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Doulot Akter Mala 2017-11-01 09:35:55
Taxmen started checking payroll status of foreign workers in Bangladesh through visiting corporate taxpayers' offices, and an oil giant came first under the probe. A taskforce team of the National B...
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Finance Minister AMA Muhith has urged all concerned to utilise the power of ICT for development of Asia-Pacific region. "ICT is not only a communication instrument, but also an innovative idea for de...
FE Online Report 2017-11-01 02:31:01
China and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) have signed a new agreement to strengthen Public Private Partnership (PPP) in the region. They inked the d...
FE Report 2017-11-01 01:32:09
The 13th meeting of ESCAP Business Advisory Council (EBAC) in progress in Bangkok on Monday, presided over by EBAC Chairman Mr. Mahbubur Rahman (2nd from left). Also seen in the picture (from L-R) are...
FE Report 2017-10-31 12:00:00
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has advised the commercial banks to act cautiously, particularly in operating their offshore banking units (OBUs), to avert possible exchange rate risk in future. The banks,...
FE Online Report 2017-10-31 12:00:00
Growth of earnings from the merchandise export in Bangladesh may slow down in the next year, according to the latest forecast of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Paci...
FHM Humayan Kabir 2017-10-31 12:00:00
Bangladesh's maiden railway carriage-production plant is going to be established at Syedpur hub to meet a growing demand of the popular mass transport, now up for expansion. Officials said Monday the...
-- 2017-10-31 12:00:00
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved the 'Development of infrastructures of countrywide rural bazaars' involving an estimated cost of Tk 17.30 billion. Under...
FE Online Report 2017-10-31 12:00:00
Bangladesh has been ranked 177th among 190 economies across the world in the latest tally of ease of doing business, prepared by The World Bank. The report shows the country actually slipped one step...
-- 2017-10-31 12:00:00
Experts at a discussion in Dhaka have said infrastructure development is urgently needed to invite foreign investment to Bangladesh. They said if it could be ensured, more foreign investors will show...
BBC 2017-10-31 10:37:15
The Bank of England believes that up to 75,000 jobs could be lost in financial services following Britain's departure from the European Union. I understand senior figures at the Bank are using the nu...
Munima Sultana 2017-10-31 10:09:47
Within over two years of enactment, the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Act is being amended to suit construction of subway as government high-ups want the high-speed train lines installed underground. Offi...
-- 2017-10-30 12:51:13
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said her government is encouraging the businesspeople to make more investment for further development of the country. She said South Asia as a whole is a big market....
-- 2017-10-30 12:50:18
A six-day 'Development Fair' of Palli Karma Sahayak Foundation's (PKSF) kicked off in Dhaka on Sunday in a bid to help expand market for products produced at marginal level by the people involved with...
-- 2017-10-30 12:48:55
BEIJING, Oct 29 (Reuters): China said it was 'strongly dissatisfied' with the US decision to impose anti-dumping duties ranging from 97 per cent to 162 per cent on Chinese aluminium foil, urging Washi...
Rafiqul Islam 2017-10-30 12:47:45
KHULNA, Oct 29: Prices of shrimp (galda) have been declined around 50 per cent in the international market. Exporters are also experiencing internal problems. As a result, they are trying to recover t...
FE Online Desk 2017-10-30 12:00:00
A top US delegation is going to visit Myanmar and Bangladesh to resolve the Rohingya crisis stemming from the persistent persecution of them in the former's western Rakhine state. Acting Assistant S...
-- 2017-10-30 12:00:00
US ambassador in Dhaka Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat has said that Bangladesh needs to take steps for removal of some major barriers in a bid to attract foreign direct investment (FDI). In this rega...
Siddique Islam 2017-10-30 12:00:00
The central bank is scheduled to meet top executives of 29 commercial banks today to review the credit exposure of offshore banking units (OBUs) of the banks as well as the overall credit and deposit...
-- 2017-10-30 12:00:00
The country’s all financial institutions (FIs) have been asked to take preventive measures in a bid to secure their online activities including financial transaction. The government instruction...
FE Report 2017-10-30 10:40:54
State minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid sought Chinese assistance to implement the power and energy projects for boosting the country's economy. "Bangladesh currently requ...
Doulot Akter Mala 2017-10-30 09:54:55
Industries set up in the country's economic zones (EZs) are now required to pay duty and taxes on imported raw materials if they sell their finished products in the domestic market. The same industri...
-- 2017-10-30 04:26:20
Sub-Saharan African economic growth is expected to rise to 3.4 per cent in next year from 2.6 per cent in 2017, International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in a report on Monday. The IMF warned that risin...
Doulot Akter Mala 2017-10-29 12:00:00
Nearly 80 per cent of the country's land customs stations currently lie as do-nothings for lack of export-import operations, in a sheer waste of public money, sources said. The number of active Land...
FE Online Desk 2017-10-29 12:00:00
Seven Rings Cement, a sister concern of Hong Kong-based Shun Shing Group International Ltd. (SSGIL) recently arranged a programme titled “Tribute to Nation Builders” at Radission Blue Dhak...
-- 2017-10-29 12:00:00
A new sea route between Bangladesh and India was inaugurated on Saturday, by sailing a RORO ship carrying 185 trucks from Chennai Port to Mongla Port. India’s Minister of Shipping,...
-- 2017-10-29 12:00:00
State Minister for Finance and Planning MA Mannan has termed the Bangladesh economy a private sector-led one and said the business policy will be reformed following consultations with the stakeholders...
-- 2017-10-29 11:56:14
Bangladesh needs internal institutional framework and stable energy policy to boost private sector for overall economic development. Experts made the remarks at a seminar organised by Dhaka Chamber o...
FE Report 2017-10-29 11:55:09
Experts have urged the government to introduce a separate and comprehensive law for regulating and promoting Islamic banking business in the country. "We cannot run our Islamic banking business at it...
Jasim Uddin Haroon 2017-10-29 10:27:45
Swelling non-performing loans in Bangladesh, among other regional countries, is worrisome for their potential macro-financial "feedback" effects like economic growth and employment slowdowns. The As...
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