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Design revolution makes BD's furniture industry attractive

Design revolution makes BD's furniture industry attractive

FE Online Desk 2019-12-20 17:34:27

ISHO is pushing the boundaries of the existing furniture industry in Bangladesh and endeavours to make furniture that is more accessible, user friendly and efficient. With its own unique innovati...

India imports addl 12,500 MT of onions from Turkey

India imports addl 12,500 MT of onions from Turkey

-- 2019-12-20 14:44:59

India's state-owned trading enterprise - Metals and Minerals Trading Corporation of India (MMTC) has ordered an import of an additional 12,500 metric tonnes (MT) of onions from Turkey, officials said...

Tender remains stopped for one year: Official

Tender remains stopped for one year: Official

Nazimuddin Shyamol 2019-12-20 12:06:48

The process to float tender to appoint a new operators for General Cargo Berth (GCB) of the Chattogram Port Authority (CPA) is being delayed due to two cases filed before the higher court. As a resul...

Cooking oil, sugar get costlier

Cooking oil, sugar get costlier

FE Report 2019-12-20 12:02:15

Prices of onion and vegetables witnessed decline but loose edible oil and sugar became costlier last week compounding sufferings of the consumers. Newly-harvested seed onion (known as murikata) was...

Govt drafts rules with strict environmental conditions

Govt drafts rules with strict environmental conditions

Monira Munni 2019-12-20 11:49:33

The government has drafted rules (industry registration) 2019 for the textile and clothing sector, aiming to ease the registration process and bring the industries under the sponsoring authority's reg...

Mercury dip raises heat in warm clothe market

Mercury dip raises heat in warm clothe market

SM NAJMUS SAKIB 2019-12-20 11:16:02

Drastic drop in mercury across the country, including the capital, prompted people to rush for buying warm clothes on Thursday, raising their sales manifold. Sales of warm clothes, including blanket,...

Move underway to extend contract with Posco

Move underway to extend contract with Posco

M AZIZUR RAHMAN 2019-12-20 10:58:37

State-run Petrobangla has planned to give South Korean oil and gas firm Posco International six more months to carry out its mandatory contractual obligation for hydrocarbon exploration in deep sea bl...

Airbus sees strong sales haul this year on Asia demand

Airbus sees strong sales haul this year on Asia demand

-- 2019-12-20 01:01:40

Airbus (AIR.PA) is on course to end 2019 with a rise in its order backlog after netting more sales than deliveries across its major products, a senior executive said on Wednesday, thanks partly to str...

Covered van registration stands at 2,817 in Jan-Nov

Covered van registration stands at 2,817 in Jan-Nov

FE Online Report 2019-12-19 20:47:38

The number of covered van registration in the country stood at 2,817 in the first eleven months of the current calendar year, according to an official data. Of the total, 2,327 covered vans were regi...

China says in touch with US on signing of Phase 1 trade deal

China says in touch with US on signing of Phase 1 trade deal

-- 2019-12-19 14:40:38

China and the United States are in touch over the signing of their Phase 1 trade deal, China’s commerce ministry said, which will see lower US tariffs on Chinese goods and higher Chinese purchas...

Apparel sector wants revised building code immediately

Apparel sector wants revised building code immediately

FE REPORT 2019-12-19 11:03:42

Apparel sector leaders on Wednesday demanded immediate publication of the revised Bangladesh National Building Code (BNBC) to help the sector avoid costly western prescriptions further. The leaders o...

BD should focus on FTAs with major trading partners

BD should focus on FTAs with major trading partners

FE REPORT 2019-12-19 10:48:08

New Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Naoki Ito has suggested that Bangladesh should work on free trade agreements (FTAs) with its major trading partners, including Japan, to face the challenges in po...

AIIB launches first sovereign-backed financing in China

AIIB launches first sovereign-backed financing in China

XINHUA 2019-12-18 19:42:49

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank will invest 500 million US dollars to support a Chinese green project, its first sovereign-backed financing in China. The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Low Carbon Ene...

Daraz-Visa witnesses overwhelming success

Daraz-Visa witnesses overwhelming success

-- 2019-12-18 16:36:41

Leading online marketplace Daraz and Visa recently collaborated for the world’s biggest sale, the '11.11' campaign, where they jointly provided unique facilities to the customers. It included...

Panchagarh likely to see highest-ever tea production

Panchagarh likely to see highest-ever tea production

-- 2019-12-18 12:20:02

Tea growers in Panchagarh district expect the highest-ever tea production of 10.0 million kilograms (10,000 tonnes) this year against last year's 8.10 million kg, thanks to favourable weather conditio...

Uber Eats launches insurance programme for courier partners

Uber Eats launches insurance programme for courier partners

FE Online Desk 2019-12-18 11:44:19

Uber Eats, one of the world's largest food delivery platforms, has launched a first-of-its-kind, no-cost insurance programme in partnership with Pioneer Insurance Company Ltd to make delivering a...

Govt takes measures to boost potato export

Govt takes measures to boost potato export

Yasir Wardad 2019-12-18 10:36:20

The government has declared potato a 'non-notified' farm produce aiming to ease import process of developed seeds to boost exports of the tuber crop, said officials. The decision was taken as per the...

BD to explore new markets for migrant workers

BD to explore new markets for migrant workers

FE REPORT 2019-12-18 10:30:58

The country has planned to explore new markets for creating job opportunities for the workers. To this effect, the Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment (EWOE) will send official t...

Yawning gap between fry supply and demand

Yawning gap between fry supply and demand

SM NAJMUS SAKIB 2019-12-17 19:59:19

The government has taken an initiative to set up new shrimp hatcheries in the country in the wake of the farmers' demand for sufficient supply of healthy and virus-free shrimp fry, officials said. Lo...

Demand of Chinese onions surges in Nepal amid import shortage

Demand of Chinese onions surges in Nepal amid import shortage

Xinhua 2019-12-17 17:03:34

Chinese onions have been solely sustaining the demand of both the Nepali market and households, following the export ban on onions by India, according to the authorities. Nepal has remained heavily d...

5,156 SUVs registered in Jan-Nov

5,156 SUVs registered in Jan-Nov

FE Online Report 2019-12-17 16:37:01

Sport-utility vehicles (SUV) in hard/soft category registration in the country stood at 5,156 from January to November 2019. Of the total, the number of SUV registration was 4,601 during the period i...

Amazon blocks sellers from using FedEx for some Prime shipments

Amazon blocks sellers from using FedEx for some Prime shipments

-- 2019-12-17 10:35:18

Amazon.com Inc is temporarily blocking third-party sellers from using FedEx Corp’s ground delivery network to handle Prime shipments as it strives to hit accelerated delivery deadlines this holi...

Boeing to suspend 737 MAX production in January

Boeing to suspend 737 MAX production in January

REUTERS 2019-12-17 10:12:24

Boeing Co is temporarily halting 737 production in January for the first time in more than 20 years as the grounding of the planemaker's best-selling MAX after two fatal crashes looks set to last well...

Telenor says Huawei will still play role in 5G rollout

Telenor says Huawei will still play role in 5G rollout

Reuters 2019-12-16 12:51:49

Norwegian multinational telecommunications company Telenor has reiterated that Huawei would be involved in building Norway’s 5G network along with Ericsson, one of several companies to continue...

34 corporates receive ICMAB Award

34 corporates receive ICMAB Award

FE REPORT 2019-12-16 12:03:30

Thirty-four organisations have received the 'Best Corporate Award 2018' presented by the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) for their contribution to corporate governan...

Amari Dhaka's special  arrangement for Christmas, New Year’s eve celebrations

Amari Dhaka's special arrangement for Christmas, New Year’s eve celebrations

-- 2019-12-15 18:17:34

Amari Dhaka is set to celebrate the Christmas & New Year’s eve with a host of mouth-watering specialties and special festival getaways and exciting spa gift hampers to reflect the warm and w...

China suspends planned additional tariffs on some US products

China suspends planned additional tariffs on some US products

Xinhua 2019-12-15 17:00:37

China suspended the planned additional tariffs on some US products to be implemented at 12:01 p.m. on December 15 (Beijing Time), the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council said Sunday. The s...

Qatar open to accepting all currencies in LNG trade

Qatar open to accepting all currencies in LNG trade

REUTERS 2019-12-15 15:05:19

Qatar is open to accepting all currencies for trade though the dollar will still dominate, finance minister Ali al-Emadi told a conference in Doha on Saturday. The comment at the Doha Forum came in r...

China suspends planned tariffs on some US goods

China suspends planned tariffs on some US goods

REUTERS 2019-12-15 14:44:47

China has suspended additional tariffs on some US goods that were meant to be implemented on December 15, the State Council’s customs tariff commission said on Sunday, after the world’s tw...

BRAC Bank vows to strict AML-KYC compliance

BRAC Bank vows to strict AML-KYC compliance

FE Online Desk 2019-12-15 13:54:46

  BRAC Bank Limited has conducted an awareness drive across the bank to reiterate its commitment towards strict compliance of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Know Your Customer (KYC).  &nb...