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REZAUL KARIM 2020-08-12 09:57:27
More than 3.0 million pieces of salted rawhide of both cattle and goats have been stored in different warehouses across the country, official figures show. Of them, over 2.4 million pieces are from c...
MUNIMA SULTANA 2020-08-12 09:49:56
Work on the Dhaka metro rail is expected to get back its momentum with the arrival of foreign consultants and experts, officials said. All the Thai experts and workers engaged in the Mass Rapid Tra...
KAMRUN NAHAR 2020-08-12 09:37:01
Biman Bangladesh Airlines incurs additional losses during the coronavirus pandemic due to lack of planning. After three months of suspension of regular flight operations, the government permitted res...
MONIRA MUNNI 2020-08-12 09:29:04
Two trade associations involved in garment business are wrangling over the authority of buying houses, sources said. The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) is pressing...
SYFUL ISLAM 2020-08-12 09:19:17
The banks which have disbursed working capital to industrial and service sector units under the government's Covid-19 recovery package have sought over Tk 18 million as interest subsidy in the April-J...
FE Online Desk 2020-08-11 15:38:07
Emirates has rolled out a brand new, state-of-the-art online gateway to serve its travel trade partners around the world. Tailored for each market, and personalised for each partner to cater to their...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-08-11 13:02:41
Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority (BHTPA), Oryx Bio-Tech Limited and Summit Technopolis Limited signed a tripartite agreement today (Tuesday) to establish the country’s first bio-tech Industry....
DOULOT AKTER MALA 2020-08-11 09:49:40
The takeover of the VAT online system from the Vietnamese company FPT may create complexities after the expiry of the project by December this year, officials fear. The officials said unless the proc...
YASIR WARDAD 2020-08-11 09:46:46
The prices of rice have started increasing across the country for last few days, adding to woes of the commoners. Prices of Brridhan-28 and 29 and Miniket showed a Tk 50-100 hike per 50-kg sack at mi...
MONIRA MUNNI 2020-08-11 09:18:55
Bangladesh's garment workers lost an estimated US$ 501 million or 29.5 per cent of their total monthly wages during a period from March to May amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to a latest glob...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-08-10 20:13:12
Oryx Bio-Tech Ltd is set to establish the country’s first bio-tech industry at Bangabandhu High-Tech City at Kaliakoir in Gazipur at the cost of around US$300 million, said sources. The company...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-08-10 18:32:37
People who avail ride sharing service Uber can now pay their bills through mobile financial service provider bKash. The two organisations signed a deal to this regard on Monday, said Uber in a press...
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The BIMSTEC is set to discuss its post-Covid-19 cooperation in Colombo, Sri Lanka, early next month. The discussion will be virtually held at the 21st Session of the BIMSTEC Senior Officials’ M...
REUTERS 2020-08-10 14:30:42
Microsoft Corp has emerged as the most likely buyer of the US operations of TikTok, the popular Chinese short-video app that US President Donald Trump is preparing to effectively ban on national secur...
FE ONLINE DESK 2020-08-10 14:02:04
The residents of the Chattogram city are interested in renting smaller homes but with three bedrooms, according to a recent analysis of Bproperty, the only property solutions provider in Bangladesh....
FE REPORT 2020-08-10 09:56:28
The government has fixed Tk 7,810 as minimum monthly wages for the rice mill workers living in the cities other than the divisional headquarters. The minimum monthly wages for the rice mill workers l...
FE REPORT 2020-08-10 09:47:43
Speakers at a webinar on Sunday suggested the government cut the growing dependency on imports of different sorts of energy to ensure the country's energy security in future. They said the country is...
SYFUL ISLAM 2020-08-10 09:25:15
The government is set to approve today (Monday) a new entry and exit point for Bangladesh and Nepal's goods transit through railways, officials have said. Under the new arrangement, Rohanpur railway...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM 2020-08-10 09:20:50
The central bank has relaxed its loan restructuring policy for non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) to help the businesses overcome the adverse impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Under the relaxa...
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Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi has asked Bangladesh embassies of different countries to work to take advantage of post-Covid-19 export trade. “For this, the ambassadors posted in different count...
REUTERS 2020-08-09 14:12:41
Physical gold remained out of favour in most Asian hubs this week as a worsening pandemic kept retail buyers away with global benchmark spot prices at historic highs, while logistical challenges plagu...
REUTERS 2020-08-09 10:16:58
Twitter Inc has approached TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance to express interest in acquiring the US operations of the video-sharing app, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters, as expe...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN 2020-08-09 09:43:12
The 'lethargic' approach by the government in building the country's second crude oil refinery has more than doubled the consultancy cost to around Tk 2.56 billion, it has been alleged. The governmen...
MONIRA MUNNI 2020-08-09 09:26:19
A Canadian buyer has asked a Bangladeshi supplier to refund the money it has paid against a work order for surgical masks, officials said. The buyer has alleged that the local buying house Moontaha S...
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Nokia’s new chief executive Pekka Lundmark said he will take time to re-acquaint himself with the Finnish telecom equipment maker as he works toward setting a strategy, as the company jostles fo...
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Some 1,300 distressed women across the country on Saturday received gifts from the government as part of the celebration of 90th birth anniversary of Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib. Prime Minist...
FE ONLINE DESK 2020-08-08 15:51:28
The opportunity of instant money transfer service from banks’ app and internet banking to bKash account has been increased with the addition of seven new banks. The facility of transferring mon...
FE Online Desk 2020-08-08 15:46:11
Emirates has resumed passenger services to Kuwait City on 5 August and to resume to Lisbon on 16 taking airline’s passenger network to 70 destinations in August, over 50 per cent of...
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Sarwar Hossain, a barber at Evergreen Gents Parlour and Salon in Dhaka’s Shewrapara, used to bag around Tk 1,200-1,500 a day before the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. But now he is strugglin...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-08-08 12:42:14
The 15th quadrennial ministerial conference of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD15) will be held in Bridgetown of Barbados in April next year, according to a statement of...
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