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Daraz Bangladesh arranges '11.11 Sale' campaign

Daraz Bangladesh arranges '11.11 Sale' campaign

-- 2019-11-03 17:50:32

Daraz Bangladesh (daraz.com.bd), country’s online marketplace, is going to arrange a single-day campaign, Daraz 11.11 Sale, for the second time with best brands of the country. This internation...

China's used car sales rise in September

China's used car sales rise in September

-- 2019-11-03 14:56:03

China's used car sales climbed 7.4 per cent in September from a year earlier, according to a report from the China Automobile Dealers Association. A total of 1.31 million used cars changed hands in S...

5th edition of BIGTEX begins Nov 7

5th edition of BIGTEX begins Nov 7

FE Online Desk 2019-11-03 13:52:07

The 5th edition of BIGTEX - Bangladesh Int’l Garment & Textile Machinery Expo- begins on November 7 at International Convention City Bashundhara - ICCB, Dhaka – Bangladesh. There will...

Crown Cement signs deal with  China Construction

Crown Cement signs deal with China Construction

FE Online Desk 2019-11-03 13:19:21

Crown Cement Group recently signed an agreement with China Construction Seventh Engineering Division Corporation Ltd. at The Westin hotel in Dhaka. Under the deal, Crown Cement Group will supply ceme...

Best digital works awarded in 16 categories

Best digital works awarded in 16 categories

FE Online Desk 2019-11-03 13:12:14

To bring transformational change in the digital space, Bangladesh Brand Forum organized Digital Summit 2019 on Saturday. Meghna Group of Industries presented this year’s summit which was attend...

Hathazari branch of FSIBL shifted

Hathazari branch of FSIBL shifted

FE Online Desk 2019-11-03 13:02:27

The Hathazari Branch of First Security Islami Bank Limited was shifted at the new premises- Siddik Center, Hathazari-Fatikchhori Road, Hathazari Bazar, Chattogram on Sunday. Mr. Abdul Aziz, Additiona...

VAT on aviation services to stay

VAT on aviation services to stay

DOULOT AKTER MALA 2019-11-03 10:52:06

The National Board of Revenue has ruled out the possibility of waiver of value added tax, or VAT, on aeronautical service charges, officials said. The VAT wing of the board has issued an order in thi...

Study reveals migrant women’s woes

Study reveals migrant women’s woes

ARAFAT ARA 2019-11-03 10:45:49

Women migrant domestic helps face violence from both the employers and sub-agents, appointed by recruiting agencies, in job destination countries. But they don't get proper legal support and compen...

Trade talks in balance at Southeast Asian leaders summit

Trade talks in balance at Southeast Asian leaders summit

-- 2019-11-03 10:33:59

Plans to finalise an Asia-wide trade deal at a summit in Bangkok this weekend were uncertain after new demands raised by India in the negotiations to create the world’s largest trading bloc. So...

Luxury SUVs RHD's greatest extravagance

Luxury SUVs RHD's greatest extravagance

FHM Humayan Kabir 2019-11-03 10:28:35

Roads and Highways Department (RHD) intends to procure 25 motor vehicles at Tk 114.80 million under a road upgrade project which is yet to be cleared by the Planning Commission (PC). The fleet of veh...

State venture capital company on the anvil

State venture capital company on the anvil

JASIM UDDIN HAROON 2019-11-03 10:05:23

The government is creating a venture capital firm to nurture start-up entrepreneurs as the country is still at a nascent stage of tech-based business innovation. The Bangladesh Start-up Company with...

21,098 auto-rickshaws registered  in Jan-Sep

21,098 auto-rickshaws registered in Jan-Sep

FE ONLINE REPORT 2019-11-02 16:56:13

A total of 21,098 auto-rickshaws were registered across the country in January and September this year. Of them, 6,742 got registration in Dhaka, according to Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRT...

Special discount on Toyota vehicle for EBL cardholders

Special discount on Toyota vehicle for EBL cardholders

FE Online Desk 2019-11-02 12:54:10

EBL VISA Infinite, Signature, Platinum and Mastercard World, Titanium cardholders will get special discount of up to Taka 0.1 million (1 lac) while purchasing selected brand new Toyota vehicles from N...

Softening demand drags Indian factory growth to two-year low in Oct

Softening demand drags Indian factory growth to two-year low in Oct

-- 2019-11-02 12:10:50

India’s factory activity growth hit a two-year low in October as new orders and output rose at a slower pace, dragging business confidence to its weakest since early 2017, a survey showed on Fri...

BD to seek investment for telecom, ICT sectors

BD to seek investment for telecom, ICT sectors

Talha Bin Habib 2019-11-02 11:08:32

Bangladesh will invite more Vietnamese investment during the Joint Trade Committee (JTC) meeting to be held in Hanoi next month. The Vietnamese government sent a letter to the ministry of commerce...

US-China trade deal in sight after high-level talks

US-China trade deal in sight after high-level talks

-- 2019-11-02 10:47:02

The United States and China on Friday said they made progress in talks aimed at defusing a nearly 16-month-long trade war that has harmed the global economy, and US officials said a deal could be sign...

Blade factory output drops, loss soars

Blade factory output drops, loss soars

JUBAIR HASAN 2019-11-02 10:32:39

The Bangladesh Blade Factory Limited (BBFL), owing to gross mismatch between its income and expenditure, has become a burden for the state-run Bangladesh Steel and Engineering Corporation (BSEC), offi...

Farmers get benefits from cattle insurance

Farmers get benefits from cattle insurance

SAJIBUR RAHMAN 2019-11-02 10:13:52

Many cattle farmers, especially marginal and poor ones, across the country have started reaping benefits of a cattle insurance scheme based on digital health tracking system. Phoenix Insurance and...

Onion prices go further up

Onion prices go further up

Yasir Wardad 2019-11-02 10:09:07

The prices of onion increased further by Tk 5.0-Tk 10 to Tk 155 per kilogramme on the retail market of the city on Friday. The current onion prices hit an all-time high, according to Department of Ag...

Oct export earnings may miss target

Oct export earnings may miss target

SYFUL ISLAM 2019-11-02 09:58:58

The country's off-docks handled a lower number of outbound containers in October. This indicates that the export earnings might have missed the target set for the month. The Chattogram-based 18 in...

RJSC gasping for automation push

RJSC gasping for automation push

REZAUL KARIM 2019-11-02 09:55:55

The Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms (RJSC) that solely authorises the formation of a company or a firm is yet to make any major progress in its automation push. Officials said the lack o...

Nestle willing to provide technical assistance to BSTI

Nestle willing to provide technical assistance to BSTI

-- 2019-11-01 17:50:26

Nestle Switzerland on Friday expressed interest to provide technical assistance to Bangladesh Standards & Testing Institution (BSTI) to improve its food testing capacities and ensure food quality,...

African Development Bank announces record capital increase in history

African Development Bank announces record capital increase in history

-- 2019-11-01 16:28:45

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced the largest capital increase in its history, with 125 per cent increase from $93 billion to $208 billion. AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina gave the in...

Ford plans to close engine plant in Michigan

Ford plans to close engine plant in Michigan

Reuters 2019-11-01 13:05:24

Ford Motor plans to close an engine plant in Romeo, Michigan, as part of a tentative agreement with the United Auto Workers union for a new four-year contract, a source told Reuters news agency on T...

Petrobangla reminds Santos-KrisEnergy of mandatory drilling

Petrobangla reminds Santos-KrisEnergy of mandatory drilling

M AZIZUR RAHMAN 2019-11-01 11:33:05

State-run Petrobangla has reminded Australian oil and gas exploration company Santos and its joint venture (JV) partner Singapore's KrisEnergy to carry out its mandatory drilling programme as part of...

World Bank team arrives today

World Bank team arrives today

FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2019-11-01 11:04:10

Dhaka will seek more financial support from the World Bank as a high-level delegation of the global lender arrives in the city today (Friday) on a five-day visit, officials said on Thursday. During t...

BR wants change in Indian LoC guideline

BR wants change in Indian LoC guideline

Munima Sultana 2019-11-01 10:57:05

Bangladesh Railway (BR) has requested India to change the guideline of Line of Credit (LoC) to overcome problems it is facing in implementing the Indian government-funded projects, sources said. The...

Onion, garlic, veg get costlier

Onion, garlic, veg get costlier

FE Report 2019-11-01 10:42:27

Prices of onion, garlic and vegetables increased further last week augmenting woes of the consumers, especially the commoners. Hilsa was selling in the city at exorbitant prices yesterday, the day...

India notifies BD of 'malpractices' in RMG export

India notifies BD of 'malpractices' in RMG export

Rezaul Karim 2019-11-01 10:12:48

Indian authorities have identified few 'discrepancies' in the process of exporting readymade garments (RMG) from Bangladesh to India under the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) deal, officials said....

MoC steps in for quick import of Indian onion

MoC steps in for quick import of Indian onion

FE REPORT 2019-11-01 10:03:00

The Ministry of Commerce (MoC) has stepped in to facilitate quick import of onion, as the Indian government allowed export of the spice from Karnataka on Monday. After receiving a letter through offi...