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-- 2020-04-27 16:37:36
Uber is offering discounted journeys to health and care workers in Britain from Wednesday, as it extends the scope of a service set up in Madrid last month to cover more than 4 million frontline worke...
REUTERS 2020-04-27 15:19:34
In the race to develop a vaccine to end the COVID-19 pandemic, governments, charities and Big Pharma firms are sinking billions of dollars into bets with extraordinarily low odds of success. They&rsq...
FE Online Desk 2020-04-27 14:47:00
Emirates has ramped up its capability to process refunds to its customers and travel trade partners impacted by travel disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. With nearly half a million refund r...
REUTERS 2020-04-27 13:37:40
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is opening a special liquidity facility of up to 500 billion rupees ($6.6 billion) to help mutual funds tide over a severe liquidity strain imposed by the coronavirus p...
FE Report 2020-04-27 09:09:54
The country's motorcycle industry has sought financial assistance and policy support from the government to pay salaries and wages for three months, according to a press statement. Bangladesh Motorcy...
-- 2020-04-26 19:59:58
The importers urged the government to waive fines as they couldn’t unload their goods from the port within the stipulated time due to existing general holiday and absence of normal customs clear...
REUTERS 2020-04-26 15:13:36
The magnitude of how damaged the energy industry is came into full view on April 20 when the benchmark price of US oil futures, which had never dropped below $10 a barrel in its nearly 40-year history...
-- 2020-04-26 12:28:58
The operations of nine state-owned jute mills in Khulna and Jashore regions started partially on Sunday morning after a month-long closure amid the coronavirus outbreak. The workers will have to main...
Ismail Hossain 2020-04-26 10:12:25
The country's microfinance institutions, or MFIs, have sought Tk 225 billion refinancing fund as stimulus package to overcome the economic losses from the coronavirus pandemic. Credit and Development...
Kamrun Nahar 2020-04-26 10:08:22
National flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines has finally got approval to operate flights to Guangzhou of China. Managing Director of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Mokabbir Hossain confirmed this to th...
DOULOT AKTER MALA 2020-04-26 09:08:49
Tax officials are finding it difficult to maintain physical distancing in the customs houses due to congested premises, exposing them to coronavirus contraction. After the government resumed full-fle...
Reuters 2020-04-25 22:18:54
China is dropping a requirement that a number of key virus treatment products get regulatory approval before export, as long as they are approved in the importing countries, the commerce ministry said...
-- 2020-04-25 21:08:36
A segment of export-oriented readymade garment factories will reopen on Sunday in a limited capacity with a minimum number of workers, especially those who are living in the adjacent areas. Industry...
-- 2020-04-25 19:35:59
Google has said all advertisers would have to complete a verification process before buying ad space on its platform. The search engine giant took the decision in a bid to make its ad practices more...
-- 2020-04-25 16:35:23
The price of ginger, an essential kitchen item, has shot up to Tk 300 from Tk 170 per kg within a week in the capital due to what traders said supply crunch. Insiders said there is a huge stock of gi...
REUTERS 2020-04-25 14:09:54
The Indian government allowed a limited reopening of shops in neighbourhoods and residential areas from Saturday, more than a month after the nation went into a lockdown to curb the spread of the coro...
FE Online Desk 2020-04-25 13:02:34
Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, will be working with the Australian government to facilitate exports of Australian produce to overseas markets including the Middle East. The air...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-04-25 12:19:51
The Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF), a dedicated multilateral partnership platform to support the poorest countries in trade, has set up a dedicated webpage to examine the impacts of the COVID-19...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-04-25 11:55:19
Heads of two international bodies on finance and trade in a joint statement on Friday urged the governments of different countries to refrain from imposing trade restrictions on key medical supplies a...
Munima Sultana 2020-04-25 11:13:19
Bangladesh Railway (BR) has taken a move to provide its thousands of employees with incentives in recognition of their service during the period of coronavirus pandemic. BR has suspended all its pa...
FE Online Report 2020-04-25 09:23:00
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) on Friday night directed its member factories not to ask workers who are in their villages to return to Dhaka until factory opening d...
Arafat Ara 2020-04-25 09:02:39
Bahrain is going to send back 347 Bangladeshi workers, including detainees, this week, sources in the Bangladesh embassy in Manama said. Of them, 300 Bangladeshis were released from jail by the Bah...
FE Report 2020-04-25 08:58:25
Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB)has cancelled licences of around 700 dealers for breaching the terms and conditions of the contracts, officials said. Besides, regulatory action against the d...
FE REPORT 2020-04-25 08:41:08
The central bank has formed a new refinance scheme worth Tk 150 billion to facilitate large industries and services sector which are being affected by the Coronavirus outbreak. The participating bank...
FE Online Desk 2020-04-25 06:52:07
Bangladesh Reconditioned Vehicles Importers and Dealers Association (BARVIDA) has condoled the death of Dr Saadat Hussein, the former cabinet secretary and also an ex-chairman of National Board of Rev...
-- 2020-04-24 20:14:42
Bangladesh Post Office’s mobile financial service Nagad will provide up to Tk 500,000 for treatment if any of its entrepreneurs, distributors and salespersons become positive for coronavirus. N...
-- 2020-04-24 20:01:06
Three mobile phone operators — Robi, Banglalink and Teletalk– have confessed their inability to offer quality of services without additional spectrum allocation on emergency basis in this...
FE Online Report 2020-04-24 19:44:39
Eighty countries and customs territories have so far introduced export prohibitions or restrictions to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. A new report, prepared by the Secretariat of the World Trade Organi...
REUTERS 2020-04-24 12:58:42
India’s plan to screen foreign direct investments from neighbouring countries has Chinese firms concerned that such scrutiny will affect their projects and delay deals in one of Asia’s mos...
Mir Mostafizur Rahaman 2020-04-24 09:43:08
The country's software development and information technology sector has estimated that it would suffer a loss of US$ 1.0 billion unless the situation emerged due to coronavirus pandemic becomes norma...
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