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BBC January 26, 2020 17:53:57
China is struggling with a new virus that has already killed more than 20 people. It is a serious health issue. The World Health Organization has called it an emergency for China, though not for the...
BSS January 25, 2020 18:16:27
Thai Exim Bank and Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) have expressed their interest to invest in Bangladesh for modernising the country’s state-run sugar mills. The two organisatio...
FHM Humayan Kabir January 25, 2020 10:56:45
Different ministries and agencies are piling pressure on Planning Commission (PC) for enlistment of new unapproved projects in the upcoming revised annual development programme (RADP). Officials said...
SYFUL ISLAM January 25, 2020 10:48:44
India has turned down a Bangladesh's request to withdraw anti-dumping duty imposed on the exports of Bangladesh's jute goods, hydrogen peroxide, and fishing net. The giant neighbour made the refusal...
-- January 24, 2020 13:24:01
Sri Lanka's Tourism Ministry is aiming to attract four million tourists in 2020, Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga has told local media. The minister said they have fixed a target of five billion U...
-- January 24, 2020 13:12:24
Singapore’s manufacturing output declined 1.4 per cent year on year in 2019, said the Economic Development Board on Friday. Last December, the country's factory output declined 0.7 per cent yea...
-- January 24, 2020 13:06:15
The number of initial jobless claims in the United States rose last week, according to a report released by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics on Thursday. The number of people filing for US unemploym...
FE REPORT January 24, 2020 10:39:13
The National Board of Revenue, or NBR, will take stern action against its "greedy" officials, its chief warned on Thursday. Newly-appointed NBR chairman Abu Hena Md Rahmatul Muneem said since the g...
FE REPORT January 24, 2020 10:34:31
Adviser to the prime minister on economic affairs Dr Mashiur Rahman on Thursday said statistics should not be altered to make them soothing to the ears of key policymakers. The policymakers do also...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM January 24, 2020 10:23:25
The government's net bank borrowing crossed Tk 500 billion until middle of this month, compelled by the need for meeting budget deficit, officials said. Falling trend in sales of national savings cer...
-- January 23, 2020 15:25:21
The Philippines's gross domestic product (GDP) posted a year-on-year growth of 6.4 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2019, resulting in the 5.9 per cent full-year growth for 2019. Philippines Statist...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR January 23, 2020 11:08:16
The government and donors will gather in the capital next week in a traditional parley to discuss national and global agenda, officials said on Wednesday. The Bangladesh Development Forum (BDF), sche...
-- January 22, 2020 13:21:31
Sri Lanka earned a record 5.3 billion US dollars from its apparel exports in 2019, showing a 5.1 per cent year on year increase, according to the Joint Apparel Association Forum (JAAF). However, a sl...
FE REPORT January 22, 2020 10:05:19
Discussants at a dialogue held in Dhaka on Tuesday suggested the government not judging the country's macroeconomic scenario only by the growth rate but also by the generation of new jobs. The sugges...
BSS January 21, 2020 18:46:27
More than 6.60 million trained workers got employments abroad in the last one decade, from 2009 to 2019, and they remitted around $153.13 billion during the period. Expatriates’ Welfare and Ove...
-- January 21, 2020 16:36:24
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved a Taka 205.26 billion project to set up some 329 technical school and colleges at upazila level in a bid to build s...
-- January 21, 2020 13:56:20
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) cut global growth projections on Monday, citing negative surprises in a few emerging markets, notably in India, and increased social unrest. However, the IMF als...
DOULOT AKTER MALA January 21, 2020 10:37:29
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is going to cut duty-free benefit on import of 21 types of power plant equipments, categorising them 'locally available and consumable products.' The decision has...
FE REPORT January 21, 2020 10:34:33
State-owned enterprises (SoEs), which will deposit their funds in private commercial banks (PCBs) and financial institutions (FIs), will get interest at 6.0 per cent rate, and at 5.5 per cent from sta...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON January 21, 2020 10:11:01
The government has alerted its ministries and divisions to avoid spending beyond the original budget allocations as resource mobilisation becomes slower. The push comes at the meetings on budget revi...
FE ONLINE REPORT January 20, 2020 19:30:20
Adopting circular economic principles can address overall climate crisis, global inequality and alleviate poverty. Experts came up with the remark on Monday at a panel discussion titled 'Circular Eco...
FE Online Report January 20, 2020 18:59:06
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) across the world dropped by 1.0 per cent last year, according to a primary estimation of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). UNCTAD’...
-- January 20, 2020 17:37:48
The government has allowed state-owned companies to deposit up to 50 per cent of their surplus funds in private banks and non-bank financial institutions. The finance ministry’s Financial Insti...
FE Online Desk January 20, 2020 13:37:34
A Discussion Workshop on Outsourcing in Financial Service Sector (in association with BACCO & LICT) will be held at the auditorium of Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management on January 21. Mr. Zu...
Reuters January 20, 2020 13:00:40
The world’s richest 2,153 people controlled more money than the poorest 4.6 billion combined in 2019, while unpaid or underpaid work by women and girls adds three times more to the global econom...
FE REPORT January 20, 2020 11:25:30
Bangladesh's exports to India crossed US $ 1.0 billion mark in the last calendar year (2019), said Gurvinder Singh, Director (exhibitions) of Engineering Export Promotion Council of India (EEPC Indi...
FE Report January 20, 2020 10:00:36
Higher borrowing of the government during the first half (H1) of the current fiscal year (FY20) compelled the central bank to revise the growth rate of the borrowing significantly upward for the secon...
FE Online Report January 19, 2020 14:24:27
Masatsugu Asakawa has assumed office as the 10th President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), an ADB press statement said. "I am honoured to assume the role of ADB President and to begin working in...
JUBAIR HASAN January 19, 2020 10:35:20
The declining trend in the net inflows of foreign direct investment, or FDI, in the country sustained until the third quarter of the immediate past calendar year, according to government data. The...
Asjadul Kibria January 18, 2020 17:35:15
Growth rate of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Bangladesh may decline to 7.80 per cent in the current fiscal year (FY20) from 8.10 per cent in the previous fiscal year. Nevertheless, the projecte...
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