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BD-China JV to build coal-fired power plant

BD-China JV to build coal-fired power plant

FE Report 2018-05-07 10:17:43

State-run Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) and China Huadian Hongkong Company Ltd (CHDHK) Sunday inked a deal to form a joint venture (JV) company to build a 1,320 megawatt (MW) coal-fired po...

Brinjal prices spike in city markets

Brinjal prices spike in city markets

FE Report 2018-05-07 10:03:04

Prices of brinjal have increased significantly in the city market with traders attributing the price hike to the ongoing odd climatic condition in most parts of the country which is hampering supply....

Move to formulate gold import policy to curb smuggling

Move to formulate gold import policy to curb smuggling

-- 2018-05-06 18:37:43

The government has taken an initiative to formulate a gold import policy to check smuggling of the commodity and help boost duty collection from the sector. To this end, the government has formed a n...

Tofail seeks Canadian investment in BD

Tofail seeks Canadian investment in BD

-- 2018-05-06 17:58:42

Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Sunday urged Canadian entrepreneurs to invest in one of the 100 Special Economic Zones of Bangladesh availing of the incentives and facilities are on offer the countr...

Private seed sector steadies growth

Private seed sector steadies growth

SM Najmus Sakib 2018-05-06 17:50:33

With the demand for hybrid seeds rising, the private seed sector has witnessed a steady growth in the country over a decade. Private companies and traders now meet over 90 per cent of the demand for...

Low-grade battery makers operate sans permission

Low-grade battery makers operate sans permission

FE Report 2018-05-06 17:44:32

The use of low-grade and inefficient batteries remains unchecked due to the establishment of a number of illegal and unauthorised manufacturing units across the country This causes losses of revenue...

CCCI urges halt to axle load control during Ramadan

CCCI urges halt to axle load control during Ramadan

Our Correspondent 2018-05-06 17:37:34

Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) has urged Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader to suspend enforcement of the axle load control for the month of Ramadan considering the...

Capital machinery import jumps 42pc in July-Feb

Capital machinery import jumps 42pc in July-Feb

FE Online Report 2018-05-06 16:14:32

Import payments of capital machinery jumped by 42 per cent in the first eight months of the current fiscal year. Commodity-wise import statistics recorded by the custom authority and released by the...

MDB card-holders to enjoy BOGO at Amari Dhaka

MDB card-holders to enjoy BOGO at Amari Dhaka

FE Online Desk 2018-05-06 13:06:26

Midland Bank Limited (MDB) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a five star chain hotel Amari Dhaka located at Gulshan in the capital. Under the agreement, MDB Visa credit cardholders...

Card-based e-commerce value crosses Tk 7 billion

Card-based e-commerce value crosses Tk 7 billion

FE Online Report 2018-05-06 12:44:12

Value of e-commerce transaction based on debit and credit cards crossed Tk 7 billion in July-February period of the current fiscal year (FY18). Bangladesh Bank statistics showed that the amount of ca...

Two international flights miss arrival schedules at Dhaka airport

Two international flights miss arrival schedules at Dhaka airport

FE Online Report 2018-05-06 12:31:57

Two international flights of Biman Bangladesh Airlines have failed to meet their arrival schedules at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) on Sunday. BG 022 from Muscat was scheduled to arri...

REHAB arranges Housing Fair in Sydney

REHAB arranges Housing Fair in Sydney

FE Online Report 2018-05-06 11:41:39

A three-day expo titled ‘REHAB Housing Fair Sydney-2018’, kicked off on Saturday in Australia aiming to help promote the sector among non-resident Bangladeshis (NRBs). Real Estate and Hou...

‘Frontier mkts of BD, Vietnam, Lanka offer exceptional growth potential’

‘Frontier mkts of BD, Vietnam, Lanka offer exceptional growth potential’

-- 2018-05-05 21:50:16

FE ReportWell performing frontier markets like Bangladesh, Vietnam and Sri Lanka offer exceptional growth potential and will soon take the lead in venture capital (VC), private equities (PE), corporat...

Retail sales up in Vietnam

Retail sales up in Vietnam

-- 2018-05-05 16:40:01

Vietnam's total goods retail sales and consumer service revenues in the first four months of this year rose 9.8 per cent year-on-year to 1,399 trillion Vietnamese dong (over 61.6 billion US dollars)....

Private jute millers seek waiver of source tax

Private jute millers seek waiver of source tax

FE Report 2018-05-05 16:32:55

Private jute millers have sought waiver of source tax on export earnings in the upcoming national budget for 2018-19 fiscal year (FY). They said earnings from this sector have declined significantly...

Reforms can boost inflow of remittance thru formal banking channel

Reforms can boost inflow of remittance thru formal banking channel

Adnan Hossain Bhuiyan 2018-05-05 16:30:30

A massive awareness campaign and regulatory reforms are essential to encourage Bangladeshi expatriates to send home their hard-earned money through secure and authorised fund transfer channels, said t...

Businesses discuss key market issues of Ramadan

Businesses discuss key market issues of Ramadan

Talha Bin Habib 2018-05-05 16:14:01

The country's businesses have urged the government to strengthen market monitoring during the holy month of Ramadan with a view to keeping the prices of essentials stable and protecting the consumers'...

POS transactions cross Tk 90b in Jul-Feb

POS transactions cross Tk 90b in Jul-Feb

FE Online Report 2018-05-05 15:14:12

Consumer spending through the point-of-sale (POS) machines crossed Tk 90 billion in the first eight months of the current fiscal year. It showed that total value of POS transactions using both debit...

Myanmar-Canada trade hits $105m in FY 2017-2018

Myanmar-Canada trade hits $105m in FY 2017-2018

-- 2018-05-05 14:19:51

Bilateral trade between Myanmar and Canada amounted to over 105 million US dollars as of February in last fiscal year 2017-2018 which ended in March, Myanmar's government-owned newspaper reported. Th...

Govt clears 1192 NGO projects in July-March

Govt clears 1192 NGO projects in July-March

FE Online Report 2018-05-05 13:34:12

The NGO Affairs Bureau approved has approved some 1192 projects in the first nine months (July-March) of the current fiscal year. The approved projects of the country’s Non-Government Organisa...

BKB holds confce in Comilla

BKB holds confce in Comilla

FE Online Desk 2018-05-05 13:14:27

A day-long conference  of Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) for Branch Managers and Chief Regional/Regional Managers  of Comilla division was held at the BRAC Learning Center recently.   Ma...

VUULR to launch ICO with QUOINE

VUULR to launch ICO with QUOINE

FE Online Desk 2018-05-05 12:39:24

VUULR is going to launch its Initial Coin Offering (ICO) with QUOINE Corporation May 9 through May 30. It announced this in a Media OutReach statement on Friday. There will be a total supply of 1....

Showcase Canada begins May 6

Showcase Canada begins May 6

FE Online Desk 2018-05-05 12:11:41

A two-day long “Showcase Canada 2018 (Trade and Education Fair)” begins May 6 at International Convention City Bashundhara, Dhaka. The event is supported by the High Commission of Cana...

DHL expands around-the-world flight services

DHL expands around-the-world flight services

FE Online Desk 2018-05-05 11:41:35

DHL Global Forwarding has launched its second around-the-world scheduled flight to connect Asia, Europe and the US, spurred by strong growth in demand for air freight, chiefly for outbound services....

Agility launches new online forwarding platform Shipa Freight

Agility launches new online forwarding platform Shipa Freight

-- 2018-05-05 10:54:16

Agility, a leading global logistics provider, recently announced Shipa Freight, the first fully integrated online freight service that allows users to get rate quotes and book, pay and track ocean and...

Trump says date, place set for North Korea summit

Trump says date, place set for North Korea summit

Reuters 2018-05-05 10:30:36

President Donald Trump on Friday said the date and location have been set for a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, building suspense for the unprecedented talks, as South Korea said it woul...

Onion prices soar despite ample supply

Onion prices soar despite ample supply

FE report 2018-05-05 09:56:04

After remaining static for the last one and a half months, prices of onion increased notably in the market last week despite ample local supply and low import cost. Market experts said the onion pric...

Fully foreign-owned logistics firms likely

Fully foreign-owned logistics firms likely

Mehdi Musharraf Bhuiyan 2018-05-05 09:39:18

The government may soon withdraw restriction on fully foreign-owned logistics companies to start business in Bangladesh amid growing push from overseas players. Currently, the majority foreign shareh...

Tourism takes yet another hit from Rohingya influx

Tourism takes yet another hit from Rohingya influx

Kamrun Nahar 2018-05-05 09:35:55

The influx of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar that started in August 2017 spelt disaster for the country's tourism industry. Major tour operators in recent times have been facing various Rohingya rela...

China, US resolve some trade disputes

China, US resolve some trade disputes

-- 2018-05-04 20:26:16

China and the United States reached agreements on some issues in their economic and trade consultations in Beijing from Thursday to Friday, and agreed to set up a work mechanism to keep close communic...