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Grameenphone launches digital care platform for hearing and speech impaired

Grameenphone launches digital care platform for hearing and speech impaired

FE Online Desk 2020-02-17 13:54:33

Grameenphone launched sign-line digital care dedicated for the hearing and speech impaired community on February 16 at The Westin Dhaka.   Through this initiative, Grameenphone has incorpor...

“Guardian Life Bhalobashar Matribhasha 2020” unveiled

“Guardian Life Bhalobashar Matribhasha 2020” unveiled

FE Online Desk 2020-02-17 13:44:07

“Guardian Life Bhalobashar Matribhasha 2020”, a 15-day long culture fest is taking place at Dhaka University TSC and Shoparjito Shadhinota Circle premises for the second time. It is the m...

BRAC Bank cardholders to get discount at Automan

BRAC Bank cardholders to get discount at Automan

FE Online Desk 2020-02-17 13:34:56

BRAC Bank Limited and Automan Ventures Limited have signed an agreement for campaign. Under the agreement, all BRAC Bank credit and debit cardholders will enjoy 10% discount on service charges and pa...

Don’t switch over to other countries: Chinese envoy to BD businesses

Don’t switch over to other countries: Chinese envoy to BD businesses

-- 2020-02-17 12:53:57

Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming on Monday urged Bangladeshi businesses not to switch over to other countries as an alternative to China in the backdrop of the coronavirus outbreak. “...

China approves imports of all poultry from US

China approves imports of all poultry from US

Reuters 2020-02-17 10:53:29

China has approved the import of all poultry and poultry products from the United States, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on its website on Monday. Beijing had previously banned al...

Govt to procure 0.121m tonnes of essential items before Ramadan

Govt to procure 0.121m tonnes of essential items before Ramadan

REZAUL KARIM 2020-02-17 10:31:22

The government is set to procure a large quantity of key essential goods ahead of Ramadan to avert any possible crisis during the fasting month, officials said. The move came after an intelligence ag...

Low height of MRT-6 blocks infrastructure on its corridor

Low height of MRT-6 blocks infrastructure on its corridor

Munima Sultana 2020-02-17 10:05:01

The under-construction metro rail has blocked the scope of constructing any other road infrastructure in its corridor, as height level of the mass rapid transit (MRT) line was lower than standard worl...

GSP suspension to Cambodia may increase RMG export to EU

GSP suspension to Cambodia may increase RMG export to EU

Khmer Times 2020-02-16 17:17:48

Cambodia's readymade garment (RMG) exporters are expecting that the suspension of the European GSP facility would lead to an increase in export orders for Bangladesh in the EU market. They said that...

Town Hall Meeting- 2020 of Standard Bank held in Ctg

Town Hall Meeting- 2020 of Standard Bank held in Ctg

FE Online Desk 2020-02-16 13:47:02

The Town Hall Meeting-2020 with East Bengal Region branches of Standard Bank Ltd was held on Saturday at "The Peninsula", Chattogram. Managing Director & CEO of the bank Mr. Khondoker Rashed Ma...

Coronavirus: Passengers shrink on China route

Coronavirus: Passengers shrink on China route

KAMRUN NAHAR 2020-02-16 11:16:36

The flow of passengers to and from Bangladesh on China route has been hit hard because of coronavirus pandemic in China and some other countries. The passengers' flow is almost normal for other des...

Processed food export falls 11pc in first seven months

Processed food export falls 11pc in first seven months

YASIR WARDAD 2020-02-16 10:49:45

Exports of processed food items declined substantially so far this fiscal year (FY) due to higher operating costs and raw material prices than the competitors. The export earnings fell 11 per cent to...

UK to put immigration curbs on low-skilled labour

UK to put immigration curbs on low-skilled labour

REUTERS 2020-02-16 10:41:44

Britain will “turn off the tap” of foreign, low-skilled labour and require all skilled workers wishing to come to the country to have a job offer and meet salary and language requirements...

JWG meet: Dhaka, KL to discuss labour market reopening

JWG meet: Dhaka, KL to discuss labour market reopening

Arafat Ara 2020-02-16 10:24:44

Dhaka and Kuala Lumpur is programmed for a joint working group (JWG) meeting on February 24 to discuss reopening of Malaysian market for Bangladeshi workers. To this effect, officials said, Malaysian...

VAT intel steps in to spot tax-evading 'ghost' cos

VAT intel steps in to spot tax-evading 'ghost' cos

DOULOT AKTER MALA 2020-02-16 09:48:51

The VAT intelligence team has asked banks to provide details of private companies having yearly transaction or balance of Tk 1.0 billion or more. The move is intended to locate "ghost" firms who evad...

EBL opens Agent Banking Outlet in Rangpur

EBL opens Agent Banking Outlet in Rangpur

FE Online Desk 2020-02-15 14:24:22

Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) has recently opened an Agent Banking Outlet in Rangpur. Head of Retail and SME Banking of EBL M. Khorshed Anowar inaugurated outlet at Hajipara, C.O. Bazar of the district,...

India court stalls Amazon, Flipkart antitrust probes

India court stalls Amazon, Flipkart antitrust probes

REUTERS 2020-02-15 13:44:08

An Indian antitrust investigation of Amazon.com Inc and Walmart’s Flipkart has been put on hold by a court, three lawyers involved in the proceedings told Reuters on Friday. Amazon this week ch...

BASIC Bank holds Town Hall Meeting

BASIC Bank holds Town Hall Meeting

FE Online Desk 2020-02-15 13:19:18

BASIC Bank Limited organized a Town Hall Meeting and Managers’ Conference for Chittagong region on Friday at the Bank's Agrabad Branch premises. Md. Rafiqul ALam, Managing Director (MD) of the...

IBBL MD achieves `CEO of the Year’ award

IBBL MD achieves `CEO of the Year’ award

FE Online Desk 2020-02-15 13:14:39

Md. Mahbub ul Alam, Managing Director & CEO of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited, achieved ‘CEO of the Year 2019’ award conferred by UK-based financial intelligence house Cambridge Intern...

Rupali Bank opens ATM at Mugda Hospital

Rupali Bank opens ATM at Mugda Hospital

FE Online Desk 2020-02-15 13:10:22

Rupali Bank Ltd opened an ATM booth at the Mugda General Hospital in the city on Saturday. Saber Hossain Chowdhury, MP, was the chief guest on the occasion. Obaidullah Al-Masud, managing director of R...

IPDC introduces book loan

IPDC introduces book loan

FE Desk Report 2020-02-15 11:28:00

IPDC Finance Limited introduced first ever interest-free book loan titled "Subodh" for booklovers, said a statement. With the slogan "Notun boiyer ghrane, subodh jaguk prane", the product was launche...

Diaspora database work remains almost stagnant

Diaspora database work remains almost stagnant

ARAFAT ARA 2020-02-15 10:49:40

Almost no headway has been made in the registration programme launched for enlisting the Bangladeshi diaspora due to lack of proper initiatives by the embassy offices in job destination countries, sou...

Sugar, meat, veg prices escalate

Sugar, meat, veg prices escalate

FE REPORT 2020-02-15 10:29:22

Sugar and some vegetables saw a price spiral last week, adding to the woes of commoners. Meat prices also increased a little bit because of the rising demand in restaurants on the eve of Valentine's...

Coronavirus: China-backed projects facing disruption

Coronavirus: China-backed projects facing disruption

JUBAIR HASAN 2020-02-15 10:22:09

The coronavirus epidemic has started exacting its toll on the implementation of key projects under the ministry of industries, people familiar with the situation said. They said the construction work...

Road signs to cost millions!

Road signs to cost millions!

FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2020-02-15 10:16:06

The Roads and Highways Department, or RHD, has proposed spending Tk 0.7 million for marking road signs and signals for each kilometre of a 27km-long highway, officials said. They said the state-run...

UK's upcoming tariff policy after Brexit: BD could lose out to rich nations

UK's upcoming tariff policy after Brexit: BD could lose out to rich nations

SYFUL ISLAM 2020-02-15 10:13:03

Bangladesh's exports to the United Kingdom are set to face stiff competition as Britain is preparing for its new tariff policy after leaving the European Union. The tariff policy will come into force...

Zuckerberg ready  for Facebook to pay more tax

Zuckerberg ready for Facebook to pay more tax

Reuters 2020-02-14 18:06:53

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg accepts that global tax reforms mean it may have to pay more taxes in different countries, excerpts of a speech he is due to deliver in Germany on Saturday sho...

Call to produce fire safety equipment locally

Call to produce fire safety equipment locally

FE REPORT 2020-02-14 17:48:34

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi on Thursday called upon the local entrepreneurs to produce modern fire safety equipment to reduce import dependence of the country. The country has to import most of suc...

India's curbs on Malaysian palm imports stir up edible oil trade

India's curbs on Malaysian palm imports stir up edible oil trade

REUTERS 2020-02-14 15:44:46

India’s halt on Malaysian palm oil imports has disrupted global edible oil trade flows, with Indonesia diverting supplies to feed India, Malaysia rushing to tap markets left behind by Jakarta, a...

Samsung Electronics board chairman offers to resign

Samsung Electronics board chairman offers to resign

Reuters 2020-02-14 14:34:48

Samsung Electronics said on Friday that board chairman Lee Sang-hoon, who was sentenced to jail in December for sabotaging union activities, had offered to resign, without elaborating on a reason. In...

China urges US to stop suppressing Chinese companies after Huawei indictment

China urges US to stop suppressing Chinese companies after Huawei indictment

REUTERS 2020-02-14 12:56:46

China’s foreign ministry said on Friday it urges the United States to immediately stop suppressing Chinese companies without reason, after US prosecutors unveiled a new indictment against Huawei...