FE REPORT 2022-02-25 10:07:52
Private-sector companies of Bangladesh and Japan started interacting in a three-week business meet for creating scopes of matchmaking between parties of the two countries. The 20-day business to bu...
-- 2022-02-24 20:45:35
Just what a vulnerable world economy didn’t need— a conflict that accelerates inflation, rattles markets and portends trouble for everyone from European consumers to indebted Chinese devel...
-- 2022-02-24 20:04:23
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi has stressed the need for signing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Malaysia in order to boost the trade, commerce, and investment of the two countries. "Bangladesh has...
-- 2022-02-24 19:08:08
Speakers at a dialogue on Thursday said that the timely disclosure of accurate fiscal data is essential for improving the implementation of the national budget and attainment of the national developme...
FE REPORT 2022-02-24 08:04:14
Lower taxes on essential commodities for both import and domestic levels to contain the wayward inflation, economists suggest the government as prices spike. While presenting their budget proposals...
-- 2022-02-23 20:24:18
Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) has included eight more services of four organisations with its online One Stop Service (OSS) centre to ensure ease and swift services for the invest...
-- 2022-02-23 17:50:22
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi has underscored the need for attaining the target of 5.0 billion US dollar exports from the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector by 2025. "By 2025, ICT...
SYFUL ISLAM 2022-02-23 08:32:17
The European Union moves to launch a new initiative with Bangladesh to synchronise the latter's public-and private-sector interests for tapping growing business potential unhindered. Officials say...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON 2022-02-23 08:23:13
Bangladesh sees budget surplus in the first half of the current fiscal year as the government spent less than its tax and other revenue receipts, officials say. The surplus in December reached Tk 1...
-- 2022-02-22 19:30:31
KB Petrochemicals Limited, a Kuwait-Bangladesh joint venture company, will invest 10.39 million US dollars to establish a Lubricating Oil Blending Plant in BEPZA Economic Zone. Bangladesh Export Pr...
-- 2022-02-22 17:44:45
Planning Minister MA Mannan has said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina emphasised the need for gradually coming out from the subsidy system in the power and energy sector. The prime minister suggested thi...
-- 2022-02-21 20:38:48
The Sri Lankan government is to kick off a programme to promote the country's popular batik and handloom products to global markets in order to reboot local handloom industry. A senior official from...
FE REPORT 2022-02-21 14:03:05
Ambassador of the Republic of Korea Lee Hang-Keun has expressed his country's interests in investing in other industrial sectors here apart from the readymade garment (RMG) for mutual benefits of bo...
FE REPORT 2022-02-21 13:46:23
A high-profile official delegation is scheduled to visit Egypt early next month (March) to hold talks on signing a bilateral Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA), officials said. Led by State Ministe...
FE REPORT 2022-02-21 12:14:23
Bangladesh has requested Australia to designate a state agency to deal with government-to-government trade as boosting commercial cooperation between the two countries is planned, officials say. Th...
-- 2022-02-21 08:32:28
The Saudi energy minister said on Sunday that focusing only on renewable power sources was a mistake and that the world may not be able to produce all the energy needed for economic recovery from the...
-- 2022-02-20 23:55:13
The government of Bangladesh has approved a revised draft of a law with an aim to protect deposits of non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs). As per the draft law, the NBFIs will have to provide cli...
-- 2022-02-20 10:23:43
The World Bank Group on Saturday said it is readying a $350 million disbursement to Ukraine that the group's board will consider by the end of March as part of a plan for short- and long-term financin...
-- 2022-02-20 10:22:44
A potential invasion of Ukraine by neighbouring Russia would be felt across a number of markets, from wheat and energy prices and the region's sovereign dollar bonds to safe-haven assets and stock mar...
FE REPORT 2022-02-20 08:42:31
Bangladesh's graduation from the least-developed country (LDC) status may not sustain without bringing discipline in the financial sector, opines Centre for Policy Dialogue Distinguished Fellow Dr Deb...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-02-19 19:04:15
The Bangladesh economy is yet to make a full recovery from the Covid-19 effects but inflation and supply chain constraints have already arisen as new challenges, business leaders and analysts told a...
ARAFAT ARA 2022-02-19 09:24:13
A steady rebound in Bangladesh's overseas labour employment raises hope for the jobs figures to shoot over the one-million mark at the yearend, enhancing economy-boosting remittance. More than 100,...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2022-02-19 08:49:15
It comes as a significant fresh push for regional connectivity as the World Bank bets US$750 million on salvaging the struggling BBIN corridor meant for connecting four South Asian nations. Officia...
FE REPORT 2022-02-19 08:27:32
Bangladesh economy, despite showing signs of recovery from the pandemic shocks, sees some emerging challenges stemming mainly from price hike of essential commodities and decreasing remittances. Such...
-- 2022-02-18 15:38:24
Car spare parts dealers in Sri Lanka's main city of Colombo are receiving a steady stream of customers looking for what is fast becoming a prized commodity in the island nation - side mirrors for Suzu...
MUNIMA SULTANA 2022-02-18 10:14:42
Bangladesh and Thailand may start negotiations on signing a free trade agreement (FTA) in the upcoming foreign office consultation (FoC) which is expected to be held in Bangkok on March 1 next, sour...
FE REPORT 2022-02-18 08:54:15
The Swedish envoy in Dhaka expressed her desire to see Swedish green companies coming to Bangladesh and investing here. Ambassador of Sweden to Bangladesh Alexandra Berg von Linde also said that Sw...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON 2022-02-17 08:42:34
Bangladesh's widening budget deficit narrowed to Tk 1.29 trillion in the past fiscal year with the gap between spending and revenue earning declining amid economic recovery from pandemic-induced slump...
-- 2022-02-16 17:40:52
Bangladesh High Commission in Canberra and Cross Sector Development Partnerships Initiative (XSPI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to complement the existing Australian government deve...
FE REPORT 2022-02-16 11:22:04
The government has released Tk 15 billion for the payment of cash incentives to local exporters on their export earnings. It is the 3rd instalment of cash incentives for the January-March period of t...
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