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-- 2017-12-03 12:00:00
Bangladesh's foreign exchange reserves fell in November, although it rose by four per cent than that of previous year. November’s foreign exchange reserve fell to US$32.60 billion from the prev...
-- 2017-12-03 12:00:00
A top official in Dhaka has said that the government wants to increase the use of foreign credit in offsetting the budget deficit. Economic Relations Division (ERD) Secretary Kazi Shafiqul Azam on Su...
-- 2017-12-03 10:23:21
Only 20 per cent of the loans written off by banks in Bangladesh have been recovered in the last 12 years, says a new report. The study by LR Global Bangladesh says the country has the highest share...
-- 2017-12-03 08:47:39
The country's remittance inflow has witnessed a 4.47 per cent rise in the month of November compared with last month of October 2017. The increase is 27.68 per cent higher than that of November...
-- 2017-12-03 08:22:24
The income tax zone in Khulna received a massive response from the individual taxpayers in the current fiscal year as the record numbers of return submission and revenue collection had been made. On...
FE Report 2017-12-02 12:00:00
Bangladesh fell one notch down the latest Global Entrepreneurship Index to 134th position among 137 countries taken for global ranking, indicating some drawback to the country's business environment....
Syful Islam 2017-12-02 12:00:00
The pipeline of single point mooring (SPM) will emerge as a major obstacle to the main channel of the proposed seaport in Matarbari area, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has informed the...
-- 2017-12-02 11:34:09
The Canadian economy slowed in the third quarter after a hot first half of the year as exports tumbled, but an acceleration in hiring and wage growth last month was seen giving the central bank reason...
FE Report 2017-12-02 09:47:19
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) received over Tk 42.81 billion (4,281.32 crore) as income tax until November 30, 2017, up by 28.37 per cent over the corresponding time of 2016. A total of 15,56,6...
FE Report 2017-12-01 12:00:00
Speakers at a roundtable recommended Thursday the government to offer uniform incentives, including the bonded warehouse facility, to the non-readymade garment sector to help diversify export items....
FHM Humayan Kabir 2017-12-01 12:00:00
The World Bank (WB) would assist in rebuilding the system of government cash transfers under the social-safety-net programme (SSNP), introducing direct delivery by banks to recipients to end irregular...
-- 2017-12-01 12:00:00
Many goldsmiths and artisans are leaving their job or migrating to India as the demand for gold ornaments falls and the wages decline. The mass opt-out of the goldsmiths and artisans has put the coun...
-- 2017-12-01 12:00:00
The core consumer prices in Japan rose in October from a year earlier, marking the 10th straight month of gains, but a narrower measure that excludes energy showed inflation has not accelerated for th...
-- 2017-12-01 07:40:57
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Friday urged private sector entrepreneurs to add-on to the government's efforts to build a self-sufficient economy. The minister said it while speaking as chief gue...
-- 2017-12-01 02:42:51
Ireland’s manufacturing output growth accelerated in the three months to November, surged to an 18-year high, a survey showed on Friday. The output seen higher, with strong new orders at home...
-- 2017-12-01 02:35:09
China’s manufacturing activity grew at the weakest pace in five months in November as input costs remained high and tougher pollution measures weighed on business confidence, survey showed. The...
-- 2017-12-01 02:24:50
India's economic growth bounced back in the second quarter (July-September), grew 6.3 per cent in the Q2 from a year earlier, government data showed on Thursday. Gross domestic product (GDP) grew fas...
Jasim Uddin Haroon 2017-11-30 12:00:00
Country's revenue from the second-biggest source shrank in 2016-17 as receipts from dividends and profits of the state-owned enterprises (SoEs) fell over 29 per cent short of Tk 323.50-billion target....
-- 2017-11-30 12:00:00
US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen reiterated that the low inflation might reflect transitory factors and expected inflation will move up to 2.0 per cent target over the medium term. She said that...
FE Online Report 2017-11-30 12:00:00
Bangladesh should discuss its advantage as both an Least Developed Country (LDC) and non-LDC prospective in the upcoming WTO ministerial in Buenos Aires, said participants at a dialogue on Thursday. &...
M Azizur Rahman 2017-11-30 11:44:21
Bangladesh has selected 30 firms and their consortia from different countries across the globe to source LNG (liquefied natural gas) from spot markets to ensure availability of the energy. The Rupant...
-- 2017-11-30 07:14:24
Asian countries can achieve higher economic growth if they take innovation steps to develop Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), said Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu. "SMEs considered as a vital...
-- 2017-11-30 06:45:32
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has secured the copyright of 'Tax ID Card', a creative innovation of the revenue authorities to honour taxpayers in the country. The copyright office of the Cultu...
FE Online Desk 2017-11-30 03:52:08
A United Nations high official has said that Bangladesh seems to be on the right track to graduate from the Least Developed Country (LDC) status within the targeted timeframe. Fekitamoeloa Utoikamanu...
FE Online Report 2017-11-29 12:00:00
The time for submission of tax returns by individual taxpayers is set to expire tomorrow (Thursday). The individual category taxpayers will have to pay 2.0 per cent monthly interest on the payable ta...
-- 2017-11-29 07:38:54
China’s Kunming Iron & Steel Holding Company Ltd. will invest $2.3 billion for setting up a steel factory and a power plant in either Maheshkhali or Mirsarai economic zone. Bangladesh Econ...
-- 2017-11-29 02:51:16
The Philippine central bank said on Wednesday that annual inflation in November was expected to be within a range of 2.9-3.6 per cent. The central bank hopes the inflation range with the impact of hi...
-- 2017-11-29 02:36:27
Mexico’s incoming central bank governor Alejandro Diaz de Leon on Tuesday said inflation may not fall as forecast. He said the inflation may steady because of recent and future shocks, laying o...
-- 2017-11-29 02:23:08
British shop prices edged down by an annual 0.1 per cent for the third month in a row during November, according to a survey. The survey chimed with the Bank of England’s thinking that inflatio...
Syful Islam 2017-11-29 01:29:00
The government is set to toughen agreed commitments from borrowers of the Equity and Entrepreneurship Fund (EEF) to help recovery of funds in case of project failure. The government move cam...
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