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EBL, BASIS launch co-branded USD card

EBL, BASIS launch co-branded USD card

FE Online Desk 2019-10-20 12:21:26

Eastern Bank Ltd ( EBL ) launched a Mastercard Prepaid card exclusively for the  member organisations of Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services ( BASIS)  and their emplo...

BTRC proposes terms and charges for VAS

BTRC proposes terms and charges for VAS

FE REPORT 2019-10-20 10:57:04

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has proposed terms and charges for various telecom value-added services (VAS). The VAS providers can charge up to Tk 2.0 for a one-day pu...

Maternity leave still goes unpaid in RMG sector

Maternity leave still goes unpaid in RMG sector

FE REPORT 2019-10-20 10:55:34

Women in the ready-made garment (RMG) sector in Bangladesh do not receive legitimate benefits like paid maternity leave, according to a latest survey report. Most females polled have said they did no...

BKB mulls Tk 100b special credit scheme from next year

BKB mulls Tk 100b special credit scheme from next year

REZAUL KARIM 2019-10-20 10:23:44

Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) is planning to undertake next year a Tk 100 billion credit programme for the small and marginal farmers as well as small rural entrepreneurs. If everything goes well, the...

Trade with key partners: FTAs to pay off 'in long term'

Trade with key partners: FTAs to pay off 'in long term'

FE REPORT 2019-10-20 10:14:09

Despite counting revenue loss in the short-term, Bangladesh should sign free trade agreements (FTAs) with its key trading partners for better export growth over the long haul, speakers said at a sem...

Returns from livestock high: Study

Returns from livestock high: Study

Sajibur Rahman 2019-10-19 18:56:49

Returns from livestock are high, but overall extent of households rearing livestock has been falling, according to a study. The study, conducted by Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, reveal...

China's courier sector reports steady growth in September

China's courier sector reports steady growth in September

Xinhua 2019-10-19 16:54:15

China's courier sector posted steady growth momentum in September, according to an industry index. The China express delivery development index came in at 222.4 last month, surging 23.7 per cent from...

Huawei generates $86b revenue in nine months

Huawei generates $86b revenue in nine months

FE Online Desk 2019-10-19 14:30:32

Huawei generated 86 billion US dollar in revenue in the first three quarter of the current year, a 24.4 per cent year-on-year growth. The company’s net profit margin in this period was 8.7 per c...

EBL partners with BASIS to launch co-branded USD card

EBL partners with BASIS to launch co-branded USD card

FE Online Desk 2019-10-19 13:57:41

Eastern Bank Ltd (EBL) has launched a Mastercard Prepaid card exclusively for the  member organisations of Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) and their employees....

Benapole port: Traffic chaos takes its toll on trade

Benapole port: Traffic chaos takes its toll on trade

Earning falls short of target by Tk 8b as of Sept 2019-10-19 13:10:55

Poor infrastructures and traffic congestions are among the problems that are severely affecting trade through Benapole land port in Jessore district, a major gate on Bangladesh-India border. Official...

Huawei in talks with US firms to license 5G platform

Huawei in talks with US firms to license 5G platform

-- 2019-10-19 11:29:40

Blacklisted Chinese telecoms equipment giant Huawei is in early-stage talks with some US telecoms companies about licensing its 5G network technology to them, a Huawei executive told Reuters on Friday...

DFQF access to UK market to continue

DFQF access to UK market to continue

REZAUL KARIM 2019-10-19 10:23:29

Ending all speculations about the fate of Bangladesh's exports in post-Brexit regime, the United Kingdom has assured Bangladesh of continuing its duty-free and quota-free access for Bangladeshi produc...

Sonali Bag gets ready for commercial production

Sonali Bag gets ready for commercial production

ARAFAT ARA 2019-10-19 10:09:09

Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) is set to seek investments for commercial production of Sonali Bag, an environment-friendly poly bag made from jute, by December, officials said. The commerci...

Railway to procure 200 broad-gauge coaches

Railway to procure 200 broad-gauge coaches

FE Report 2019-10-19 10:02:43

Two hundred new broad-gauge (BG) passenger coaches will be procured with the aid of a European bank to improve the struggling rail fleet, officials said on Thursday. The state-run Bangladesh Railwa...

Export of power to India unlikely to happen soon

Export of power to India unlikely to happen soon

SYFUL ISLAM 2019-10-19 09:53:24

Bangladesh may not start exporting electricity anytime soon unless production costs go cheaper than that of India, officials have said. An adviser to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina felt that export of...

Major dredging project backfires

Major dredging project backfires

FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2019-10-19 09:47:01

A government evaluation team has found irregularities in a Tk 9.56-billion-project designed to make the Mongla-Pakshi channel of the Padma River navigable. The state-run Bangladesh Inland Water Tra...

Fish, potato, onion become costlier

Fish, potato, onion become costlier

FE Report 2019-10-18 10:31:41

The price of onion, one of the main cooking ingredients which had showed a series of hikes across the country in the last few months, witnessed another rise in the city markets last week. Fish, a pri...

New women entrepreneurs face problems getting loans

New women entrepreneurs face problems getting loans

FE Report 2019-10-18 10:30:49

New women entrepreneurs face difficulties to start up their ventures for lack of easy access to bank loans, according to a study. It showed that the majority of 37.66 per cent respondents faced probl...

Purchase of US defence hardware: Dhaka, Washington closing in on deal

Purchase of US defence hardware: Dhaka, Washington closing in on deal

MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN 2019-10-18 10:07:53

Bangladesh is in talks with the United States to buy sophisticated military hardware from Washington in a move that could upset China. China has traditionally supplied defence weaponry to Bangladesh...

Russia’s Smolensk NPP gets WANO appreciation

Russia’s Smolensk NPP gets WANO appreciation

FE Online Desk 2019-10-17 14:38:41

The World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) recently completed the follow-up peer review at Smolensk Nuclear Power Plant in Russia and noted that the plant has made significant development to en...

Daraz recruiting record breaking manpower before 11.11 campaign

Daraz recruiting record breaking manpower before 11.11 campaign

FE Online Desk 2019-10-17 14:16:57

Country’s largest online marketplace Daraz Bangladesh Limited(daraz.com.bd) is organising the Eleven Eleven (11.11) campaign for the second time and on that occasion the company is recruiting ar...

China's BYD delivers over 50,000 electric buses globally

China's BYD delivers over 50,000 electric buses globally

-- 2019-10-17 14:10:56

China's leading new energy vehicle (NEV) maker BYD has so far delivered more than 50,000 electric buses to global clients, a manager of the company said. According to Liu Zhenyu, general manager in c...

Unilever misses estimates as sales slow in China, India

Unilever misses estimates as sales slow in China, India

-- 2019-10-17 13:20:02

Consumer goods giant Unilever reported weaker than expected third-quarter sales, citing softer demand in India and a slowdown in China, two of its biggest emerging markets. Emerging markets, which ac...

Trust Bank Limited, Lakeshore Hotel sign MoU

Trust Bank Limited, Lakeshore Hotel sign MoU

FE Online Desk 2019-10-17 12:53:22

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between Trust Bank Limited and Lakeshore Hotel at Gulshan in Dhaka recently. Ahsan Zaman Chowdhury, Head of Business, Trust Bank Limited and Atique...

Depositors to lose trust on banks: BAB lawyer

Depositors to lose trust on banks: BAB lawyer

-- 2019-10-17 11:09:09

Opposing the formation of an inquiry commission, the lawyer of bank owners warned it will create "mistrust" among depositors. "If an inquiry commission is constituted to probe into the irregularities...

EU asks govt for action plan on labour rights situation

EU asks govt for action plan on labour rights situation

FE REPORT 2019-10-17 10:54:31

A visiting delegation of the European Union (EU) pressed the government on Wednesday for a time-bound action plan to address their concerns related to labour rights situation in the country to retain...

Govt to set up tea plant in Panchagar

Govt to set up tea plant in Panchagar

Rezaul Karim 2019-10-17 10:54:16

The government is set to establish a tea processing plant in the northern district of Panchagar, aiming to create a level playing field for all the tea planters, sources said. They said the initiativ...

Livestock ministry seeks ban on meat import

Livestock ministry seeks ban on meat import

TALHA BIN HABIB 2019-10-17 10:51:24

The ministry of fisheries and livestock (MoFL) has requested the government to impose restrictions on the import of frozen processed meat in order to protect the local livestock industry, officials sa...

Ministry asks ICDs not to charge addl tariff until next meet

Ministry asks ICDs not to charge addl tariff until next meet

FE REPORT 2019-10-17 10:50:19

The ministry of shipping (MoS) asked on Wednesday privately-owned inland container depots (ICDs) not to charge any additional tariff until the next meeting that is expected to provide a solution to a...

BIDA to create database on foreign nationals

BIDA to create database on foreign nationals

FE REPORT 2019-10-17 10:47:30

The Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) is going to create a database on foreign nationals working in the country, its executive chairman Sirajul Islam said on Wednesday. "We are try...