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Bangladesh, Singapore ink four MoUs

Bangladesh, Singapore ink four MoUs

-- 2018-03-13 12:53:28

Bangladesh and Singapore have inked four MoUs at the signing ceremony in the opening session of the Bangladesh-Singapore Business Forum 2018 in Singapore. Trade bodies and government agencies of the...

Mastercard launches  remittance utilisation campaign

Mastercard launches remittance utilisation campaign

FE Online Desk 2018-03-13 12:13:09

Mastercard in partnership with WARBE Development Foundation has announced the Grassroots Level Financial Education programme on remittance utilisation, investment and savings to educate and train 35,0...

Govt to lower requirement for trade union registration

Govt to lower requirement for trade union registration

Monira Munni 2018-03-13 10:47:08

The government has decided to cut the requisite rate of workers' representation in trade union registration, bringing it down by 5.0 and 10 per cent depending on the size of workforce. The decision c...

Govt opens gas connection for all but households

Govt opens gas connection for all but households

M Azizur Rahman 2018-03-13 09:27:00

The government plans to resume piped natural-gas connections to all consumers but households from next month with the start of expensive LNG (liquefied natural gas) import. Already, according to offi...

CEMS Global to hold food, agro exhibition in city

CEMS Global to hold food, agro exhibition in city

-- 2018-03-12 17:02:17

Conference and Exhibition Management Services Ltd (CEMS) Global will organise a four-day exhibition on food, agro, poultry and livestock in the city on March 21. The exhibition titled '3rd Foo...

EBL employees' photo exhibition starts in city

EBL employees' photo exhibition starts in city

FE Online Desk 2018-03-12 15:13:02

A three-day photo exhibition featuring 41 photographs by Eastern Bank employees begins at Drik Gallery of Dhanmondi in the capital. Zunaid Ahmed Palak, minister of State for ICT Division, inaugurat...

ICC elects secretary general, first vice-chair

ICC elects secretary general, first vice-chair

FE Online Desk 2018-03-12 14:51:58

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has elected John W H Denton AO and Paul Polman respectively as next secretary general and first vice-chair. The election was held at the extra-ordinary Wor...

26 int'l flights miss departure schedules at HSIA

26 int'l flights miss departure schedules at HSIA

FE Online Report 2018-03-12 14:12:26

About 26 international flights failed to meet their departure schedules at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) on Monday. From 12:00am to 12:00pm, those 26 international flights were late...

Bagdoom.com participates MyEO Engage Global Summit

Bagdoom.com participates MyEO Engage Global Summit

FE Online Desk 2018-03-12 13:47:26

Bagdoom.com, as part of its social business initiative, that is bringing rural women handicraft entrepreneurs under e-commerce banner for the first time in Bangladesh and in partnership with iDE,...

SBL Capital Management holds meeting

SBL Capital Management holds meeting

FE Online Desk 2018-03-12 11:57:04

The 28th meeting of the Board of Directors of SBL Capital Management Limited was held Sunday. Chairman of Standard Bank Ltd, Kazi Akram Uddin Ahmed presided over the meeting. The meeting was attende...

Mercantile Bank hands over SME loan cheque to woman entrepreneur

Mercantile Bank hands over SME loan cheque to woman entrepreneur

FE Online Desk 2018-03-12 11:50:13

Dr. Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, MP, Speaker of the Bangladesh National Parliament handed over a SME loan cheque for Tk 5.0 million to Moushumi Zaman, Propritor of MC Trade Center on behalf of Mercantile...

Grand Lion inks deal with Marriott in Cambodia

Grand Lion inks deal with Marriott in Cambodia

FE Online Desk 2018-03-12 11:23:34

SINGAPORE, Mar 12 - Cambodian real estate company, the Grand Lion Group has recently inked a deal with Marriott International, Inc., to manage and operate a new hotel in the stunning coastal city of S...

Germany, China warn Trump tariff moves threaten global trade

Germany, China warn Trump tariff moves threaten global trade

-- 2018-03-12 11:15:36

Germany denounced moves by President Donald Trump to impose tariffs on US metal imports, saying Europe needed a united response to the threat and echoing criticism from China that it risked underminin...

General Pharma looks to more countries for export

General Pharma looks to more countries for export

Special Correspondent 2018-03-12 10:47:26

General Pharmaceuticals Ltd (GPL) will broaden its export-oriented product line, company officials said. "We are now exporting our products to 26 countries and 14 more countries will be added to our...

70pc still unaware of consumer rights

70pc still unaware of consumer rights

Talha Bin Habib 2018-03-12 09:52:44

Bangladesh will observe World Consumer Rights Day on March 15, while a major portion of general public still remain unaware of their rights. Over 70 per cent of the population in the country are not...

124 garment factories still operate in risky buildings

124 garment factories still operate in risky buildings

Monira Munni 2018-03-12 09:32:44

More than one hundred readymade garment factories located in the capital and the port city are still operating in risky buildings, defying the government's instruction to close such factories putting...

LG Chem CEO expects stable global petrochemical market this year

LG Chem CEO expects stable global petrochemical market this year

-- 2018-03-12 00:22:58

LG Chem, South Korea's largest chemical company, sees the global petrochemical market being stable this year, and is diversifying its products to guard against falling plastic usage, the company's chi...

Number of solar-powered bank branches up

Number of solar-powered bank branches up

FE Online Report 2018-03-11 15:51:52

Country’s solar-powered bank branches increased by 2.10 per cent in the past year, according to the latest statistics of the central bank. There were 533 such branches in 2017, up by 11 from 52...

FSIBL arranges BAMLCO confce

FSIBL arranges BAMLCO confce

FE Online Desk 2018-03-11 13:23:11

First Security Islami Bank Limited organised BAMLCO Conference, 2018 recently. Abu Hena Mohd. Razee Hassan, Deputy Governor, Bangladesh Bank inaugurated the conference as the chief guest. Among othe...

25 int'l flights miss departure schedules at HSIA

25 int'l flights miss departure schedules at HSIA

FE Online Report 2018-03-11 13:19:06

About 25 international flights failed to meet their departure schedules at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) on Sunday. From 12:00am to 12:00pm, those 25 international flights were late...

Premier Bank holds tri-monthly manager’s confce

Premier Bank holds tri-monthly manager’s confce

FE Online Desk 2018-03-11 13:04:39

Premier Bank Limited chairman Dr. H.B.M. Iqbal inaugurated the Bank’s Tri-Monthly Manager’s Conference-2018 at Head Office Saturday, said a statement. Advisor Mr. Muhammed Ali and Manag...

DCCI course on branding,marketing ends

DCCI course on branding,marketing ends

FE Online Desk 2018-03-11 12:19:04

 A two-day training course on “Branding & Marketing (Sales) for Business Success”, organised by DCCI Business Institute (DBI) ended Sunday. A total of 16 business professionals n...

India, France in $16b deals

India, France in $16b deals

-- 2018-03-11 12:04:22

French and Indian companies signed contracts worth 13 billion euros ($16 billion) on the first day of President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to India on Saturday, the French presidency said in a stat...

Overseas jobs fall on lower Saudi hiring

Overseas jobs fall on lower Saudi hiring

Arafat Ara 2018-03-11 10:52:54

Slowed manpower export to Saudi Arabia, the key job market, pulled down Bangladesh's overseas jobs growth in February last, officials and sector insiders said. The jobs in Saudi Arabia for Bangladesh...

Trade war with US to spell disaster only: China

Trade war with US to spell disaster only: China

-- 2018-03-11 09:56:43

Any trade war with the United States will only bring disaster to the world economy, Chinese Commerce Minister Zhong Shan said on Sunday, as Beijing stepped up its criticism on proposed metals tariffs...

Monitoring cell for pvt airlines soon to boost aviation sector: Minister

Monitoring cell for pvt airlines soon to boost aviation sector: Minister

-- 2018-03-10 21:44:08

Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister AKM Shajahan Kamal has said the ministry will form a monitoring cell for private airlines to further improve country's aviation sector. The Cox's Bazar airport wil...

Taiwan's PChome holds investor day

Taiwan's PChome holds investor day

-- 2018-03-10 16:24:48

Taiwan's largest ecommerce group PChome Online Inc. held its first annual Investor Day of this year recently. PChome, pioneer in 24-hour guaranteed delivery, arranged the programme last Monday to unv...

Grameen UNIQLO, bagdoom.com ink deal on partnership

Grameen UNIQLO, bagdoom.com ink deal on partnership

FE Online Desk 2018-03-10 14:12:01

Leading lifestyle e-commerce platform of Bangladesh-bagdoom.com and Grameen UNIQLO, a social business brand of Japan as well as Asia’s no. 1 apparel brand, UNIQLO have signed a MOU together for...

Environmental training series for corporate entities

Environmental training series for corporate entities

FE Online Desk 2018-03-10 14:04:48

FMO together with four other DFIs (DEG, Proparco, OeEB and UNEP FI) along with local banking partners—BRAC Bank Limited, Eastern Bank Limited, Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited, IDLC Finance Limited and...

All-new BMW X3 now available in BD

All-new BMW X3 now available in BD

FE Online Desk 2018-03-10 13:38:08

Executive Motors Ltd, the only authorised sales and service centre of BMW vehicles in Bangladesh recently launched the all-new BMW X3, a car that is set to write the next chapter in its success s...