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FE REPORT 2021-02-26 12:03:23
Commerce Secretary Md Jafar Uddin on Thursday said it is possible for Bangladesh to earn more than US$5.0 billion by exporting leather and leather goods annually. "Leather is a potential sector of Ba...
FE REPORT 2021-02-26 11:18:49
Al-Muslim Group, a Bangladeshi apparel manufacturer, has denied the allegation of money laundering by its associate company AKM Knitwear. The Group's denial came following news reports on the alleg...
FE REPORT 2021-02-26 08:47:54
Prices of poultry meat continued to rise last week as broiler chicken was sold at maximal Tk 165 a kilogram on Thursday, further augmenting commoners' sufferings. Closure of many pandemic-hit farms...
FE Report 2021-02-26 08:37:02
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) president Rizwan Rahman on Thursday proposed forming a 'national strategy committee' to get the GSP plus facility in the EU market after the country's...
SYFUL ISLAM 2021-02-26 08:23:04
Indonesia has slapped a safeguard duty, ranging between US$0.44 and $11.29 per piece, on export of a number of apparel items to the country from Bangladesh, officials said. The products include top...
AP 2021-02-25 21:56:27
Facebook, following in Google's footsteps, says it plans to invest $1.0 billion to "support the news industry" over the next three years. The social networking giant, which has been tussling with Aus...
FE ONLINE DESK 2021-02-25 12:22:08
The Chinese contractor for the Padma Bridge Rail Link Project (PBRLP) alleges that it is facing a fund crisis due to a delay in the payment release by Bangladesh Railway. "The fund crisis seems to ha...
Reuters 2021-02-25 10:52:17
Global business jet deliveries declined 20.4 per cent to 644 aircraft in 2020 as the Covid-19 pandemic weighed on production earlier in the year, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA)...
Mir Mostafizur Rahaman 2021-02-25 10:42:19
Four mega projects of the Bangladesh Railway (BR) have suffered setback due to the delay in processing loan documents by the relevant Bangladeshi implementing agencies and bureaucratic complexities...
FE REPORT 2021-02-25 09:01:12
A five-day Handicrafts Exhibition-2021 began in the city on Wednesday. The Bangladesh Handicrafts Manufacturers and Exporters Association, or Banglacraft, organised the event marking the birth cent...
FE REPORT 2021-02-25 08:46:22
Bangladesh-Italy investment summit will be held in April next, aiming to promote bilateral trade between the two countries. Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) and Better Bangladesh...
MUNIMA SULTANA 2021-02-25 08:30:57
Bangladesh and Japan have agreed to set new schedules for implementation of five big infrastructure projects here as the authorities concerned failed to meet the previous deadlines amid Covid-19 pan...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN and SYFUL ISLAM 2021-02-25 08:25:24
The globally 'controversial' Vitol Asia Pte Ltd is all set to expand its energy business in Bangladesh by bagging yet another lucrative deal. It is now in the process of securing an LPG terminal-bu...
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Facebook Inc on Wednesday pledged to invest at least $1 billion in the news industry over the next three years, days after a high-profile stand-off with the Australian government over paying news outl...
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Apple has acquired about 100 companies over the last six years, the company’s chief executive Tim Cook has revealed. That works out at a company every three to four weeks, he told Apple’s...
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The fourth Bangladesh-Japan Joint PPP platform meeting was held at the Prime Minister’s Office on Wednesday highlighting important projects presented by the Japanese side. Public Private Partne...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-02-24 18:18:55
The country’s apex body of handicraft manufacturers launched a five-day exhibition on Wednesday to promote their products. Bangladesh Handicrafts Manufacturers and Exporters Association, popula...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-02-24 18:03:50
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken, during his conversation with Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen, sought favourable policy support from Bangladesh government to se...
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Walton organised a conference for its partners and distributors in Cox's Bazar aimed at sustaining continuous business growth successfully. Over 2,000 distributors of the country’s ele...
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Grameenphone recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Virgo Pharmaceuticals Ltd to provide latter with mobile connections and other digital services. Nasar Yousuf, director of Grameen...
FE REPORT 2021-02-24 08:51:28
The central bank has launched an electronic system, generally known as 'dashboard' to expedite implementation of the stimulus package under the cottage, micro, small and medium enterprises (CMSMEs)...
FE REPORT 2021-02-24 08:49:47
The country's three mobile phone operators again sought the regulator's help to rein in Grameenphone (GP), as they fear that the largest market player might grab the total spectrum in the upcoming a...
Siddique Islam 2021-02-24 08:33:03
The central bank has relaxed the requirements of Internal Credit Risk Rating System (ICRRS) to help businesses avail credit facilities from the banks amid the Covid-19 pandemic, officials said. The...
SYFUL ISLAM 2021-02-24 08:27:47
India has again opposed inclusion of the issue of anti-dumping (AD) in a bilateral trade agreement that it has proposed to strike with Bangladesh, officials have said. The neighbouring country, the...
REUTERS 2021-02-23 20:50:39
HSBC plans to nearly halve its office space globally over the long term as part of a cost-cutting drive set out on Tuesday, in a further sign the pandemic could mean permanent changes to working patte...
Global Times 2021-02-23 16:36:44
Multibillion-dollar investment in the next five years in China's 5G to empower business and traditional manufacturing The Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2021, which usually takes place in Barcelona, Spa...
Global Times 2021-02-23 16:29:00
After more than half a year of reckless provocation against China, India reportedly plans to lift a blockage on Chinese investments amid its rising awareness of the importance of Chinese capital which...
REUTERS 2021-02-23 15:16:46
Saudi Arabia wants to demystify its finances. The kingdom is working on creating a consolidated balance sheet of its assets and liabilities which will include items currently kept off the oil-rich ec...
FE Online Report 2021-02-23 14:17:21
Registration of sport-utility vehicles (SUVs) in the hard/soft category witnessed a significant fall in 2020 compared to that of 2019, according to official data. A total of 4,911 SUVs were register...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-02-23 10:35:25
Bangladesh is still one of the least prepared countries for e-commerce, to be more precise, online shopping, according to UNCTAD's Business-to-Consumer (B2C) E-commerce Index 2020. The country’...
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