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-- 2021-10-25 18:59:25
Access to Information (a2i) Programme, UNCDF and MSC have launched the Financial Innovation Lab Bangladesh (FinLab BD) to serve the low and moderate-income populations of Bangladesh by advancing susta...
FE REPORT 2021-10-25 08:47:04
Bangladesh can overcome many of post-LDC graduation challenges by harnessing huge resources hidden in its bay-based blue economy, experts say and suggest urgent industrial modelling based on the ric...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON 2021-10-24 08:57:51
Bangladesh is switching over fast to digital financial transactions from the conventional banking system, marking a phenomenal growth of 85 per cent in a segment last August. Officials said the digit...
-- 2021-10-23 19:34:27
DigiTax, an online tax return preparation platform for taxpayers, was formally launched on Saturday through which the taxpayers can now fill up income tax returns as well as assess their assets online...
FE REPORT 2021-10-23 08:44:08
Business leaders have raised serious concerns over the speedy depreciation of Bangladesh taka (BDT) against American dollar as it is pushing the import costs up. The BDT-dollar exchange rate in banks...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2021-10-22 08:41:34
Living gets costlier for people as inflation maintains a steep rise amid price rises, although official figures apparently water down the inflationary pressures. The point-to-point inflation over t...
-- 2021-10-21 15:10:56
The government is working to create opportunities for the business community to invest in foreign countries, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said. "We can invest in other countries just the way they inv...
-- 2021-10-21 10:02:06
The United States said on Wednesday that China’s industrial policies "skew the playing field" against imported goods and services, as well as their foreign providers, and that Washington would p...
-- 2021-10-20 23:02:53
Overseas football tourism has proved to be a huge winner for the British economy, a new report published by Britain's national tourism agency VisitBritain revealed on Wednesday. According to research...
-- 2021-10-20 16:14:58
Thousands of unvaccinated workers across the United States are facing potential job losses as a growing number of states, cities and private companies start to enforce mandates for inoculation against...
-- 2021-10-20 10:16:36
The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday slashed this year's economic growth forecast for Asia and warned that a fresh wave of Covid-19 infections, supply chain disruptions and inflation pressures p...
FE REPORT 2021-10-19 10:17:01
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has requested the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to provide private sector with loans on simple conditions. He put forward the proposal at a virtual meetin...
FE REPORT 2021-10-19 08:56:50
The World Bank (WB) would provide US$ 300 million in loans for upskilling technical knowledge of some 0.1 million youths and women in Bangladesh. With the financial support, four government agencies...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2021-10-19 08:29:07
Once again has the health division positioned itself lowest in development spending as it could spend during the first quarter of the current fiscal year only 2.33 per cent from its total ADP allocati...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-10-18 19:54:57
In a bid to further promote bilateral trade with Bangladesh, Korean entrepreneurs, who have already a strong presence in the RMG sector, are planning to invest in other sectors like ICT and health. T...
-- 2021-10-18 18:36:49
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has allowed receiving inward remittances through online payment gateway service providers (OPGSPs). The foreign exchange policy department of the central bank on Monday issued a...
-- 2021-10-18 14:05:12
So often the source of rows between its members, the European Union starts reviewing its rules for national budgets on Tuesday to fit a post-pandemic reality of higher public debt and the huge costs o...
-- 2021-10-18 11:47:16
China's economy hit its slowest pace of growth in a year in the third quarter, hurt by power shortages, supply chain bottlenecks and major wobbles in the property market and raising pressure on policy...
-- 2021-10-17 18:01:15
Bangladesh’s cottage, micro, small and medium enterprises (CMSMEs) cannot avail of the stimulus loan as fast as they had expected due to its slow disbursement process. Bangladesh Bank has set a...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON 2021-10-16 07:34:45
Bangladesh's per-capita foreign debt ballooned to USD460 or Tk 39,000 in the fiscal year 2021, up by over $67 from the figure a year before, according to central bank statistics. Such a buck in exter...
-- 2021-10-15 17:12:23
The government is aiming to take up the economy's revenue-GDP ratio to 11.5 per cent by 2023-24 fiscal through modernisation of revenue administration, broadening the tax base, higher tax compliance,...
-- 2021-10-15 16:35:20
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has sought Bangladesh's stronger trade and investment ties with Serbia and close cooperation in addressing global issues. On the sidelines of the 60th Commemorative...
FE REPORT 2021-10-15 08:50:12
Prime minister's Principal Secretary Dr Ahmad Kaikaus has called for removing technical difficulties in financing the public-private partnership (PPP) projects by banks and financial institutions (FIs...
FE REPORT 2021-10-15 08:20:28
Deeper deregulations and structural reforms can bring desired foreign direct investment in Bangladesh from Japan and elsewhere, says the Japanese envoy in Dhaka, naming two major triggers for FDI in...
-- 2021-10-14 20:17:03
From beef bowls in Tokyo to fried chicken in London, consumers are beginning to feel the pinch from the surge in costs washing over the global economy. The rebound in economic activity as coronavirus...
-- 2021-10-14 16:52:16
Bangladesh's per capita gross domestic product (GDP) will be US$2,138.794 in 2021 which is higher than neighbouring India, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The per capita GDP of In...
-- 2021-10-14 15:20:16
A global energy crunch is expected to boost oil demand by half a million barrels per day (bpd) and could stoke inflation and slow the world's recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Ene...
FE REPORT 2021-10-14 09:13:27
Speakers at a workshop on Wednesday emphasised enacting separate laws and regulations for Sukuk or Shariah-based bonds as the instruments are different in features from the traditional fixed-income on...
-- 2021-10-13 17:15:31
Economic growth in poorer countries will likely lag pre-pandemic expectations for years, given gaps in vaccination rates, revenue growth and the ability to borrow, the International Monetary Fund said...
-- 2021-10-13 17:13:01
The Asian Development Bank will boost its climate financing goals by $20 billion to a new target of $100 billion for the 2019-2030 period. The lender also aims to launch its concept for retiring coal...
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