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Robi Axiata Limited has been recognised as the best socially devoted brand in the world for the first quarter (Q1’20) of 2020 by unified social media marketing platform and online analytics orga...
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China’s foreign ministry has said the United States needed to stop the ‘unreasonable suppression’ of Chinese companies like Huawei, and a Chinese newspaper said the government was re...
REUTERS 2020-05-17 15:32:28
India said on Sunday it would privatise state-run companies in non-strategic sectors and stop fresh insolvency cases for a year, as the economy grapples with a coronavirus-related standstill. A list...
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Two months into the coronavirus pandemic, the authorities concerned of all domestic and state-run airlines have suffered a loss of Tk 13.61 billion over the months of March and April following the sus...
REUTERS 2020-05-17 12:43:18
Malaysia has contracted to import a record 100,000 tonnes of rice from India for shipment this month and next, four industry officials told Reuters, in a further sign of improving trade relations betw...
REUTERS 2020-05-17 10:41:28
India is expected to produce a record 107.18 million tonnes of wheat this year, the farm ministry said in its third forecast for the crop year to June 2020, marginally higher than a previous estimate...
JUBAIR HASAN 2020-05-17 10:30:52
The demand for digital needs among people has risen significantly in recent months as the coronavirus pandemic is fast turning society towards technologies to respond to this crisis. A vast majorit...
FE REPORT 2020-05-17 10:08:19
A leading banker Saturday suggested large-scale merger and acquisition (M&A) of banks and financial institutions of the country to cope with COVID-19 pandemic challenges. Another banker while par...
Adnan Hossain Bhuiyan 2020-05-17 09:39:59
Many small businesses, specially clothing retailers, are counting loss, as the city dwellers prefer to stay home ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr in fear of getting infected with coronavirus. Shopkeepers,...
FE REPORT 2020-05-17 09:32:14
The customs authority has offered duty benefit to the local manufacturers of personal protective gears, disinfectants and masks. It has exempted import tariffs from raw materials, including filamen...
FE Online Report 2020-05-16 20:23:30
Readymade garment (RMG) workers will get 50 per cent of their basic pay as festival allowance before Eid-ul-Fitr, while the rest 50 per cent will be paid after the eid. The decision was taken at a tr...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-05-16 18:36:40
A total of 90 workers in 53 factories, located in five industrial zones under the jurisdiction of Industrial Police (IP), have so far been infected with coronavirus till Saturday. Out of the 53 fact...
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Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque has urged local juice manufacturers to buy more mangoes this year as marketing of farm produces have become a big challenge at this time due to coronavirus pande...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-05-16 17:51:14
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) expressed concerns over imposing container detention charge amid the ongoing lockdown in the country. Bangladesh is imposing container detention charge...
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Disgruntled workers of readymade garment (RMG) factory have descended on the streets at Mohakhali area of Dhaka city to demand back pay amid the coronavirus shutdown. The protests began around 10:00...
FE Online Desk 2020-05-16 14:16:53
Dubai-based Emirates has announced its plan to operate scheduled flight services from May 21 to nine destinations: London Heathrow Frankfurt, Paris, Milan, Madrid, Chicago, Toronto, Sydney and Melbour...
UNB 2020-05-16 10:54:30
The coronavirus pandemic has killed the Eid joy. Even though a rising number of COVID-19 cases is leading more people to opt for online shopping, the pandemic and subsequent global economic stagnatio...
FE Report 2020-05-16 10:07:39
Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) has long been hamstrung by capital shortfall, making it difficult for the agency to carry out timely market intervention, officials said. Supply of key essenti...
Yasir Wardad 2020-05-16 09:42:28
The government expects to achieve 20.04 million tonnes of Boro production target, although acreage of this major crop fell to a three-year low this year. The government officials are still optimistic...
FE Online Report 2020-05-15 21:16:16
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) kept all its VAT field offices open on Friday to facilitate VAT return submission. The deadline for submission of VAT return for the month of April, 2020 expired t...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-05-15 20:48:02
The country's first crowdfunding digital platform ‘EkDesh’ was launched with the aim of making it easier for any government or non-government organisation to provide zakat or financial gra...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-05-15 19:36:40
Clifford Capital Pte Ltd of Singapore and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) of Japan are set to provide long term financing of $140 million (Tk 11.90 billion) to Summit Power Ltd for 300 MW S...
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The first unit (660 MW) of newly-constructed Payra coal-fired power plant went into commercial operation on Thursday, utilising the recently-commissioned 400 kV Payra–Gopalganj power transmissio...
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Tougher scrutiny of foreign investment in India has soured the plans of China's smartphone manufacturers seeking to expand beyond selling hardware for a bigger share of the South Asian country's compe...
Economic Times 2020-05-15 18:24:33
Asian Paints is swimming against the tide. Instead of slashing pay and jobs - standard industry responses to the current demand destruction - India's biggest paints maker is raising salaries to boost...
SYFUL ISLAM 2020-05-15 16:22:36
Bangladesh has sought cooperation from the European Parliament for the restoration of apparel work orders, suspended or cancelled by various European brands and retailers after the COVID-19 pandemic....
DOULOT AKTER MALA 2020-05-15 16:18:41
India has invited Bangladeshi officials to discuss as New Delhi seeks to protect its mills by imposing yet another bout of safeguard duty on jute products of Dhaka. Anti-dumping duties are slapped by...
FE Online Desk 2020-05-15 15:19:10
South Bangla Agriculture & Commerce (SBAC) Bank Limited has exempted late fine on monthly installment of deposit savings schemes. All monthly-based deposit scheme clients will be able to avail...
REUTERS 2020-05-15 10:08:28
World Trade Organization head Roberto Azevedo will step down a year earlier than planned in August, he said on Thursday, in a surprise move as the trade body struggles to rein in global tensions and c...
FE Report 2020-05-15 09:33:44
A tripartite meeting of the stakeholders on Thursday could not reach a consensus on the payment of festival allowance to readymade garment (RMG) workers ahead of the holy Eid-ul-Fitr. At the meeting,...
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