-- 2022-08-10 21:46:23
The government is evaluating the impact of the fuel price hike on the livelihoods of common people, according to Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal. “Necessary steps will be taken in cons...
-- 2022-08-10 19:52:06
The price of US dollars jumped to Tk 120 in the open market, commonly known as kerb market, on Wednesday amid persistent short supply of the greenback against the growing demand from importers and tho...
-- 2022-08-10 19:16:54
Growth in Bangladesh's ready-made garment (RMG) exports could drop to about 15 per cent this year after an unusually strong expansion of more than 30 per cent in 2021, two industry leaders told Reuter...
FE ONLINE DESK 2022-08-10 15:17:35
The Bangladesh government has not asked for any specific information on the Swiss bank accounts of its citizens, according to Switzerland Ambassador to Bangladesh Nathalie Chuard. “We hav...
-- 2022-08-10 13:58:56
The central bank has relaxed the banking rules governing remittance inflows amid an ongoing foreign currency crunch. Banks can now establish drawing arrangements, an official channel to receive...
FE Online Report 2022-08-09 22:13:32
AHM Mustafa Kamal, finance minister of Bangladesh, talks to the Financial Times (FT) South Asia correspondent Benjamin Parkin on Bangladesh's economic situation and Chinese debt. The full report is re...
-- 2022-08-09 21:31:43
The duty-free treatment of 98 per cent tariff lines goods will help Bangladesh to further increase its export to China, says the Chinese Embassy in Dhaka on Tuesday. State Councilor and Foreign Minis...
-- 2022-08-09 14:50:16
Sri Lanka's power regulator said on Tuesday it had approved a 75 per cent hike in power tariffs, reports Reuters. "The Commission decided to approve a fair electricity tariff, taking all these...
DOULOT AKTER MALA 2022-08-09 08:29:14
Bangladesh has finally made the duty-free market-access facility under preferential trade agreement (PTA) effective for Bhutan through a much-awaited official gazette. The customs authority has offer...
FE REPORT 2022-08-09 08:01:15
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation will visit Dhaka early next month to negotiate a major loan Bangladesh seeks specifically for funding budget deficit, officials say. Sources say the fo...
FE ONLINE DESK 2022-08-08 21:13:25
Bangladesh Bank has increased the inter-bank rate of a US dollar by 30 paisa in its latest move. According to media reports, the price of a US dollar now stands at Tk 95. On Monday, the central bank...
-- 2022-08-08 20:41:47
Bangladesh Bank has ordered the removal of treasury chiefs of six banks for their involvement in raising the price of the US dollar by hoarding more greenbacks than necessary. The banks include five...
-- 2022-08-08 18:50:15
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has struck three agreements to trace errant landlords and car owners as part of efforts to widen the tax net. The deals on Application Programming Interface (API)...
-- 2022-08-08 17:56:32
The number of black money holders paying taxes under an amnesty decreased by19.16 per cent to 2,300 in FY22, according to the latest NBR data availed on Monday In the last financial year, there was a...
-- 2022-08-08 16:46:30
Emerging market currencies came off session lows on Monday, as the dollar eased slightly after a strong rally spurred by rising bets of the US Federal Reserve staying aggressive with its monetary poli...
FE REPORT 2022-08-08 09:06:07
Bangladesh has sought assistance from International Monetary Fund (IMF) on precautionary grounds to deal with future uncertainty unlike Sri Lanka and Pakistan where economy is already in distress, sai...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON 2022-08-08 08:24:31
Wage growth in Bangladesh remains stymied in relation to soaring headline inflation and the mismatch stokes concerns about shrinkage of people's real income and its compound fallout. As a result of t...
-- 2022-08-07 14:57:53
China's export growth unexpectedly picked up speed in July, offering an encouraging boost to the economy as its struggles to recover from a COVID-induced slump, but weakening global demand could start...
-- 2022-08-06 12:06:13
The Indian rupee is unlikely to fall significantly from current levels against the US dollar after the Reserve Bank of India on Friday opted for a 50 basis points rate hike, analysts said, Reuters rep...
-- 2022-08-06 11:12:28
Sri Lanka is considering a restructure of local and sovereign debt, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Friday, as the island nation battles its worst financial crisis in its independent history....
SYFUL ISLAM and REZAUL KARIM 2022-08-06 08:59:40
Bangladesh will push for securing the benefits it enjoys under the SAFTA deal when negotiations on Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) start with India soon, officials say. As a least...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON 2022-08-06 08:26:00
Bangladesh's capital market experiences tantrums amid unprecedented capital outflows since April, which many describe as a result of recurrent depreciation of the local currency against the dollar. B...
-- 2022-08-05 17:45:09
Bangladesh has again proposed Nepal to use Mongla and Chattogram seaports alongside Syedpur airport for mutual benefits. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina made the offer while a visiting parliamenta...
-- 2022-08-05 17:39:05
Japan on Friday took a first step into its research for a green gross domestic product (GDP) measurement that reflects the country's progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions in its economic growt...
-- 2022-08-05 15:09:09
The United Nations food agency's world price index declined again in July, edging further away from all-time highs hit in March. The Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) index, which tracks the...
-- 2022-08-05 12:43:49
The Reserve Bank of India's key policy repo rate was raised by 50 basis points on Friday, the third increase in as many months to cool stubbornly high inflation. With June retail inflation at 7...
FE ONLINE DESK 2022-08-05 11:01:18
The pressure on Bangladesh’s economy, generated by rising imports against less-than-sufficient exports and falling remittances amid escalating inflation, has eased slightly as the indices have r...
REUTERS 2022-08-05 10:33:28
The Philippines' Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) has not produced any electricity since it was finished in 1984, despite its $2.3 billion price tag and its promise of energy security during the 1970...
-- 2022-08-04 20:14:13
Bangladesh Bank Governor Abdur Rouf Talukder said that banks must comply with rules in debt management and other activities assuring that the central bank will ensure good governance in the banking se...
-- 2022-08-04 19:12:19
Ukraine needs to export some 50 million tons of grain in the 2022-2023 marketing year amid the need to store last year's crops and grain from the new harvest, an industry body said on Wednesday. ...
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