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Training programme on “Shariah Governance in Islamic Banking'

Training programme on “Shariah Governance in Islamic Banking'

FE Online Desk 2019-08-27 18:04:07

Islamic Banks Consultative Forum (IBCF) Research & Training Academy arranged a day-long training programme on “Shariah Governance in Islamic Banking: Global Experience” recently at Ban...

Innovative celebration of Emirati Women’s Day

Innovative celebration of Emirati Women’s Day

FE Online Desk 2019-08-27 17:53:00

To mark this year’s Emirati Women’s Day (August 28), five talented and passionate Emirati first officers at Emirates Airline flew to five continents on the same day—on August 27 (Tue...

Modhumoti Bank inks MoU with May International

Modhumoti Bank inks MoU with May International

FE Online Desk 2019-08-27 17:14:34

Modhumoti Bank Limited signed an MoU with May International Trade Services Limited recently at the Bank's Head Office for supply of Credit Report of the customers. In presence of Mr. Md. Shafiul Azam...

Standard Bank holds customers get-together

Standard Bank holds customers get-together

FE Online Desk 2019-08-27 17:06:49

A customers get-together-2019 of Standard Bank Limited was held on Tuesday at SBL Northbrook Hall Road Branch in old Dhaka under the Chairmanship of Managing Director & CEO Mr Mamun- Ur- Rashid....

BIDA gets new executive chairman

BIDA gets new executive chairman

-- 2019-08-27 15:33:55

Ex-secretary Md Sirazul Islam has been appointed as executive chairman of Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA), effective from September 4. He is replacing Kazi Aminul Islam — the...

Daraz celebrates its 5th anniversary

Daraz celebrates its 5th anniversary

FE Online Desk 2019-08-27 13:53:27

Country’s largest online marketplace Daraz Bangladesh has launched ‘5th Anniversary Campaign 2019’ for successfully stepping in its fifth year. This online festival, organised for t...

US urged to not misjudge situation, immediately stop wrong actions

US urged to not misjudge situation, immediately stop wrong actions

Xinhua 2019-08-27 12:57:12

A foreign ministry spokesperson on Monday urged the United States to not misjudge the situation and immediately stop its wrong actions. Spokesperson Geng Shuang made the call in response to a query a...

Only 37 RMG buying houses get registration from DoT

Only 37 RMG buying houses get registration from DoT

Monira Munni 2019-08-27 10:50:06

Only 37 buying houses have been registered with the Department of Textile (DoT) within the official deadline that ended in July last, officials said. The Ministry of Textiles and Jute (MoTJ) issu...

Johnson & Johnson fined in landmark opioid ruling

Johnson & Johnson fined in landmark opioid ruling

-- 2019-08-27 10:45:35

Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson must pay $572m (£469m) for its part in fuelling Oklahoma's opioid addiction crisis, a judge in the US state has ruled. The company said immediately after the jud...

No more separate licences for telcos

No more separate licences for telcos

Ismail Hossain 2019-08-27 10:26:35

The country's telecom regulator has moved to formulate a unified guideline for the country's mobile operators instead of separate licences for 2G, 3G and 4G services. The Bangladesh Telecommunica...

Biman counts $1.1m losses for cancellation of ticket bookings

Biman counts $1.1m losses for cancellation of ticket bookings

Doulot Akter Mala 2019-08-27 10:01:33

A probe body of Biman Bangladesh Airlines has recommended taking punitive action against 53 travel agents of 12 countries for the cancellation of a significant number of air tickets. It has found tha...

Bangladesh mulls electricity export to India

Bangladesh mulls electricity export to India

FE Report 2019-08-27 09:51:57

Bangladesh now considers exporting power to neighbouring India to utilise the unused electricity. The Joint Steering Committee (JSC) of the two countries discussed the issue Monday to strengthen bila...

Tencent launches WeChat for drivers

Tencent launches WeChat for drivers

-- 2019-08-26 21:56:50

Tencent Holdings unveiled on Monday a version of its popular social media app WeChat tailor-made for drivers with state-backed Chinese carmaker China Chang'an Automobile Group, marking a further foray...

BIBM discussion on “Interest Rate and Expansion of Bank Credit” Tuesday

BIBM discussion on “Interest Rate and Expansion of Bank Credit” Tuesday

FE Online Desk 2019-08-26 18:28:34

Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management will hold a roundtable discussion on “Interest Rate and Expansion of Bank Credit” at the BIBM Auditorium on Tuesday. S. M. Moniruzzaman, Chairman,...

Over 160m mobile subscribers in the country: BTRC

Over 160m mobile subscribers in the country: BTRC

FE Online Report 2019-08-26 18:26:27

The total number of mobile phone subscribers in the country has reached 161.772 million till July of this year, according to telephone regulator officials. Among them, the subscribers of Grameen Phon...

Thrust on conducive policy & incentives to encourage green building construction

Thrust on conducive policy & incentives to encourage green building construction

FE Online Desk 2019-08-26 17:38:55

Experts have put thrust on ensuring a comprehensive "greening" of Bangladesh's building sector to work together to support the integration and mainstreaming of green building concept.  They were...

UCB arranges workshop in Ctg

UCB arranges workshop in Ctg

FE Online Desk 2019-08-26 17:24:00

United Commercial Bank Limited (UCB) organized a workshop on integrity in Chattogram recently as part of implementing “National Integrity Strategy”. Mr. Abu Farah Md. Naser, Executive D...

Mercantile Bank, BREB ink deal

Mercantile Bank, BREB ink deal

FE Online Desk 2019-08-26 17:15:51

 Mercantile Bank Limited recently signed an agreement with Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB) regarding collection of monthly bill payment of BREB through ‘MYCash’,  m...

ICMAB delegation calls on ACI Group chairman

ICMAB delegation calls on ACI Group chairman

FE Online Desk 2019-08-26 14:42:50

A delegation of the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) called on Mr M Anis Ud Dowla, Chairman of ACI Group at his office recently. ICMAB president Mr M Abul Kalam Mazu...

Prices of most production goods rise in China

Prices of most production goods rise in China

Xinhua 2019-08-26 13:18:08

China's official data showed that most production goods monitored by the government posted higher prices in mid August compared with the previous 10 days. Of the 50 major goods monitored by the gover...

EBL opens Agent Banking outlet in Rajshahi

EBL opens Agent Banking outlet in Rajshahi

FE Online Desk 2019-08-26 12:31:21

Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) has recently opened its 8th Agent Banking Outlet at Godagari area of Rajshahi. Md Monirul Islam, Mayor of Godagari Pourashava and Syed Zulkar Nayen, Head of Liability and W...

Trade war: China's yuan sinks to 11-year low

Trade war: China's yuan sinks to 11-year low

-- 2019-08-26 11:53:21

China’s yuan slumped to a fresh 11-year low against the dollar on Monday and stocks fell as the Sino-US trade war sharply escalated, threatening to inflict more damage on the world’s large...

People hardly get benefits from ‘digital island’ project

People hardly get benefits from ‘digital island’ project

Kamrun Nahar 2019-08-26 11:01:06

There is hardly any tangible benefit from declaring Maheshkhali as a 'digital island' by the government due to "irregularities and poor communication" with the mainland. The project is neither help...

Jute farmers getting high prices this year

Jute farmers getting high prices this year

Yasir Wardad 2019-08-26 10:53:52

Local farmers are getting much higher prices for their raw jute in this harvesting season than last season, following the government's withdrawal of ban on uncut jute export from June, said inside...

US, Japan agree in principle on trade deal

US, Japan agree in principle on trade deal

Reuters 2019-08-26 10:23:49

The United States and Japan agreed in principle on Sunday to core elements of a trade deal that US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said they hoped to sign in New York next month....

Roadshow soon to brief IOCs about production contracts

Roadshow soon to brief IOCs about production contracts

M Azizur Rahman 2019-08-26 10:20:45

State-run Petrobangla has planned to host a roadshow to keep international oil companies posted on the freshly minted production sharing contracts before the launch of the next bidding round. Interes...

Per bhori gold price increases by Tk 9,390 in a year

Per bhori gold price increases by Tk 9,390 in a year

Saif Uddin 2019-08-26 10:15:23

Price of gold in the local market has increased significantly in the last one year mainly due to the change in the international market. However, it was expected by the buyers to witness a stable gol...

No more feather-bedding for state banks

No more feather-bedding for state banks

FE Report 2019-08-26 10:01:22

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Sunday made it abundantly clear that state-owned banks would no longer get recapitalisation facility. "From now on, refinancing will be a thing of the past," he...

IPL holds 20th AGM

IPL holds 20th AGM

FE Online Report 2019-08-25 19:24:09

International Publications Limited (IPL), the owning company of The Financial Express, held its 20th annual general meeting (AGM) in the city on Saturday.   Several matters were discussed and re...

Singapore businesses keen for more investment in BD

Singapore businesses keen for more investment in BD

FE Online Desk 2019-08-25 19:06:52

Singapore entrepreneurs expressed their interest to invest in different sectors in Bangladesh. Mr. Soo Wei-Chieh, Executive Director of Singapore Business Federation (SBF) expressed this interest at...