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-- November 27, 2017 12:22:11
China's major industrial firms saw stronger profit growth, rose 23.3-per cent from one year earlier, in the first 10 months of this year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Monday. Industr...
FE Report November 27, 2017 10:58:49
The rise in default loans is "alarming", says a study that favours effective use of audit committees by the private commercial banks and enlargement of their boards with experienced members as a remed...
Doulot Akter Mala November 27, 2017 09:46:45
Tax-revenue collection fell short of the target by Tk 33.55 billion in the first quarter of the current fiscal year (FY). All of the three wings of the revenue board missed their respective targets i...
-- November 26, 2017 22:02:50
The Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has claimed that gold market is dependent on smuggling. TIB Executive Director Iftekharuzzaman made the remarks while addressing a press conference at...
-- November 26, 2017 21:33:11
Finance Minister AMA has said that the outlay of the budget for the ensuing 2018-2019 financial year (FY19) may stand at Taka 4,680 billion. "We announced Taka 4,002.66 billion budget for the current...
-- November 26, 2017 12:07:31
China is cutting import tariffs on 187 consumer goods from whisky to cashmere clothing to help spur spending and economic growth. The Finance Ministry said tariffs will drop from an average 17.3 per...
Doulot Akter Mala November 26, 2017 10:13:33
Government's revenue authority plans a search as many foreign companies, including liaison and representation offices, allegedly dodge submission of tax returns despite doing income-generating activit...
Jasim Uddin Haroon November 26, 2017 09:57:07
Government subsidies shrank in 2016-17 for subdued demand from some sectors to the relief of fiscal administrators from budget-deficit burden, but economists foresee a reversal this year. Officials c...
-- November 25, 2017 20:34:32
The Bangladesh Jewellers Samity has hiked gold prices, to be effective from Sunday, as the winter season approaches. During the winter season, the wedding season in the country, demand for gold norma...
-- November 25, 2017 19:15:20
Settling maritime disputes with India and Myanmar opened up new potentials for Bangladesh to tap ‘blue economy’. But, according to a UNB report, no substantial progress has been mad...
FE Online Desk November 25, 2017 13:48:48
The Annual Banking Conference, 2017, arranged by Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM) begins Sunday. Governor of Bangladesh Bank Fazle Kabir will inaugurate the two-day event as the chief...
FE Online Desk November 25, 2017 12:20:23
"Fake data" is as much of a threat to economic and financial stability as "fake news" is to politics, a leading European central banker said on Friday, reports Reuters. European Central Bank boar...
FE Online Desk November 25, 2017 12:08:42
MUMBAI (S&P Global Ratings) Nov 25, 2017--S&P Global Ratings affirmed its unsolicited long- and short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings on the Republic...
FE Report November 25, 2017 12:02:42
Bangladesh needs to increase its spending on water-related projects by more than three times or could face an annual GDP loss of 1.6-2 per cent due to climate change, a recent government planning docu...
Jasim Uddin Haroon November 25, 2017 09:54:51
The current fiscal year's first quarter saw a budget surplus worth Tk 42.64 billion mainly as the government couldn't go by its spending plans, sources said. As of September last, government mobilise...
-- November 24, 2017 13:06:22
Malaysia's annual inflation rate in October was 3.7 per cent from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday, moderating from the previous month and lower than forecasts. A Reuters poll had pre...
-- November 24, 2017 12:58:34
Singapore's manufacturing output rose 14.6 per cent in October compared to a year ago, driven by growth in electronics output, data from the Singapore Economic Development Board showed on Friday. The...
-- November 24, 2017 12:27:18
South Korea’s consumer confidence rose hit the highest in almost seven years amid eased geopolitical risks on the Korean Peninsula, central bank data showed Friday. The composite consumer senti...
-- November 24, 2017 12:03:28
British consumer confidence slipped after last year’s Brexit vote, partly because of this month’s interest rate hike and further signs of a slowdown in the housing market, a survey sh...
-- November 23, 2017 17:10:47
The country's land ports have earned a total revenue of Tk 1.11 billion in fiscal 2016-17, while the expenditure in the same period was Tk 534.4 million. This was disclosed at the 48th meeting of th...
-- November 23, 2017 15:50:59
US Federal Reserve officials are unlikely to raise interest rates in December, although the officials still divided over inflation outlook, Fed officials said after the latest monetary policy meeting....
-- November 23, 2017 12:59:38
South Korea’s ratio of short-term external debt to foreign exchange reserves touched a record 31.1 per cent by end-September from 30.8 per cent three months ago, data showed on Thursday. Short-...
M Azizur Rahman November 23, 2017 09:44:25
New industries outside the country's economic zones (EZs) would hardly get piped natural gas connections from next year as the authorities have already started discouraging it. Officials said the mov...
-- November 22, 2017 22:24:24
Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday underscored the need for ensuring five per cent contribution of the blue economy to the GDP to attain the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). "Using...
-- November 22, 2017 21:30:46
The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has said the Least Development Countries (LDCs) need to invest at least $12 billion to gain universal access to electricity by 2030. "To achieve universal access...
-- November 22, 2017 20:24:24
Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase has approved import of 100,000 metric tons of non-Bashmoti parboil rice from open market. As per the proposal of the Food Ministry, the Food Directorate will...
-- November 22, 2017 13:19:09
The Brazilian economy is likely to grow more than 3.0 percent in 2018, perhaps even near 4.0 per cent, the head of Brazilian state development bank BNDES, Paulo Rabello de Castro, said. This suggests...
FE Online Report November 22, 2017 11:44:22
Bangladesh requires some 20-30 per cent more new electricity connections every year to achieve the universal access to electricity by the year 2030. The projection has been made in the Least Develope...
FE Report November 22, 2017 09:38:20
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has made significant progress in its investigation into money laundering (ML), which will be disclosed in time, said NBR Chairman Md Nojibur Rahman on Tuesday. R...
FE Report November 22, 2017 01:14:09
Non-performing loans (NPLs) in Bangladesh's banking sector surged over Tk 800-billion mark for the first time at the end of September last. According to the latest statistics from the central bank, t...
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