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FSIBL workshop on ‘Annual Risk Conference-2020’

FSIBL workshop on ‘Annual Risk Conference-2020’

FE Online Desk 2020-03-02 12:29:35

First Security Islami Bank Limited (FSIBL) recently organized a workshop titled ‘Annual Risk Conference-2020’ for its Officers at Dhaka Regency Hotel & Resort. Mr. Md. Masud Biswas, E...

EBL cardholders to enjoy special discount from meeha.com.bd

EBL cardholders to enjoy special discount from meeha.com.bd

FE Online Desk 2020-03-02 12:26:01

A leading online shopping platform of the country meeha.com.bd is offering a special discount and interest free EMI in purchase of Women’s motorbike for cardholders of Eastern Bank Ltd (EBL). M...

Crisis in RMG sector: BGMEA offers coronavirus battle plan

Crisis in RMG sector: BGMEA offers coronavirus battle plan

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2020-03-02 11:06:42

Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has put forward a nine-point proposal to protect the local ready-made garment (RMG) sector from the curse of coronavirus. The propos...

100pc electrification of 21 more dists, 52 upazilas by June

100pc electrification of 21 more dists, 52 upazilas by June

FE REPORT 2020-03-02 10:58:09

The Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB) has set a target to ensure 100 per cent electrification of 21 districts and 52 upazilas by June 2020. As part of rolling out electrification in off...

Farm mechanisation: Incentive scheme stuck on fund crisis

Farm mechanisation: Incentive scheme stuck on fund crisis

FE REPORT 2020-03-02 10:51:02

The government's programme to provide incentive to farmers for purchasing farm machinery has become stagnant due to lack of fund, said officials at the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA). To boost farm pr...

Rural areas power agent banking

Rural areas power agent banking

JASIM UDDIN HAROON and SIDDIQUE ISLAM 2020-03-02 09:58:45

The agent banking is booming, mostly in rural areas, supported by a large inflow of remittances, according to Bangladesh Bank officials. Agent banking is defined as financial services targeted to the...

Coronavirus: Construction of Padma Bridge impeded

Coronavirus: Construction of Padma Bridge impeded

MUNIMA SULTANA 2020-03-02 09:57:24

The construction of Padma Bridge, which got pace few months back overcoming its foundation-related problems since 2015, was impeded again in February due to absence of an adequate number of Chinese st...

BD-German Consultations 2020 Monday

BD-German Consultations 2020 Monday

-- 2020-03-01 17:05:43

The Bangladesh-German Consultations 2020 will be held tomorrow (Monday) at the NEC-2 Conference Room in the city’s in a bid to further boost bilateral relations as well as to boost cooperation...

Automate insurance services, restore people’s trust: PM

Automate insurance services, restore people’s trust: PM

-- 2020-03-01 14:14:22

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday directed the authorities concerned to bring insurance activities under technology-based automation system and settle insurance claims of clients quickly to resto...

Registration for 'BASIS Outsourcing Award' begins

Registration for 'BASIS Outsourcing Award' begins

FE Online Desk 2020-03-01 13:18:31

Interested companies or individuals can register for 'BASIS Outsourcing Award' through an online portal, outsourcingaward.basis.org.bd, from March 1 to 15. The Bangladesh Association of Soft...

Dhaka’s kitchen markets see substantial fall in onion prices

Dhaka’s kitchen markets see substantial fall in onion prices

-- 2020-03-01 12:58:57

The prices of onion have marked a substantial fall in Dhaka’s kitchen markets after India decided to lift the ban on its export after about six months. According to traders, the prices fell by...

3,171 auto-rickshaws registered in January

3,171 auto-rickshaws registered in January

FE Online Report 2020-03-01 12:56:43

A total of 3,171 auto-rickshaws were registered across the country in January this year, according to official data. Of them, only 20 received registration in Dhaka, according to Bangladesh Road Tr...

0.4m workers of 400 RMG factories are getting salary through bKash

0.4m workers of 400 RMG factories are getting salary through bKash

FE Online Desk 2020-03-01 12:29:42

A total of 70 thousand workers of 7 more leading RMG factories will receive salary in their bKash accounts. With this, more than 4 lakh workers of 400 export-oriented garment factories adopted the dig...

Aman procurement for another week

Aman procurement for another week

FE REPORT 2020-03-01 11:01:16

The government has extended Aman procurement across the country for another week to fulfil its target of 0.95-million tonnes. The directorate general of food (DGoF) has procured 0.76-million tonnes o...

Customs clearance for Japan cos: BD among 20 countries taking too much time

Customs clearance for Japan cos: BD among 20 countries taking too much time

MUNIMA SULTANA 2020-03-01 10:57:14

Bangladesh comes top among 20 countries in Asia and Oceania for taking highest days in customs clearance for Japanese companies, according to a survey. The Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) s...

TICFA talks: BD to push for US mkt access, trade review

TICFA talks: BD to push for US mkt access, trade review

MONIRA MUNNI 2020-03-01 10:08:15

Bangladesh will press for review of bilateral trade with the US and market access there as the 5th Trade and Investment Cooperation Forum Agreement (TICFA) meeting will be held in Dhaka on March 5, of...

90pc returnee workers cannot use job skills to earn livelihood

90pc returnee workers cannot use job skills to earn livelihood

ARAFAT ARA 2020-03-01 09:59:34

The vast majority of returnee migrant workers fail to utilise their skills for earning livelihood in the country due to lack of proper support mechanisms to use their work experience, a study has reve...

Dhaka Travel Mart postponed over coronavirus fear

Dhaka Travel Mart postponed over coronavirus fear

-- 2020-02-29 21:32:10

The 17th edition of Dhaka Travel Mart (DTM-2020) has been postponed over coronavirus fear. The international tourism fair was scheduled to begin in the capital on Mar 12. Nearly one hundred particip...

World’s first NPP goes into commercial operations this summer

World’s first NPP goes into commercial operations this summer

FE Online Desk 2020-02-29 13:55:32

World’s first ever floating nuclear power plant (NPP) Akademik Lomonosov, currently in trial operation in Pevek town of Russia’s Chukotka Region, has supplied more than 21 million kWh of e...

Stipend giving ceremony of ICB held

Stipend giving ceremony of ICB held

FE Online Desk 2020-02-29 13:06:37

A stipend giving ceremony was held recently for the meritorious children of the employees of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) in different academic levels (PSC, JSC, SSC, HSC, BBA, MBA, Hono...

FSIBL holds BAMLCOs confce

FSIBL holds BAMLCOs confce

FE Online Desk 2020-02-29 12:59:25

First Security Islami Bank Limited (FSIBL) organized a day-long workshop for all of its Branch Anti Money Laundering Compliance Officers (BAMLCOs), Divisional Heads and Managers of different branches...

‘Prime Bank Town Hall 2020’ held

‘Prime Bank Town Hall 2020’ held

FE Online Desk 2020-02-29 12:41:43

‘Prime Bank Town Hall 2020’ for Dhaka region was held recently. More than 2300 employees of the Bank spent a fun-filled and interactive day in the presence of the Bank’s Chairman Az...

Harley-Davidson looks for new leadership to end its sales struggle

Harley-Davidson looks for new leadership to end its sales struggle

-- 2020-02-29 12:19:42

Harley-Davidson Inc on Friday named a board member hailed for turning around the Puma brand’s near-bankrupt business as its interim chief as the motorcycle maker gropes for an effective strategy...

5,000 traders to import used clothes this FY

5,000 traders to import used clothes this FY

FE REPORT 2020-02-29 10:47:50

As many as 5,000 traders across the country will get an opportunity to import second-hand clothes in the current fiscal year (FY), officials said. The importers will be selected on the basis of popul...

Usmania Glass Factory now BCIC's burden

Usmania Glass Factory now BCIC's burden

JUBAIR HASAN 2020-02-29 10:37:51

Usmania Glass Sheet Factory Ltd (UGSFL) has become an albatross around the neck of Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) owning to its gross mismatch between earnings and expenditures, off...

Prices of rice, pulses on the rise

Prices of rice, pulses on the rise

FE REPORT 2020-02-29 10:35:53

Prices of rice, beef, pulses and vegetables witnessed an increase over the last week, adding to the pressure on consumers. On the other hand, prices of local varieties of onion, garlic and ginger hav...

Global firms queue up to build maiden LPG terminal

Global firms queue up to build maiden LPG terminal

M AZIZUR RAHMAN 2020-02-29 10:24:25

Global firms are queuing up to build country's maiden LPG terminal under a joint venture (JV) with state-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC). Seeing the country's robust growth in liquefied pe...

Antibiotics? No. Probiotics? Yes

Antibiotics? No. Probiotics? Yes

SAJIBUR RAHMAN 2020-02-28 17:11:58

Probiotics-fed chickens get higher body weight and also have lower abdominal fat, fetching increased profits for farmers and thus safe food for consumers, reveals a study. Probiotics could be poten...

Beef cattle on the rise, but benefit eludes consumers

Beef cattle on the rise, but benefit eludes consumers

SAJIBUR RAHMAN 2020-02-28 17:10:06

The burgeoning population of cattle and other ruminant animals in the country has hardly benefited the consumers as the price of meat has been on the rise steadily. The prices of beef and mutton surg...

Construction materials' prices fall amid low demand

Construction materials' prices fall amid low demand

SAIF UDDIN 2020-02-28 11:03:12

The prices of basic construction materials like steel rod and cement have been maintaining a downward trend in recent times mainly due to low demand, insiders have said. They also said the declining...