leading conglomerate SK Group has planned to go for a joint venture with Bangladesh’s TK Group for setting up a petrochemical refinery, Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) terminal and a...
-- 2017-09-10 11:28:39
Indian Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will soon visit Dhaka to sign an agreement with Bangladesh for diesel exports through pipelines. Dhaka has already agreed to New Delhi's proposal...
Mehdi Musharraf Bhuiyan 2017-09-09 12:00:00
The government will ask its development partners this week to realign their country strategies with enhanced funding provisions as it is looking to generate billions more in foreign aid for implementi...
-- 2017-09-09 12:00:00
BEPZA is contributing a lot to implement Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Vision 2021 and the Vision 2041. It is tremendously contributing in industrialisation through attracting investment,...
-- 2017-09-09 12:00:00
Humanitarian agencies operating in Cox’s Bazar urgently need US $77 million to assist the people who have fled violence in Myanmar, the United Nations says. “The rapid movement of people...
FHM Humayan Kabir 2017-09-09 10:07:59
The government eyes disbursement of nearly US$7.0-billion concessional foreign assistance this financial year, an ambitious 35 per cent rise over last fiscal, to meet huge fund needs. Even, officia...
Reuters 2017-09-08 12:00:00
Philippine prosecutors have recommended the filing of charges against a former bank manager for her part in laundering tens of millions of dollars stolen from Bangladesh’s central bank last year...
FE Online Report 2017-09-08 12:00:00
Net inflow of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) increased by 32.76 per cent in the past fiscal year (FY17), according to the latest statistics of the central bank. It showed that total inflow o...
-- 2017-09-08 12:00:00
London-based "The Economist" has found Bangladesh's GDP per person better than that of Pakistan's, in its latest report published on Thursday. Following is the full text of the report: When B...
-- 2017-09-08 12:00:00
RAJSHAHI, Sept 08 (BSS): Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) should be committed to taking its banking services to the doorsteps of the farmers for elevating their living and livelihood condition....
-- 2017-09-08 06:23:17
An immense black hole 100,000 times bigger than the sun has been discovered at the heart of the Milky Way, reports foxnews.com. The enormous void, which lies around 25,000 light years from Ea...
Reuters 2017-09-08 02:53:40
The British public’s expectations for inflation remained stable in the three months to early August, a Bank of England survey showed on Friday, despite this year’s rise in price growth aft...
Our Correspondent 2017-09-07 12:46:58
A view of a chilli field in Char Nazirdaho under Kawnia of Rangpur. The photo was taken on Wednesday. — FE Photo RANGPUR, Sept 06: Farmers at different areas under the district are getting fina...
-- 2017-09-07 12:35:57
BEIJING/SHANGHAI, Sept 6 (Reuters): Chinese airlines are likely to buy more than 7,000 planes worth $1.1 trillion over the next 20 years, as they grow their fleets to meet robust demand for domestic a...
-- 2017-09-07 12:00:00
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 6 (Xinhua): The Malaysia-China Kuantan Industrial Park (MCKIP), the first industrial park to be jointly developed by Malaysia and China, is on track to achieve its investment targe...
Roving Correspondent 2017-09-07 12:00:00
The Thai guava peasants of Tentulia under Panchagarh are happy over the good market price of the fruit this season. Sources said farmers can harvest the fruit within a few months of the plantation...
Shaha Rakesh Nishan 2017-09-07 12:00:00
The pace at which the world is growing is an indication for today's employees and the new graduates to constantly update and adapt themselves with the changing economy and technology. Additionally, th...
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