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FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-09-25 17:01:10
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Saturday approved a $250 million policy-based loan to support Bangladesh’s economic recovery following the COVID-19 pandemic. The Board of Directors of the M...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-09-25 15:16:57
The country’s long-term development plan needs to include measures to remedy the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic, a Planning Commission Member has acknowledged. Nasima Begum also told a w...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON 2021-09-25 08:28:09
Loan disbursement from the stimulus package dedicated to cottage, micro, small and medium enterprises was far below the mark, but, yet, midsize ones made the most out of it for their closer kinship...
-- 2021-09-24 19:05:56
China's central bank on Friday declared all transactions involving Bitcoin and other virtual currencies illegal, stepping up a campaign to block use of unofficial digital money. Chinese banks were ba...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM 2021-09-24 09:47:45
The central bank sees a possible broad-based economic recovery in the near future due to improvement in Covid situation and wider reopening. It, however, warned of lurking downside risks from both...
-- 2021-09-24 08:59:39
A former World Bank official who prepared reports at the center of a data-rigging scandal that aided China defended IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva on Thursday as the Economist magazine called for her...
-- 2021-09-23 20:17:02
President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Gilbert F. Houngbo has said it is outrageous that rural small-scale farmers in developing countries, who grow one-third of the g...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-09-23 17:13:50
Bangladesh still has a long way to go to accomplish the vision of ‘Sonar Bangla’ or the golden Bengal, as dreamt of by Bangabandhu, economic analysts and former officials say. They regret...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-09-23 14:31:08
The central bank of Bangladesh has simplified its regulations on releasing foreign exchange for private travel purposes. Under the relaxations, authorised dealer (AD) banks have been allowed to endor...
FE ONLINE DESK 2021-09-22 20:21:30
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said although the government has lowered the interest rates on different national savings instruments, the interest rates on savings certificates are still highe...
-- 2021-09-22 18:33:50
China's pledge to stop building coal-fired power plants overseas could cull $50 billion of investment as it slashes future carbon emissions, analysts said, although Beijing's own domestic coal program...
FE ONLINE DESK 2021-09-22 13:11:32
A relatively young country having gained independence a little over 50 years ago, Bangladesh has still made exceptional strides in reducing poverty and boosting shared prosperity over the last five...
-- 2021-09-22 12:46:29
The Asian Development Bank has cut Bangladesh’s growth forecast from 6.8 per cent to 5.5 per cent for 2021 in its latest report on the state of Asian economies. The Manila-based institution als...
-- 2021-09-21 19:51:12
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has launched a new country partnership strategy (CPS) for Bangladesh that aims to boost competitiveness and employment and promote green growth and climate resilience....
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-09-21 14:36:59
The government on Tuesday lowered the rate of return on savings schemes. The Internal Resources Division (IRD) under the Ministry of Finance (MoF) issued a notification to this effect on Tuesday. Th...
FE REPORT 2021-09-21 08:35:19
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has brought relaxation in foreign-exchange regulations in export, import, remittance and other trade services to overcome economic challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, said BB...
-- 2021-09-20 21:16:31
Four more products will get cash incentives from the government against their exports, according to the central bank. The new products, each of which will receive the cash support at the rate of 4.0...
FE ONLINE DESK 2021-09-20 18:31:11
Noting that Bangladesh has an investment-friendly climate, the Saudi investment minister has said there is potential for more Saudi investment in Bangladesh. Saudi investment minister Khalid Al-Falih...
-- 2021-09-20 18:13:03
Mobile financial service Nagad has handed over Tk 33.20 million (Tk 3,31,94,877) to the Bangladesh Post Office as its revenue share for FY21. Posts and Telecommunications Division Secretary Md. Afzal...
DOULOT AKTER MALA 2021-09-20 10:27:16
The government presses the brake on sales of national savings certificates (NSC) by way of slashing receivable commissions of commercial banks against transactions in these borrowing tools. The banks...
Siddique Islam 2021-09-20 09:45:58
A glut of idle money and a concurrent investment holdup amid the pandemic hangover leave Bangladesh's Islamic banking sector in a quandary with excess liquidity in the vault, sources say. They say th...
-- 2021-09-19 19:42:32
The United Arab Emirates central bank sees increased risks of illicit financial flows emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic, including money-laundering and terrorism financing, it said in a report publi...
-- 2021-09-19 19:33:16
India on Sunday reported 30,773 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, taking the total to 33.4 million, as it seeks to reopen the country to overseas tourists. The death toll rose by 309 t...
DOULOT AKTER MALA 2021-09-19 08:43:29
Government's growing dependence on at-source-tax collection, including tax on service-holders' pay, is practically shifting tax burden onto common people because of absence of effective refund mechani...
FE REPORT 2021-09-18 10:18:24
Commerce minister Tipu Munshi has urged all parties to support a 12-year extension proposal by the LDC Group in the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The extension will help the LDCs get preferential t...
FE REPORT 2021-09-18 08:38:37
Bangladesh can emulate Vietnam's development experiences by adapting their policies to its context in the changing paradigm, including increasing investment on innovation and technology, research and...
MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN 2021-09-18 08:34:50
As Bangladesh struggles to keep its position as the second-largest apparel exporter of the world, the country is desperately in need of policy support to make a solid foothold on potential man-made fi...
FE REPORT 2021-09-17 09:45:33
Some 49-66 per cent of Bangladesh's social-safety-net-allowance-and food-support beneficiaries are not poor, says the World Bank, indicating porous delivery system for the state annuity. It is one of...
-- 2021-09-16 19:07:36
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has launched the Human Capability Development Programme (HCDP), the Saudi Press Agency reported on Wednesday. It is one of the pr...
-- 2021-09-16 16:55:17
Popular social media Facebook, e-commerce giant Amazon, and American multinational technology company Google have deposited Tk 4,60,73,460 as VAT to the state coffer. These three giants paid the amou...
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