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ONE Bank inaugurates Benapole Banking Booth

ONE Bank inaugurates Benapole Banking Booth

FE Online Desk 2019-09-21 13:51:08

ONE Bank Limited’s Benapole Banking Booth and ATM Booth have recently started operation at the international passenger terminal premises of Benapole Land Port. M Fakhrul Alam, Managing Director...

NRBC launches banking services at Registration Complex premises

NRBC launches banking services at Registration Complex premises

FE Online Desk 2019-09-21 13:27:05

NRB Commercial Bank Limited launched its full phase banking services with collection of registration fee at the Registration Complex premises in the capital's Tejgaon. Inspector General of Registrati...

Oracle to launch 20 new Oracle Cloud regions

Oracle to launch 20 new Oracle Cloud regions

FE Online Desk 2019-09-21 13:09:55

To support its customers around the world, Oracle recently announced that it plans to launch 20 new Oracle Cloud regions by the end of 2020, for a total of 36 Oracle Cloud Infrastructure regions. Thi...

Free hotel stay in Dubai for Emirates’ passengers from BD

Free hotel stay in Dubai for Emirates’ passengers from BD

FE Online Desk 2019-09-21 12:42:46

Emirates passengers traveling from Dhaka to Europe, Americas or Africa will now enjoy an exciting stopover in Dubai with the airline’s complimentary hotel stay offer valid from October 1 to Dece...

Hopes for US-China trade breakthrough fade

Hopes for US-China trade breakthrough fade

Reuters 2019-09-21 10:46:40

A US-China trade deal appeared elusive on Friday after Chinese officials unexpectedly cancelled a visit to farms in Montana and Nebraska as deputy trade negotiators wrapped up two days of negotiations...

Jute exporters at EPZs seek cash incentive

Jute exporters at EPZs seek cash incentive

FE Report 2019-09-21 10:19:41

The Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) seeks to incentivise jute goods exporters operating at export processing zones (EPZs) to encourage export trade, officials said. To ensure...

Shipping corp to buy six more Chinese vessels

Shipping corp to buy six more Chinese vessels

Talha Bin Habib 2019-09-21 10:13:52

The government is set to buy six more ocean-going ships from China to expand the fleet of state-run Bangladesh Shipping Corporation, officials said. The purchase is intended to meet the growing deman...

Losses bleeding Chhatak cement factory dry

Losses bleeding Chhatak cement factory dry

Jubair Hasan 2019-09-21 10:04:46

The production in the decades-old Chhatak Cement Factory Limited has been falling for years, hurting the financial health of the state-owned firm, officials said. Established during the British rule...

Onion market: Unholy alliance still at play

Onion market: Unholy alliance still at play

Yasir Wardad 2019-09-21 10:02:06

Despite increased onion output locally, importers and allied traders are swallowing all benefits depriving consumers and farmers alike, said market observers. Domestic yield has registered a 40-per...

2,439 buses registered in Jan-Aug

2,439 buses registered in Jan-Aug

FE Online Report 2019-09-20 19:37:56

2,439 buses were registered with Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) in the first eight months of the current calendar year. Of them, 2,052 buses were registered in Dhaka, according to a data...

Huawei launches flagship Mate 30 smartphone

Huawei launches flagship Mate 30 smartphone

Xinhua 2019-09-20 16:44:48

China's telecom giant Huawei unveiled its Mate 30 Series, the world's first second generation 5G smartphone on Thursday.  According to Huawei, the new generation smartphone, which is equipped wi...

India cuts corporate tax rate to 25pc in bid to revive growth

India cuts corporate tax rate to 25pc in bid to revive growth

Reuters 2019-09-20 12:58:03

India’s government on Friday slashed corporate taxes in a surprise $20.5 billion break aimed at reviving private investment, seeking to lift growth from a six-year low that has sapped jobs and f...

India meets criteria to reclaim US trade concessions

India meets criteria to reclaim US trade concessions

Reuters 2019-09-20 10:59:44

India meets the criteria for trade concessions that the United States eliminated in June, India’s Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale said on Thursday. The United States removed India from the Gene...

Price hike of egg and onion adds to consumers' woes

Price hike of egg and onion adds to consumers' woes

FE Report 2019-09-20 10:58:24

Apart from onion, prices of eggs also witnessed a notable surge last week raising woes of the consumers. Prices of farm eggs, a key protein source for the commoners, was sold at Tk 110 to Tk 112 each...

Talks with India soon for more diesel import

Talks with India soon for more diesel import

FE Report 2019-09-20 10:18:37

The Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) looks to enter into an agreement with the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL) to import diesel using waterways. Officials of both the state-run entities of t...

Check unplanned expansion of industry: BGMEA to govt

Check unplanned expansion of industry: BGMEA to govt

Monira Munni 2019-09-20 10:11:38

The apparel apex body -- Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) -- has proposed the government to set a capacity development benchmark to rein in the unplanned expansion of...

China ready for mass production of self-developed LCD screen

China ready for mass production of self-developed LCD screen

Xinhua 2019-09-19 17:32:43

China's first self-developed 8.5 generation TFT-LCD panel, or thin-film transistor liquid crystal display panel, rolled off the production line Wednesday in Bengbu, east China's Anhui Province, paving...

275,857 motorcycles registered in Jan-Aug

275,857 motorcycles registered in Jan-Aug

FE Online Report 2019-09-19 17:01:54

275,857 motorcycles were registered in the first eight months of the current calendar year across the country, according to official data. Of the total, 67,410 motorcycles got registration in Dhaka d...

US, China set for trade talks in Washington amid deep differences

US, China set for trade talks in Washington amid deep differences

Reuters 2019-09-19 15:18:46

US and Chinese deputy trade negotiators were set to resume face-to-face talks on Thursday for the first time in nearly two months as the world’s two largest economies try to bridge deep policy d...

EBL home loan clients to enjoy special privileges from Samsung

EBL home loan clients to enjoy special privileges from Samsung

FE Online Desk 2019-09-19 15:04:09

Eastern Bank Ltd (EBL) home loan clients are set to enjoy exclusive privileges while buying Samsung consumer electronic products from selective Samsung Smart Plaza. M Khorshed Anowar, Head of Retail...

Standard Chartered organises a series of post-flood health camps

Standard Chartered organises a series of post-flood health camps

FE Online Desk 2019-09-19 12:06:16

Standard Chartered has recently organised a series of post-flood health camps in Kurigram, Bogra, Sirajganj and Gaibandha to mitigate the risk of water-borne disease outbreaks and provide essential nu...

25,000 Bangladeshi workers deported in 9 months

25,000 Bangladeshi workers deported in 9 months

Arafat Ara 2019-09-19 10:54:29

About 25,000 Bangladeshi workers were deported from different countries, about 50 per cent from Saudi Arabia, in almost nine months period of this year due to various factors like overstaying and lack...

After onion, ginger prices also go up

After onion, ginger prices also go up

FE Report 2019-09-19 10:48:28

After onion, prices of ginger climbed by Tk 20 a kg at the retail market in the city on Wednesday. Different varieties of the spice were selling at Tk 160-Tk 190 a kg in the capital, up from Tk 140-T...

Padma rail project: Contractors, suppliers seek VAT waiver

Padma rail project: Contractors, suppliers seek VAT waiver

Doulot Akter Mala 2019-09-19 09:56:30

The Padma Rail Link project authority has sought exemption from Value Added Tax (VAT) for its contractors, subcontractors, suppliers and agents due to insufficient fund for payment of taxes, officials...

182 businessmen get CIP cards

182 businessmen get CIP cards

-- 2019-09-18 19:42:29

The government has awarded the commercially important person (CIP) cards to 182 businessmen for their extraordinary performance in export in 2017. Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi and Chairman of the Pa...

Audit claim dispute with GP to end within three weeks

Audit claim dispute with GP to end within three weeks

-- 2019-09-18 19:11:22

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said that the dispute over the telecom regulator’s audit claim of around Taka 120.00 billion against the country’s largest mobile phone operator Gram...

Huawei puts up $1.5b to attract developers in computing ecosystem push

Huawei puts up $1.5b to attract developers in computing ecosystem push

-- 2019-09-18 18:13:35

Having mastered the communications side of the technology world with 5G and smartphones, Chinese telecoms giant Huawei Technologies is committing US$1.5 billion as a first step to master the other sid...

Community Bank signs agreement with BB

Community Bank signs agreement with BB

FE Online Desk 2019-09-18 15:35:47

Community Bank Bangladesh Limited has signed an agreement with Credit Information Bureau (CIB) of Bangladesh Bank for registration in CIB Online System. Ms Mansura Parvin, general manager of CIB, Ban...

Social audit firms fail to protect RMG workers' safety: Report

Social audit firms fail to protect RMG workers' safety: Report

FE Report 2019-09-18 10:35:07

Global social audit firms have been protecting the profit and reputation of brands, but failing to protect the garment workers' safety and improving working condition in the supply chain, accordin...

BB retreats from move to cut banks’ ADR

BB retreats from move to cut banks’ ADR

Siddique Islam 2019-09-18 10:20:19

The central bank has backtracked from its previous decision of slashing the banks' advance-deposit ratio (ADR) in order to help them invest more for achieving expected economic growth by the end of th...