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-- 2020-10-12 21:16:15
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said Dhaka will seek duty free access of Bangladeshi readymade garments (RMG) products to the US market for the next three years. Dhaka will make the request durin...
-- 2020-10-12 16:41:48
US economists Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson won the 2020 Nobel Economics Prize for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on...
FHM HumayanKabir 2020-10-12 09:41:45
Bangladesh's e-Commerce has got a big boost as its market size has swelled by 30 times over the last five years, insiders said on Sunday. The suppliers' and customers' devotion to the online platform...
FE REPORT 2020-10-11 10:11:37
Bangladesh should recommend the United Nations for deferring the next year's LDC (least developed country) graduation triennial review by three more years, considering the adverse impacts of Covid-19...
-- 2020-10-10 17:54:30
China will invest near $900 billion in the next five years to help further develop the country’s power grids, reports Reuters on Saturday citing the country’s official Xinhua News Agency....
UNB 2020-10-10 16:46:06
Covid-19 has had a major impact on the global economy. Bangladesh is no exception. An official document now suggests that the pandemic is going to have a massive influence on Dhaka's economic policies...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON 2020-10-10 09:27:16
The government's debt soared in the first half of the current calendar year, fuelled by a sharp rise in its borrowing, an American consultancy has found. The government borrowing shot up by 3.5 perce...
-- 2020-10-09 22:03:40
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Friday said that the World Bank’s latest growth projection is inconsistent with the current economic recovery of Bangladesh. “World Bank is a global...
-- 2020-10-09 20:35:23
Early lockdowns in an epidemic can substantially reduce infections, and policymakers should be wary of lifting them to jumpstart their economies when infections remain high, the International Monetary...
FE REPORT 2020-10-09 09:50:54
Bangladesh needs to adopt twin strategies for sustainable LDC (least developed country) graduation so that it can avert possible adverse impacts, an economist said on Thursday. To avoid the adverse...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM 2020-10-09 09:30:21
Four state-owned commercial banks (SoCBs) have been asked to go for small and medium loans for faster execution of stimulus packages to accelerate recovery of the pandemic-hit economy. The central ba...
-- 2020-10-08 23:10:09
Around 21.33 per cent households of the country received government assistance or relief items during the Covid-19 period, from March to August. Prime Minister’s Principal Secretary Dr Ahmad Ka...
FE Online Report 2020-10-08 19:24:18
The country’s foreign exchange (forex) reserve crossed US$40 billion mark for the first time on Thursday following lower import payment obligations and higher growth of inward remittance. ...
-- 2020-10-08 18:46:15
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has introduced automated challan system to facilitate deposition of some 196 types of revenues and fees to national exchequer. NBR Chairman Abu Hena Md Rahmatul Mu...
FE ONLINE DESK 2020-10-08 13:56:54
Bangladesh's GDP growth is forecast to slow down to 1.6 per cent in the fiscal year 2021 as the country struggles with the devastating impact of the lingering Covid-19 pandemic, the World Bank said in...
Reuters 2020-10-08 12:59:28
Unemployment is seen as the biggest worry over the next 10 years for business executives around the world, closely followed by concern about the spread of infectious diseases, according to a survey by...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM 2020-10-07 09:26:40
The central bank has extended its policy supports for the businesses by another six months to help offset the adverse impact of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, officials said. Under the policy support...
bdnews24.com 2020-10-06 22:57:54
Saiful Islam, a farmer from Kumargacha Village in Pabna’s Chatmohor Upazila, is aroused by the high price of jute amidst the doom and gloom of the coronavirus crisis. Saiful planted jute on sev...
-- 2020-10-06 19:52:13
The global economy is looking “less dire” than it did in June and the International Monetary Fund will make a “small” upward revision to its 2020 global output forecast, IMF Ma...
-- 2020-10-06 18:52:16
At a time when the global economy is in turmoil due to the coronavirus epidemic, most of the major indicators in Bangladesh offer cause for optimism over the country's economic prospects. The inflow...
-- 2020-10-06 17:04:12
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Tuesday cleared a new project involving Tk 1.23 billion to create self-employment opportunities by expanding the activities of Bangl...
-- 2020-10-06 15:29:09
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said the national economy has made a turnaround with its desired pace due to the government’s timely decision to give stimulus packages to various sectors...
-- 2020-10-06 13:46:04
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a second six-month tranche of debt service relief for 28 low-income countries amid the Covid-19 pandemic. "Relief on debt ser...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM 2020-10-06 10:12:07
Transactions through mobile financial services (MFS) dropped by more than 34 per cent in August as people resumed normal banking despite the Covid-19 pandemic. The expiry of the tenure of the stimulu...
Reuters 2020-10-05 15:52:44
Germany should not raise taxes during the pandemic, Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said on Monday, adding that there was a case for lowering taxes in some areas, such as for high-earning skilled work...
-- 2020-10-05 15:39:15
The Department of Statistics (DOS) of Singapore has announced that Singapore's retail sales decreased by 5.7 per cent year on year in August, an improvement from the 8.5 per cent year-on-year decline...
FE Report 2020-10-05 09:34:39
The country's merchandise shipments during the first quarter (Q1) of current fiscal year (FY), 2020-21, grew by 2.58 per cent to US$ 9.89 billion over that of the same period of last fiscal. The July...
FE REPORT 2020-10-04 11:15:04
Reforming the tax administration will be possible only if taxmen change theirorthodox mindsets and view taxpayers as 'clients,'business leaders and policy makers said on Saturday. They suggested a pa...
REZAUL KARIM 2020-10-04 10:53:42
A preferential trade agreement (PTA) between Bangladesh and Bhutan is expected to be signed in the victory month of December to boost bilateral trade. Bangladesh and Bhutan are good regional neighbou...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON 2020-10-04 09:20:31
The country's current-account posted a record surplus in July-August period of the current fiscal year, amid the pandemic. The current account balance, a measure of the nation's trade and financial f...
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