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Bill Gates steps down from Microsoft board

Bill Gates steps down from Microsoft board

-- 2020-03-14 11:03:18

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is stepping down from the company's board to spend more time on philanthropic activities. He says he wants to focus on global health and development, education and tac...

New oil refinery: Indian consultancy could get one year extension

New oil refinery: Indian consultancy could get one year extension

M AZIZUR RAHMAN 2020-03-14 10:53:22

Engineers India Limited, or EIL, is expected to get one more year to complete its consultancy work for building of a new crude oil refinery. The state-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation, or BPC,...

Matarbari port to knit BD into global value chain

Matarbari port to knit BD into global value chain

Mir Mustafijur Rahman 2020-03-14 10:49:58

Matarbari port will help Bangladesh be linked to the global value chain, says Japanese ambassador in Dhaka Ito Naoki. "As a potential hub of the regional economy, Matabari port would connect South As...

Coronavirus pandemic effect: Home rings alarm bell over possible trouble in RMG

Coronavirus pandemic effect: Home rings alarm bell over possible trouble in RMG

REZAUL KARIM 2020-03-14 10:22:21

The Ministry of Home Affairs has sounded the alarm over instability that might be triggered in the country's highest foreign exchange-earning apparel sector due to coronavirus pandemic, officials said...

BD plans to close PTAs with three Asian nations by June

BD plans to close PTAs with three Asian nations by June

SYFUL ISLAM 2020-03-14 10:02:17

Bangladesh plans to conclude three preferential trade agreements, or PTAs, by this June unless the coronavirus-related issue causes any delay, officials say. The talks with Nepal, Bhutan, and Indones...

Premier Bank, Bio-Xin Cosmeceuticals ink deal

Premier Bank, Bio-Xin Cosmeceuticals ink deal

FE Online Desk 2020-03-13 18:18:27

An agreement was recently signed between The Premier Bank Limited and Bio-Xin Cosmeceuticals, at the bank’s head office in the capital. Under the agreement, all Premier Bank credit cardholders...

Seminar on 'safe food for all' Saturday

Seminar on 'safe food for all' Saturday

FE Online Desk 2020-03-13 18:01:21

A seminar on “Safe food for all: a commitment towards developed Bangladesh” will be held on Saturday at Krishibid Institute of Bangladesh, Khamarbari, Dhaka. Sadhan Chandra Majumder, MP,...

Dhaka Bank opens sub-branch at Badamtoli

Dhaka Bank opens sub-branch at Badamtoli

FE Online Desk 2020-03-13 16:59:09

Dhaka Bank Limited inaugurated its Badamtali Sub Branch at Badamtali, Kotwali, Dhaka on March 12. The Sub Branch was formally inaugurated by Mr. Emranul Huq, Managing Director & CEO, Dhaka Bank L...

Berger Paints contributes for the children with special needs

Berger Paints contributes for the children with special needs

FE Online Desk 2020-03-13 16:54:30

Berger Paints Bangladesh Limited continues to extend its support for the welfare of the children with special needs every year since 2009. On March 11, 2020, an event was organized at Abinta Gallery...

AIBL inaugurates Mujib Corner

AIBL inaugurates Mujib Corner

FE Online Desk 2020-03-13 16:44:49

Al-Arafah Islami Bank Limited (AIBL) has inaugurated 'Mujib Corner' to pay tribute to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the eve of his birth centenary. Chairman of the Bank Al...

Guardian Life celebrates International Women’s Day

Guardian Life celebrates International Women’s Day

FE Online Desk 2020-03-13 16:38:43

Guardian Life arranged a special focus group discussion on the eve of International Women's Day 2020 at its head office with all the female employees. The day concluded witha cake cutting session pre...

Unilever, IBA ink MoU

Unilever, IBA ink MoU

FE Online Desk 2020-03-13 16:33:17

Unilever Bangladesh Limited and Institute of Business Administration (IBA), University of Dhaka have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), marking the beginning of a collaboration focusing large...

Liquid milk prices go higher

Liquid milk prices go higher

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-03-13 13:28:44

Liquid milk prices increased notably in last two days in the country battering the consumers. Prices of pasteurised packet milk of almost all brands increased to Tk 70 a litre from Tk 65. Half a lit...

Apple says reopening all its branded stores in China

Apple says reopening all its branded stores in China

-- 2020-03-13 12:07:28

Apple is reopening all 42 of its branded stores in China on Friday, a company spokesman said, more than a month after they were shut in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. The iPhone maker’s...

Pulse, loose edible oil get pricier

Pulse, loose edible oil get pricier

FE REPORT 2020-03-13 11:31:31

Prices of pulses and loose edible oil increased further last week, augmenting the sufferings of the consumers, especially the commoners who were already hit-hard by the cost hike of many other essenti...

Court seeks info on PLFS directors' shares

Court seeks info on PLFS directors' shares

FE REPORT 2020-03-13 10:53:28

This time, the High Court (HC) has sought information on the shares held by each director of the People's Leasing and Financial Services Limited (PLFS). At the same time, it wanted to know the detail...

Govt doubles coal mining royalties

Govt doubles coal mining royalties

FE REPORT 2020-03-13 10:45:15

The government has doubled the rate of its royalties from coal mining after eight years in a bid to increase revenue. From now on, underground coal extraction companies will have to pay 10-per cent r...

Titas gas-field's output sapping fast

Titas gas-field's output sapping fast

M AZIZUR RAHMAN 2020-03-13 10:38:59

Natural gas production from the state-owned Titas gas-field is feared to be depleting rapidly due to 'failure' in installing well-head compressors on producing wells. Titas field is owned by the Petr...

Coronavirus: ME-goers need no med certificate

Coronavirus: ME-goers need no med certificate

FE Report 2020-03-13 10:27:08

Foreign minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said on Thursday no country in the Middle East has sought any medical certificate from Bangladeshi workers. Middle East states have also assured Dhaka of extending...

EPZ units get tax exemption on import of 42 products

EPZ units get tax exemption on import of 42 products

FE REPORT 2020-03-13 10:15:15

Factories inside the country's export processing zones (EPZs) will enjoy tax exemption on import of 42 types of products. The manufacturing units are exempted from all sorts of import taxes like regu...

Manpower recruiters oppose new rules

Manpower recruiters oppose new rules

FE REPORT 2020-03-13 10:11:08

A section of manpower recruiters have protested against new rules on classification of recruiting agencies saying that categorisation will patronise new syndication. They made the protest at a human...

Tripura closes all border haats with Bangladesh

Tripura closes all border haats with Bangladesh

-- 2020-03-12 18:49:23

The Tripura government has decided to shut down all the border haats (markets) with Bangladesh as part of the precautionary measures against novel coronavirus, reports The Telegraph, reports bdnews24....

Coronavirus: BD mobile handset production likely to be affected

Coronavirus: BD mobile handset production likely to be affected

-- 2020-03-12 17:54:14

As the coronavirus concern continues to intensify, local manufacturers fear that the pandemic may severely affect cellphone handset production in Bangladesh. "The production rate may drop by 30 to 40...

Summit provides thermal scanners to health ministry amid coronavirus concerns

Summit provides thermal scanners to health ministry amid coronavirus concerns

-- 2020-03-12 16:37:32

Country’s leading conglomerate Summit Group has presented five thermal scanners to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFA) on Thursday to quickly and effectively identify body temperat...

China's car sales post biggest monthly drop ever

China's car sales post biggest monthly drop ever

-- 2020-03-12 13:42:38

Auto sales in China plunged 79 per cent in February, marking their biggest ever monthly decline, with demand pummeled by the coronavirus outbreak. Sales in the world’s biggest auto market tumbl...

2,757 cars get registration in Jan-Feb

2,757 cars get registration in Jan-Feb

FE Online Report 2020-03-12 12:36:07

The number of car registration in the country stood at 2,757 in the first two months of the current calendar year, according to official data. Of the total, 2,441 cars received registration in Dhaka...

Railway curbs ticket sale to passengers back from abroad

Railway curbs ticket sale to passengers back from abroad

Our Correspondent 2020-03-12 11:55:36

CHATTOGRAM: Bangladesh Railway (BR) Eastern Zone took a decision not to sell any tickets to the passengers from abroad within 15 days of their return. Inter-district train tickets would not be sold to...

Tanneries releasing excess chromium likely to be shuttered

Tanneries releasing excess chromium likely to be shuttered

-- 2020-03-11 17:27:24

The government has taken a decision to take necessary actions against the tanneries which will release chromium above the standard of the Leather Working Group (LWG). The government will give time to...

Payment of IPDC's loan and DPS installments through bKash

Payment of IPDC's loan and DPS installments through bKash

FE Online Desk 2020-03-11 14:31:09

From now on, customers of IPDC Finance Ltd will be able to pay installments of loan through bKash. Very soon, the installment payment of Monthly DPS Savings Scheme through bKash will also be launched....

Uber likely to suspend accounts of riders, drivers with coronavirus

Uber likely to suspend accounts of riders, drivers with coronavirus

-- 2020-03-11 13:19:21

Uber Technologies  is considering temporarily suspending the accounts of riders and drivers who have tested positive for the coronavirus or have been exposed to it, according to a CNN report run...