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US-China trade deal to remove 'dark cloud' on oil market

US-China trade deal to remove 'dark cloud' on oil market

-- 2019-11-13 20:24:11

OPEC's Secretary General Mohammad Barkindo said on Wednesday he is confident that the United States and China would reach a trade deal and that it would remove a "dark cloud" over the oil market, repo...

Union Bank opens Bandartila branch

Union Bank opens Bandartila branch

FE Online Desk 2019-11-13 14:01:44

Omar Farooque, Managing Director of Union Bank Limited, inaugurated the Bandartila Branch in Chattogram as the chief guest on Wednesday. Deputy Managing Director Hasan Iqbal was present as special...

Separate dept on cards to train, employ manpower

Separate dept on cards to train, employ manpower

Monira Munni 2019-11-13 11:05:13

The government has taken a move to set up a separate department under the labour ministry mainly to generate skilled manpower and provide them with employment, officials said. The Ministry of Labour...

Tax fair starts Thursday

Tax fair starts Thursday

FE Report 2019-11-13 10:43:04

The countrywide tax fair is going to start from tomorrow (Thursday). In the fair, taxpayers will be able to pay their tax using the mobile financial services (MFS) for the first time. They will be ab...

Digitised G2P payment to help 'save millions'

Digitised G2P payment to help 'save millions'

FE REPORT 2019-11-13 10:12:25

The country can save millions by preventing the possible leakages in the social security schemes with proper implementation of the digitised G2P (government to person) payment system, speakers said at...

Number of foreign taxpayers static despite govt efforts

Number of foreign taxpayers static despite govt efforts

DOULOT AKTER MALA 2019-11-13 10:03:38

The number of foreign taxpayers has remained the same during the last three years, despite the government's efforts to trace the illegal aliens. The National Board of Revenue, or NBR, has devised fis...

Hydrocarbon exploration: Reliance on energy import delays fresh tender launching

Hydrocarbon exploration: Reliance on energy import delays fresh tender launching

M AZIZUR RAHMAN 2019-11-13 09:51:54

The government's delay in launching fresh bidding for hydrocarbon exploration is pushing Bangladesh to rely heavily on energy imports, thus putting mounting pressure on economy, industry insiders said...

Roula Khalaf becomes first woman editor of Financial Times

Roula Khalaf becomes first woman editor of Financial Times

-- 2019-11-12 19:44:06

Roula Khalaf will replace Lionel Barber as editor of the Financial Times in January, the first woman to lead the salmon-pink newspaper in its 131-year history. Barber will step down after a 14 year t...

4,703 SUVs registered in Jan-Oct

4,703 SUVs registered in Jan-Oct

FE ONLINE REPORT 2019-11-12 16:41:23

Registration of sport-utility vehicles (SUV) in hard/soft category stood at 4,703 in January to October 2019, according to official reports. Of the total, the number of SUV registration in Dhaka was...

Huawei to give staff $286m bonus for helping it ride out US curbs

Huawei to give staff $286m bonus for helping it ride out US curbs

-- 2019-11-12 15:15:20

Chinese telecoms giant Huawei Technologies said on Tuesday it will hand out 2 billion yuan ($286 million) in cash rewards to staff working to help it weather a US trade blacklisting. The world’...

Emirates’ first remote check-in terminal opens in Dubai

Emirates’ first remote check-in terminal opens in Dubai

FE Online Desk 2019-11-12 14:38:42

Emirates’ on Monday inaugurated its first remote check-in terminal - outside of the airport - to provide seamless connections for cruise passengers. Located at Port Rashid in Dubai, the Emirate...

Thai food festival at Amari Dhaka

Thai food festival at Amari Dhaka

FE Online Desk 2019-11-12 14:29:20

Amari Dhaka is bringing the festive tastes of Thailand for Dhaka city dwellers and food enthusiasts. Authentic dishes of Thailand prepared by Thai culinary maestro and Amari’s newly appointed n...

Rice, onion prices up in city

Rice, onion prices up in city

FE REPORT 2019-11-12 10:28:31

City retail markets saw rice prices go up by Tk 4.0-6.0 a kg over the last few days while farmers are not getting fair price for their newly harvested Aman paddy. The sudden upturn in rice prices cam...

Mercantile Bank workshop on 'comprehensive risk management'

Mercantile Bank workshop on 'comprehensive risk management'

FE Desk 2019-11-12 10:24:57

Mercantile Bank organised a two day workshop titled "Comprehensive Risk Management" for senior credit & foreign trade officers at its training institute in Dhaka recently. A total of 50 officials...

NBR amends electronic seal and lock rules

NBR amends electronic seal and lock rules

DOULOT AKTER MALA 2019-11-12 10:08:14

National Board of Revenue (NBR) has amended the 'electronic seal and lock rules' to widen its coverage for transportation of export-import goods at all customs houses. With the amendments, the rules...

Furniture: The ISHO smart series way

Furniture: The ISHO smart series way

FE Online Report 2019-11-11 18:56:52

Worried about charging your phone while keeping the room look decent? Now there is a solution. ISHO Limited has been trying to make technology more accessible to the people of this country by integra...

Bangla Bond listed on London Stock Exchange

Bangla Bond listed on London Stock Exchange

-- 2019-11-11 17:08:44

The first-ever Bangladeshi Taka-denominated bond titled "Bangla Bond" was listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) on Monday. The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a sister concern of the Wor...

PKSF's Development Fair to kick off in Dhaka Thursday

PKSF's Development Fair to kick off in Dhaka Thursday

FE Online Report 2019-11-11 14:14:20

A seven-day fair titled 'Development Fair-2019' will kick off in Dhaka city on Thursday showcasing the products of PKSF programme participants. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate...

ICAB Dhaka RC observes Int'l Accounting Day

ICAB Dhaka RC observes Int'l Accounting Day

FE Online Desk 2019-11-11 13:20:55

ICAB Dhaka Regional committee observed International Accounting Day on Sunday. A rally was brought out to mark the event by the organisation, attended by its members. -rmc//

Karmasangsthan Bank holds review meeting

Karmasangsthan Bank holds review meeting

FE Online Desk 2019-11-11 12:49:18

The review meeting on quarterly special package program (October to December 2019) of Karmasangsthan Bank was held on Sunday at its Jamalpur regional office. Regional manager, branch managers and sec...

EBL, Ace Autos sign MoU

EBL, Ace Autos sign MoU

FE Online Desk 2019-11-11 12:30:38

Eastern Bank Ltd. (EBL) and Ace Autos (Pvt) Ltd. have established a platform to enhance the quality of auto loan service by sharing best value offerings for customers.  M. Khorshed Anowar, Head...

Daraz 11.11 sale starts today only for 24 hours

Daraz 11.11 sale starts today only for 24 hours

FE Online Desk 2019-11-11 12:28:05

11.11 (Eleven Eleven), the world’s biggest online sale is finally being held today (Monday). Country’s largest online marketplace Daraz Bangladesh(daraz.com.bd) has organised Daraz 11.11...

Alibaba Singles’ Day sales hit $23b in first nine hours

Alibaba Singles’ Day sales hit $23b in first nine hours

-- 2019-11-11 11:03:56

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Inc on Monday said sales for its annual Singles’ Day shopping blitz hit 158.31 billion yuan ($22.63 billion) in its first nine hours, up 25 per cen...

China trade talks moving along nicely: Trump

China trade talks moving along nicely: Trump

-- 2019-11-11 10:23:20

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that trade talks with China were moving along “very nicely,” but the United States would only make a deal with Beijing if it was the right deal f...

BD’s rank in global IP regime almost unchanged

BD’s rank in global IP regime almost unchanged

ASJADUL KIBRIA 2019-11-10 15:12:31

Asia accounted for more than two-thirds of all patent, trademark and industrial design applications in 2018. But the rank of Bangladesh remained unchanged in the global industrial intellectual proper...

Bangladesh to import onions from Pakistan

Bangladesh to import onions from Pakistan

-- 2019-11-10 11:51:19

KARACHI: Pakistan has received the first onion export order of more than 300 tonnes of onion from Bangladesh after nearly 15 years of recess following an Indian ban on the vegetable’s outbound s...

BB for assisting local firms to meet domestic tea demand

BB for assisting local firms to meet domestic tea demand

FE ONLINE REPORT 2019-11-10 11:48:34

Consumers’ demand for premium and fine quality tea is increasing in Bangladesh and, to meet the demand, global brands are being imported, according to a review report of the central bank. At th...

Mandatory energy audit soon to check waste

Mandatory energy audit soon to check waste

FE REPORT 2019-11-10 10:08:57

Energy auditing in big industries will be made mandatory soon to check waste while reducing costs of industrial output. Around 200 industries of different sectors including power plants and textiles,...

Cyclone ‘Bulbul’: Ctg port activities suspended

Cyclone ‘Bulbul’: Ctg port activities suspended

-- 2019-11-09 13:17:41

Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) suspended all activities on Saturday morning after great danger signal number 9 was issued for the port. All the ships were taken away to safe areas to lessen the dama...

Trump denies agreeing to roll back tariffs on Chinese goods

Trump denies agreeing to roll back tariffs on Chinese goods

-- 2019-11-09 11:29:47

President Donald Trump on Friday said he has not agreed to rollbacks of US tariffs sought by China, sparking fresh doubts about when the world’s two largest economies may end a 16-month trade wa...