BBC 2022-06-09 12:15:33
As a child growing up in Japan, things very rarely seemed to get more expensive. My favourite lunch was always available for a 500 yen coin ($3.90; £3.10) and it remained that way until...
FE REPORT 2022-06-09 10:33:45
Bangladesh needs to be careful about imports and should impose more taxes on luxury items to save foreign-exchange reserves in the country, said former Bangladesh Bank governor Dr Atiur Rahman. Speak...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM 2022-06-09 08:50:32
A turnaround comes as the Bangladesh taka gained 50 paisa in its value against the US dollar Wednesday after a depreciation dive for four consecutive workdays. The US currency was quoted at Tk 91.50...
DOULOT AKTER MALA 2022-06-09 08:46:17
Income inequality in Bangladesh goes gaping to worst level after the pandemic as government's direct-tax measure proves futile in addressing the disparity, experts say. Despite Bangladesh having amon...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON 2022-06-09 08:43:35
Helping out marginalised people from price surges and economic-growth rebound top targets in a Tk 6.78-trillion new budget the government unfurls today (Thursday) at a worldwide crunch time. Agricult...
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Turkish efforts to ease a global food crisis by negotiating safe passage for grain stuck in Black Sea ports met resistance as Ukraine said Russia was imposing unreasonable conditions and the Kremlin s...
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Russia's economy will shrink 15 per cent this year and 3 per cent in 2023 as the hit from Western sanctions, an exodus of companies, a Russian "brain-drain" and collapse in exports wipe out 15 years o...
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The government has started a process to collect an additional $1.5 billion as budgetary support to tackle future emergencies and economic crises due to the Russia-Ukraine war and the Covid-19 pandemic...
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Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal is likely to place a Tk 6.78 trillion budget for the next fiscal year (FY23) at Jatiya Sangsad (JS) on Thursday (tomorrow) with the major challenge of reining inflat...
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Finland is keen to cooperate with Bangladesh in the field of sustainable and renewable energy, said Finnish non-resident ambassador to Bangladesh Ritva Koukku-Ronde on Wednesday. The envoy, who resid...
FARDEEN KABIR 2022-06-08 15:23:04
There is a common perception that free websites are not of much use as the paid ones. While it is true to some extent; people often do not get the best free utilities due to a lack of knowledge about...
REUTERS 2022-06-08 12:45:31
The Reserve Bank of India's key interest rate was raised by 50 basis points on Wednesday as widely expected, the second hike in as many months, in a bid to cool persistently high inflation in Asia's...
FE REPORT 2022-06-08 11:11:20
The Brac University Economics Club (BUEC) organised a technical workshop on national budget featuring Dr Zahid Hussain, the former Lead Economist at the World Bank, recently to give an overview of fis...
FE REPORT 2022-06-08 08:56:56
The central bank asks non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) not to write off the defaulted loans swindled by scammers until the settlement of legal disputes, officials say. All the NBFIs have be...
DOULOT AKTER MALA 2022-06-08 08:43:15
Consumption pattern of middle-to lower-income groups has changed significantly under the squeezing impacts of constant economic challenges that force them to trim basic living costs, analysts say. Th...
FE REPORT 2022-06-08 08:33:35
An estimated Tk 6.78 trillion worth of expansionary budget is coming tomorrow (Thursday) with government sights set on higher targets, amid soaring prices and inflationary pressures on the economy....
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Tuesday governments fighting soaring food and fuel prices should target aid to vulnerable citizens rather than issue across-the-board aid that risked addi...
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The Russian rouble gave up gains to weaken on Tuesday, edging away from 61 to the dollar as the finance ministry slightly eased capital controls and investor focus turned to an expected central bank r...
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Apple will have to change the connector on iPhones sold in Europe by 2024 after EU countries and lawmakers agreed on Tuesday to a single mobile charging port for mobile phones, tablets and cameras in...
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The World Bank on Tuesday slashed its global growth forecast by 1.2 percentage points to 2.9 per cent for 2022, warning that Russia's invasion of Ukraine has compounded the damage from the COVID-19 pa...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-06-07 19:00:02
The local currency depreciated further on Tuesday against the US dollar mainly due to higher demand for the greenback for settling import-payment obligations. Bangladesh Taka (BDT) lost its value by...
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Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal is set to place the national budget of Tk 6.80 trillion at the Jatiya Sangsad for 2022-2023 fiscal year (FY23) on Thursday. The size of the budget will be about 15...
FE Online 2022-06-07 14:45:36
Programming Hero is a Bangladeshi ed-tech startup with the mission to make programming education more fun. Vacancy: not specified Vacancy Type: Tech Lead, MERN Stack Job Context: We are looking...
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Dr Selim Raihan, the executive director of the South Asian Network on Economic Modeling, or SANEM, an economic think tank, has sought clear guidelines from the national budget to recover from the ongo...
FE REPORT 2022-06-07 09:30:16
Health sector allocations in the national budget must aim to reduce the share of out-of-pocket expenditure in the total health expenditure, said speakers at a pre-budget dialogue on Monday. Highlight...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-06-06 20:07:54
The local currency depreciated further significantly on Monday against the US dollar (USD) mainly due to higher demand for the greenback for settling import-payment obligations. Bangladesh Taka (BDT)...
Fardeen Kabir 2022-06-06 19:49:35
Consider all of the data on your hard disk to be a pile of laundry. There are various colours and clothing items, and then they all get muddled up in the wash. Your clothes are all there, but they've...
FE ONLINE DESK 2022-06-06 17:48:49
Speakers at a pre-budget dialogue organised by Bangladesh Health Watch and Unnayan Shamannay have said health sector allocations in the national budget must aim to reduce the share of out-of-pocket ex...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-06-06 17:46:26
The exchange rate of the Bangladesh Taka (BDT) has again depreciated, by Tk 1.60, against the US dollar mainly due to higher demand for the greenback for settling import-payment obligations. The loca...
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India's surprise ban on wheat exports has prompted rice traders to increase purchases and place unusual orders for longer-dated deliveries, fearing the world's top rice exporter may restrict those shi...
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