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Outflow of women workers up

Outflow of women workers up

FE Report 2019-10-17 10:27:22

The outflow of women migrant workers has increased by about 7.0 per cent in nine months of this year, compared to the same period of the last year. More women workers went abroad during the period ev...

Slow work threatens second oil refinery

Slow work threatens second oil refinery

M AZIZUR RAHMAN 2019-10-17 10:18:30

The building of second crude oil refinery with an annual capacity of 3.0 million tonnes is facing delay, hit by slow construction work. Presently, state-run Eastern Refinery Ltd is the lone operating...

Eight sectors to enjoy advance tax waiver

Eight sectors to enjoy advance tax waiver

FE Report 2019-10-17 09:58:47

Some eight sectors, including solar panel manufacturers and animal feed manufacturers, will enjoy exemptions from the payment of advance tax at the import stage. The advance tax is payable at the imp...

Marks & Spencer CFO to resign at the end of the year

Marks & Spencer CFO to resign at the end of the year

-- 2019-10-16 15:25:39

Marks and Spencer (MKS.L) said on Wednesday its Chief Financial Officer Humphrey Singer, whose departure was announced last month, will step down from the role on Dec 31. Singer’s departure was...

Bangkok Hospital offers special privileges for EBL cardholders

Bangkok Hospital offers special privileges for EBL cardholders

FE Online Desk 2019-10-16 15:00:24

Eastern Bank cardholders to enjoy special privileges while availing medical services at Bangkok Hospital in Thailand. M Khorshed Anowar, EBL Head of Retail and SME Banking and Dr Nilanjon Sen, Managi...

Ahmed Rashid joins BRAC Bank as Head of CRM

Ahmed Rashid joins BRAC Bank as Head of CRM

FE Online Desk 2019-10-16 12:25:35

Ahmed Rashid has recently joined BRAC Bank Limited as Head of Credit Risk Management (CRM).  Rashid brings more than 20 years of diversified experience in the Bangladesh financial sector. He sta...

IBBL organises training event in Bhola

IBBL organises training event in Bhola

FE Online Desk 2019-10-16 12:21:12

Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited organized training program for Center Leaders of Rural Development Scheme (RDS) of Bhola Branch recently on the branch premises. Mohammed Monirul Moula, Additional Mana...

EU mission in city to review GSP eligibility

EU mission in city to review GSP eligibility

Monira Munni 2019-10-16 10:51:03

A high-powered trade mission from the European Union (EU) is visiting Dhaka to oversee labour rights situation in Bangladesh and review the country's eligibility to retain the trade benefits under i...

Sanofi to start search for buyers soon

Sanofi to start search for buyers soon

FE Report 2019-10-16 10:16:35

Sanofi will soon start search for buyers as the French drug maker has decided to sell its Bangladesh operations under its global business strategy. Sanofi Bangladesh Ltd managing director Md. Muin Ud...

Infrastructure fund opposed

Infrastructure fund opposed

SYFUL ISLAM 2019-10-16 09:54:13

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has opposed forming the proposed national infrastructure fund and suggested enhancing the lending capacity of two state-run financers instead of funding public-private pa...

Power Cell DG made Chair  of ESCAP  Committee  on Energy

Power Cell DG made Chair of ESCAP Committee on Energy

-- 2019-10-16 00:56:56

Director General of Power Cell Engr. Mohammad Hossain has been elected Chair of the UN-ESCAP Committee on Energy for a two-year term. He replaced Ajith P. Perara, Deputy Minister of Sri Lanka. The...

Emirates’ special offer to celebrate Mexico route launch   

Emirates’ special offer to celebrate Mexico route launch  

FE Online Report   2019-10-15 22:37:30

Emirates is offering travellers from Bangladesh a 20 per cent discount to discover one of the most fascinating and vibrant cities in the Americas -- Mexico. One can enjoy the discount by booking earl...

South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group to develop self-driving cars

South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group to develop self-driving cars

Reuters 2019-10-15 16:35:29

South Korean multinational automotive manufacturer Hyundai Motor Group plans to invest 41 trillion won ($35 billion) in mobility and other auto technologies by 2025, part of which will be directed to...

China’s transportation sector maintains steady growth in September

China’s transportation sector maintains steady growth in September

-- 2019-10-15 14:40:38

China's transportation industry has expanded steadily in September as an index measuring the vitality of the sector remained at a high level, according to the China Academy of Transportation Sciences....

Dhaka Bank to arrange BDT 800m for Zodiac Power

Dhaka Bank to arrange BDT 800m for Zodiac Power

FE Online Desk 2019-10-15 14:16:05

A “Signing Ceremony” of the Redeemable, Non-Convertible and Cumulative Preference Shares up to BDT 800.00 million for Zodiac Power Chittagong Limited was held recently at a hotel in the ca...

Premier Bank to attract remittance from Malaysia, Singapore

Premier Bank to attract remittance from Malaysia, Singapore

FE Online Desk 2019-10-15 14:07:17

The  Premier Bank Limited and Malaysia-based My Cash Online SND.BHD, inked an MOU for fintech collaboration. The ceremony was held recently at My Cash global operation office in Selangor, Malays...

UNGC, BRAC Bank, dev partners join hands for sustainability of SMEs

UNGC, BRAC Bank, dev partners join hands for sustainability of SMEs

FE Online Desk 2019-10-15 13:57:51

United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) has launched the first ever SME Toolkit Pilot Project with BRAC Bank Limited with a commitment to work together with all the stakeholders to ensure sustainability...

SBL arranges training course

SBL arranges training course

FE Online Desk 2019-10-15 13:51:26

Mr Md. Tariqul Azam, Managing Director (acting) of Standard Bank Limited inaugurated a two day-long workshop on “Islamic Banking: Concept, Products & Services” for the Bank’s bra...

Genex Infosys wins National ICT Awards

Genex Infosys wins National ICT Awards

FE Online Desk 2019-10-15 13:46:38

Genex Infosys, the leading IT company in the country has been awarded the National ICT Awards 2019 by BASIS under the category of Inclusion and Community Services- Sustainability & Environment for...

Norway reports rare trade deficit amid drop in oil price

Norway reports rare trade deficit amid drop in oil price

-- 2019-10-15 13:10:43

Norway on Tuesday reported it’s first monthly trade deficit in almost two years, a rare event triggered by a sharp fall in its sale of natural gas and a decline in the price of crude oil, the co...

0.7m mobile phone users switch networks in one year

0.7m mobile phone users switch networks in one year

FE REPORT 2019-10-15 11:24:27

Nearly 0.7 million mobile phone subscribers have switched operators without changing their original 11-digit phone numbers through the mobile number portability (MNP) service in the last one year. Th...

Four industrial units get 205 acres of land at Mongla EZ

Four industrial units get 205 acres of land at Mongla EZ

FE REPORT 2019-10-15 11:16:04

Four industrial units on Monday received allocation for 205 acres of land at the Mongla Economic Zone near the Mongla sea port. These are NAGA Limited, PowerPac Petroleum limited, PowerPac Mutiara...

Online VAT return submission skids

Online VAT return submission skids

DOULOT AKTER MALA 2019-10-15 11:11:34

None of the businesses could submit the online VAT (value added tax) returns until now of this fiscal year due to a technical glitch in the server, officials said. Despite several attempts, they said...

People's Leasing depositors urge BB to refund money by Dec

People's Leasing depositors urge BB to refund money by Dec

FE Report 2019-10-15 10:23:34

Depositors have urged the central bank high-ups to take initiatives to return their investment from the liquidated People's Leasing and Financial Services Limited (PLFSL) by December 2019. The appeal...

Closing BD operations: Sanofi informs staff of decision

Closing BD operations: Sanofi informs staff of decision

FE Report 2019-10-15 10:15:54

Sanofi Bangladesh Limited has officially informed the decision of closing operations in the country to its officials and employees, sources said. High-ups of the France-based global drug giant, inclu...

ECNEC may approve two more metro rail projects today

ECNEC may approve two more metro rail projects today

FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2019-10-15 10:01:31

The government is likely to approve today the country's third and fourth largest projects taken up for building two mass rapid transit lines in Dhaka at a combined cost of Tk 931.61 billion, officials...

Daraz buyers meet its officials in port city   

Daraz buyers meet its officials in port city  

FE online report     2019-10-14 22:22:01

Daraz Fan Club arranged ‘fan meet’ at Saint Martin Hotel in Chattogram on October 12 (Friday).  The buyers of Daraj met the high officials of the popular e-commerce organisation of t...

Momen stresses innovation to bolster economic growth

Momen stresses innovation to bolster economic growth

-- 2019-10-14 20:33:56

Urging the youths to utilise innovations for economic growth, Foreign Minister Abul Momen said Bangladesh has been turned into a manufacturer country of technology product and services. He made the c...

Fifth NTM Week starts in Geneva

Fifth NTM Week starts in Geneva

FE Online Report 2019-10-14 17:08:44

The fifth edition of Non-Tariff Measures or NTM Week starts on Monday at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) organises the NTMs Week each yea...

EBL-BSHL payroll banking agreement

EBL-BSHL payroll banking agreement

FE Online Desk 2019-10-14 14:14:05

Bangladesh Specialized Hospital to enjoy EBL Payroll Banking service for disbursement of their employees’ salary. Ali Reza Iftekhar, Managing Director and CEO, Eastern Bank Ltd. (EBL) and Dr. M...