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FE REPORT 2020-08-26 09:34:32
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) chairman on Tuesday said the people concerned will be able to challenge in the court of law, if any government agency asks questions about the source while declarin...
FE Online Report 2020-08-25 15:56:29
The government on Tuesday in Dhaka endorsed five development projects at a combine cost of Tk 25.70 billion. Presided over by the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the Executive Committee of the National...
FE Online Desk 2020-08-25 14:44:45
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) will bring together senior statisticians, government officials and leading experts this week to review how official s...
-- 2020-08-25 12:58:13
The tourism global industry has been devastated by the coronavirus pandemic, with $320 billion lost in exports in the first five months of the year and more than 120 million jobs at risk, the UN chief...
-- 2020-08-25 12:24:27
Nepal reported the record high foreign exchange reserves in the last fiscal year 2019-20 that ended in mid-July as the country's import slumped amid Covid-19 and less-than-estimated decrease in remitt...
REZAUL KARIM 2020-08-25 09:55:23
The period of loan disbursement by the banks concerned under the central bank's 'special incentive re-financing scheme for the agriculture sector' is likely to be extended until December next, sourc...
FE REPORT 2020-08-25 09:52:43
The authority of the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has identified 19 new areas for gearing up its revenue collection efforts for fiscal year 2020-21 (FY '21) aiming to provide better services to...
FE REPORT 2020-08-25 09:30:17
Financial watchdog has again warned against cooking up company financials. The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) said it will take tougher action as per the act if the practice is not stopped immedia...
-- 2020-08-24 14:12:02
Malaysia's leading index grew at a faster pace in June, rising 4.5 per cent year on year, signaling an economic recovery in the second half, said its statistics department Monday. Malaysian Statistic...
MONIRA MUNNI 2020-08-24 09:19:37
The government has drafted a policy aiming to create about 30 million fresh jobs by 2030, officials say. The policy, first of its kind, has put emphasis on employment based on subjects and sectors wi...
-- 2020-08-23 21:15:40
Bangladesh began FY21 with a drop in inflation and a researcher believes low consumption due to the coronavirus pandemic pushed the key indicator down. Point-to-point general inflation fell to 5.53 p...
-- 2020-08-23 17:25:42
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will implement a food value chain development project at a cost of about Taka 8.82 billion to process agricultural products and expand agribusiness in...
Xinhua 2020-08-23 16:29:31
The economic crisis caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic is the "most synchronized" in history and its prospects of recovery is quite uncertain, Colombian economist Jose Antonio Ocampo said on Sat...
FE REPORT 2020-08-23 09:58:49
Disparity between local and foreign investors, a lack of improved business environment and corruption, among others, are key barriers to attracting foreign direct investment (FDI). Speakers, stretchi...
DOULOT AKTER MALA 2020-08-23 09:43:22
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has decided to conduct this year internal survey involving different government agencies to net in new taxpayers, instead of the door-to-door survey carried out ear...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2020-08-23 09:33:51
All the financial sub-sectors recorded decline in their growth rates in the immediate past fiscal year (FY 2019-20). The sub-sector (monetary intermediation) had the worst time in many years. Overall...
-- 2020-08-22 14:06:55
China's garment industry registered shrinking revenues and profits in the first half of the year, but the decline was narrower, data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) sho...
FE Online Report 2020-08-22 13:45:51
Country’s combined nominal wage rate of agriculture, industry and services in the last fiscal year (FY20) increased by the slowest pace in the last five years. Wage Rate Index (WRI), released b...
SYFUL ISLAM 2020-08-22 10:13:15
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has endorsed a stance of Basic Bank not to reschedule the loans, taken through fraudulent acts, by paying 2.0 per cent down payment, officials said. "The board of directors of...
Monira Munni and Saif Uddin 2020-08-22 10:02:04
Hundreds and thousands have lost their jobs while many others faced wage cuts due to the adverse impact of Covid-19 pandemic on all sorts of economic activities, according to available information. R...
FE REPORT 2020-08-21 09:49:31
Finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has exhorted both public and private banks to use digital financial inclusion to take services to customers' doorsteps through an easy and safer mode. "I'm hopeful...
FE REPORT 2020-08-21 09:44:39
The Central Intelligence Cell (CIC) has set up a task force (TF) to curb submission of fake audit reports by corporate taxpayers to taxmen. The team of intelligence officials will also ensure submiss...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM 2020-08-21 09:30:09
Banks' excess liquidity hit the all-time high of around Tk 1.40 trillion in June, fuelled by the government's higher borrowing from the country's banking system to partly meet its budget deficit. L...
-- 2020-08-20 16:22:13
South Korea's foreign debt grew in the second quarter (Q2) as foreigners bought local state bonds, the finance ministry said Thursday. The country's foreign debt amounted to 503.1 billion US dollars...
-- 2020-08-20 14:34:28
The government received a record 1.98 billion US dollar in loans from donor countries and agencies in June amid the coronavirus (COvid-19) pandemic. The previous highest total foreign loans in a mont...
REUTERS 2020-08-20 13:29:42
India is staring at a protracted slowdown as coronavirus cases reach its countryside, with signs of recovery in the rural economy hailed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi “at best a mitigating fac...
Doulot Akter Mala 2020-08-20 09:41:23
Most of the large taxpayers are apprehending a sharp slide or poor growth in their sale and probable payment of consumption tax in the current fiscal year (FY), 2020-21. They have apprised the Large...
-- 2020-08-19 13:32:01
Taiwan will further liberalise its economy and offer more financing products, aiming to become an Asian financial and asset management hub, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Wednesday, pitching the islan...
-- 2020-08-19 10:21:54
When people are struggling to earn enough to pay for basic needs like food and housing due to the coronavirus pandemic, sales of savings certificates have gone up in Bangladesh. Researchers have call...
FE Online Report 2020-08-18 18:14:24
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday approved US$50 million loan to Bangladesh for bankrolling some public-private partnership (PPP) infrastructure projects. The ADB financing will help implem...
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