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FE Online Report June 01, 2020 17:55:12
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has extended the deadline for submission of corporate and other tax returns until June 29. The extended deadline would be valid for the taxpayers who have missed t...
FE Online Report June 01, 2020 15:24:18
Health sector should get utmost priority in the upcoming budget for the 2020-2021 fiscal in a bid to reduce COVID-19 effects and provide basic health security for vulnerable population, speakers said...
REUTERS June 01, 2020 14:02:26
Australia’s three decades of uninterrupted prosperity are coming to an abrupt end as the global coronavirus pandemic crashes one of its most lucrative sources of income – immigration. The...
-- June 01, 2020 12:17:56
South Korea's export dropped in double digits in May as global demand weakened amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak across the world, a government report showed Monday. Export, which accounts for...
FE REPORT June 01, 2020 09:26:16
Factories producing essential products, including edible oil, sugar, flour, cement and steel, inside economic zones will no longer be eligible for tax exemptions. In a regulatory order, the National...
FE Online Desk June 01, 2020 00:54:40
The Institute of Chartered Secretaries of Bangladesh (ICSB) organized a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme on "COVID-19 and its impact on the National Economy” on May 30, 2020 o...
Xinhua May 31, 2020 19:09:22
China's rural e-commerce has been growing at a fast pace amid government initiatives to support rural consumption, data showed. As of May 22, the country saw more than 87,000 newly registered rural e...
-- May 31, 2020 19:07:34
Export earnings from jute and jute products have increased by 14 per cent in the first ten months (July-April) of the current fiscal year 2019-20, compared to corresponding period of the previous fisc...
-- May 31, 2020 10:59:13
Economic researcher Ahsan H Mansur has warned of socioeconomic instability and an eroding public trust in the government as Bangladesh is set to reopen offices and resume public transport system after...
FE REport May 31, 2020 09:25:51
The government is set to project the GDP growth rate for the fiscal year 2021 at 8.2 per cent, pinning its hope mainly on possible surge in domestic demand, powered by consumption and investment, offi...
Xinhua May 30, 2020 18:04:41
Indian economy grew at its slowest pace in eight years at 3.1 per cent for the fourth quarter of Jan-March and at 11-year low of 4.2 per cent for the fiscal year 2019-20 (April-March) widening the fis...
FE Online Report May 30, 2020 14:27:55
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing US$231,178 grant to augment novel corona virus disease (COVID-19) related facilities in 134 urban primary health centres, also called Nogor Swastho Kendro...
REUTERS May 30, 2020 13:49:46
India’s economy grew at 3.1 per cent in the January-March quarter, its slowest pace in at least eight years, and the situation is expected to worsen rapidly, putting pressure on the government a...
-- May 30, 2020 12:23:34
US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has said that he is concerned about a second wave of COVID-19 infections, which he believes would dampen consumer confidence and hurt economic recovery. "S...
FE Online Report May 30, 2020 11:28:45
The IMF Executive Board approved Friday US$ 732 million emergency assistance for Bangladesh under the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF) and Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI) to address the challenges posed b...
MUNIMA SULTANA May 30, 2020 09:38:52
The government has cut the demand for more than Tk 18 billion from three major projects, including the Padma Bridge scheme, to tackle the coronavirus pandemic in Bangladesh. According to officials, t...
DOULOT AKTER MALA May 30, 2020 09:31:38
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) lagged behind its revised target by 26.29 per cent until April due to an economic slowdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The tax-collecting authorities have fac...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON May 30, 2020 09:21:09
The economy's almost all major indicators have dipped, drained by sluggish economic activities in the wake of shutdowns aimed at stemming the spread of coronavirus. Remittances, exports, imports, i...
-- May 29, 2020 19:38:58
The government has so far announced a set of stimulus packages worth around $11.90 billion (Taka 1.011 trillion to offset the COVID-19 shock on various sectors of the country and minimise the sufferin...
FE ONLINE REPORT May 29, 2020 18:50:47
The number of job postings on online job portals in Bangladesh dropped by 87 per cent in April this year, compared to same month of previous year, due to COVID-19 pandemic. The Asian Development Bank...
-- May 29, 2020 13:19:36
Vietnam's export and import turnovers in the first five months of 2020 decreased by 1.7 per cent and 3.8 per cent year-on-year respectively, the country's General Statistics Office said Friday. Expor...
REUTERS May 29, 2020 13:13:37
Nepal increased spending on health infrastructure in its annual budget unveiled on Thursday to stop the spread of the coronavirus and introduced measures to revive an economy that depends on tourism a...
REUTERS May 29, 2020 12:58:43
Gross domestic product data out later on Friday is expected to show India’s economy grew at its slowest pace in at least two years in the March quarter as the coronavirus pandemic weakened alrea...
DEBAPRIYA BHATTACHARYA May 29, 2020 10:27:25
It is a severe understatement when one says that formulating Bangladesh's budget for the next one year -- while the stressed economy is reeling under growing, yet uncertain, devastating impact of the...
Doulot Akter Mala May 29, 2020 10:08:34
The National Board of Revenue, or NBR, has stepped in to bring the tax defaulters, who owe over Tk 0.5 million to the government, under its scanner. The income tax department of the board has instruc...
SYFUL ISLAM May 29, 2020 09:22:07
The government has cut the investment ceiling in postal savings instruments by two thirds taking into consideration their high interest rate, officials have said. From now on, for both term and ordin...
FE Online Desk May 28, 2020 12:43:26
It all started in the early hours of Eid day. School teacher Abdur Rahman from Sadullahpur, Gaibandha was utterly surprised by the unique gesture of receiving EID essential groceries from Amar Fo...
Reuters May 28, 2020 12:17:44
South Korea’s central bank cut interest rates to a record low on Thursday as it warned the coronavirus pandemic would be worse for Asia’s fourth-largest economy than the 2008 global financ...
Thomson Reuters Foundation May 28, 2020 12:07:18
Bangladeshi manufacturers said on Wednesday that they would blacklist Western fashion brands that “exploit” them by failing to pay their bills due to the new coronavirus crisis, days after...
-- May 28, 2020 09:52:37
Over a third of European foreign direct investment (FDI) projects announced in 2019 have been either delayed or cancelled outright because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a survey. The annu...
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