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-- 2020-04-23 20:11:47
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has sought Tk 15 billion loan from Bangladesh Bank (BB) to finance its activities during lockdown amid global coronavirus pandemic. Md Mokabbir Hossain, managing director (M...
-- 2020-04-23 19:48:39
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has extended the transaction period of all banks in Dhaka and Chattogram commercial areas by an hour to 2pm amid the coronavirus shutdown. According to a bdnews24.com report, the...
FE Online Desk 2020-04-23 18:36:08
Huawei, the world’s leading technology company, has extended the warranty period of its smartphones, tabs and smart accessories to a certain timeframe for customers benefit due to Coronavirus pa...
FE ONLINE DESK 2020-04-23 15:24:35
In a continuation of its efforts to help small-scale farmers and micro, small, and medium-sized rural enterprises in developing countries create jobs and increase incomes, the International Fund...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-04-23 14:07:53
The Center for Policy Dialogue (CPD) on Thursday recommended the continuation of the ongoing ready-made garment (RMG) factory closure in parallel with public holidays to help contain the spread of the...
-- 2020-04-23 12:44:16
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor said on Thursday first-quarter (Q1) net profit slumped 44 per cent to its lowest level for the quarter in a decade as the spreading coronavirus outbreak hit demand fo...
FE REPORT 2020-04-23 09:19:11
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) identified a number of emerging concerns in the country's food production and supply chain system during Covid-19 pandemic that requir...
Ismail Hossain 2020-04-23 09:10:18
The country's mobile phone operators are struggling to cope with a sudden increase in data consumption during the countrywide lockdown. According to operators, data usage has increased by around 20-2...
Yasir Wardad 2020-04-23 09:06:25
Consumer spending is set to go up sharply during this Ramadan compared to that of last year as the prices of key essentials have aleady shot up significantly. Prices of rice, flour, pulses, edible oi...
FE REPORT 2020-04-23 08:55:37
The government has urged ship owners to extend help in continuing transportation of essential commodities and other cargos during the shutdown, spurred by COVID-19 pandemic. State minister for shippi...
Rezaul Karim 2020-04-23 08:52:55
Some of the commercial banks are reluctant to open LCs (letters of credit)for importingessential commoditiesdue to'shortage of dollars'. Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission (BTTC) recently pointed...
Jasim Uddin Haroon 2020-04-23 08:46:29
Feeder operators, who ply between Chittagong and Singapore, are considering slapping higher transportation charges against the backdrop of longer stay time within the Bangladesh territory. The Chit...
-- 2020-04-22 18:07:24
Some blood tests being marketed to tell people if they have had the new coronavirus are a “disaster”, Roche Chief Executive Severin Schwan said on Wednesday as he prepares to launch the dr...
FE Online Report 2020-04-22 17:33:58
A total of 770 industrial units did not pay wages for March and other allowances as of Wednesday, nearly a week after the government's deadline to pay by April 16, official data showed. Among them, s...
GLOBAL TIMES 2020-04-22 16:46:53
The unprecedented crude oil price collapse on the global market is good news for China, a major oil importer, which will enable the country to build up strategic reserves at favourable prices, Chinese...
Global Times 2020-04-22 16:34:34
Chinese private automaker Geely is recruiting senior rocket engineers to fulfill its ambitious commercial satellite plans.Yang Xueliang, deputy president of the privately owned firm, confirmed the rec...
FE Online Desk 2020-04-22 15:47:57
Emirates is stepping up precautionary measures at the airport and on board to ensure health and safety of its employees and customers. All cabin crew, boarding agents and ground staff in direct conta...
FE ONLINE DESK 2020-04-22 10:07:39
Four in five workers in country’s readymade garment sector received their salary by mid-April for the work they performed in March, despite the economic pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic, data&...
Yasir Wardad 2020-04-22 09:22:03
Poor agri-mechanisation has posed a fresh challenge to the current Boro crop harvest in Bangladesh for labour scarcity in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, agriculturists have said. They have put...
FE Report 2020-04-22 08:49:59
Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) has demanded of the authorities concerned to include its member factories in the Tk 50 billion stimulus package to help them pay the workers' wages. It sai...
REZAUL KARIM 2020-04-22 08:43:06
All commercial wings abroad have been instructed to be alert to the supply chain of their respective countries and update the government, officials said. This precaution is taken as Bangladesh may...
SYFUL ISLAM 2020-04-22 08:41:44
Most of the vessels are now sailing from Chattogram Port jetties half loaded, mainly with empty containers, due to a dearth of export cargo in the lockdown period amid COVID-19 pandemic, according to...
FE Online Desk 2020-04-21 21:53:48
In this worldwide 'lockdown' situation enforced for preventing Covid-19, expatriate Bangladeshis are relying on online-to-wallet money transfer service to send remittance to their loved ones back home...
-- 2020-04-21 16:50:54
Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation (BSFIC) has started selling sugar as part of its initiative to supply better quality sugar to consumers ahead of Ramadan. According to sources at the...
FE Online Report 2020-04-21 15:21:11
Migrant rights organisations recently launched an online campaign for providing emergency support to the returnee female workers, who are in a vulnerable situation because of COVID-19 pandemic. Anirb...
-- 2020-04-21 14:17:35
Workers at Ferrari are signing up en masse for voluntary coronavirus screening so they can return to work as soon as possible in an ambitious scheme that could serve as a blueprint for manufacturers d...
REUTERS 2020-04-21 10:54:39
The price of a barrel of benchmark US oil plunged below $0 a barrel on Monday for the first time in history, a troubling sign of an unprecedented global energy glut as the coronavirus pandemic halts t...
MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN 2020-04-21 09:59:47
The first flight carrying deported Bangladeshis will arrive by this week from Kuwait by a special flight of the Kuwait Airlines. More than 10,000 undocumented and convicted Bangladeshi workers are in...
REUTERS 2020-04-21 09:31:08
Oil prices rebounded on Tuesday, with US crude turning positive after trading below $0 for the first time ever, but gains were capped amid unresolved concerns about how the market can cope with fuel d...
FE REPORT 2020-04-21 09:12:46
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has decided to review the turnover of some selective sectors that are in full-fledged business during coronavirus lockdown. The sectors include tobacco, pharmace...
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