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-- October 11, 2017 00:50:16
Silicon Valley graphics chipmaker NVIDIA unveiled on Tuesday the first computer chips for developing fully autonomous vehicles and said it had more than 25 customers working to build a new class of dr...
-- October 10, 2017 18:56:14
The government is going to pilot a “Poverty Environment Accounts (PEA)” system to get coherent quantification and practical link between the poverty and environment aimed at formulating po...
-- October 10, 2017 18:00:31
With a view to increasing production of crops and bringing agriculture inputs to the purchasing capacity of farmers, the government has invested Tk 603.8 billion in the last eight years. “The A...
-- October 10, 2017 13:31:23
China will have no problem meeting its economic growth target of around 6.5 per cent this year, and may even beat it, the head of the Statistics Bureau said on Tuesday. Steps taken by the government...
Jasim Uddin Haroon October 10, 2017 10:15:03
Bangladesh's employment growth almost halved in 2010- 2016 compared to the preceding period since 2003, according to the World Bank (WB) that indicated job-scant economic growth as a major reason. T...
Siddique Islam October 10, 2017 00:44:07
The country's conomy faces some downside risks in the near term predominantly for an upturn in inflation, says a quarterly review by the central bank. The latest Bangladesh Bank Quarterly (BBQ) outlo...
-- October 10, 2017 00:31:10
The Chittagong Branch Council (CBC) of the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) organised a workshop titled 'Cost Audit - A Practical Approach' recently at Agrabad, sai...
Rezaul Karim October 10, 2017 00:30:03
State-run sugar mills' losses are gradually increasing as they are not adjusting production costs with accumulated losses hitting a new high of around Tk 30 billion, officials said. "The cash-strappe...
-- October 10, 2017 00:24:54
There are 600,000 homes in Texas and Florida alone that need re-roofed or repaired and results over the next month will give some sign of how much the resulting squeeze on building materials will bene...
-- October 09, 2017 16:12:13
US economist Richard Thaler won the 2017 Nobel Economics Prize for his contributions in the field of behavioural economics. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Monday made the announcement....
-- October 09, 2017 11:53:24
The influx of more than half a million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar since August is having a huge effect on Bangladesh, including on its economy. Many university groups in Bangladesh are protes...
-- October 09, 2017 11:24:02
Growth in China’s services sector fell to the lowest level for 21 months in September as the pace of new business cooled, a private survey showed. The survey was in sharp contrast to an officia...
FE Report October 09, 2017 09:53:31
The government should rethink merits of the existing VAT law 1991, including multiple rates and package VAT and tariff value, before the pending switch. Business leaders and economists came up with t...
FE Report October 09, 2017 00:35:15
The country's earnings from shipment of merchandise products declined by 9.83 per cent to US$ 2.03 billion in September 2017 over the corresponding month of 2016. The earnings in the third month of t...
BBC October 09, 2017 00:25:17
More than 60 per cent of holidaymakers left overseas when Monarch Airlines collapsed have now flown back to the UK, the Civil Aviation Authority says. The CAA stepped in after all of Monarch's flight...
-- October 08, 2017 21:49:59
Export earnings of Bangladesh dropped to $2.03 billion last month, which is around 10 per cent less than the same month last year. It also missed the target by 28 per cent, the Export Promotion Burea...
-- October 08, 2017 21:04:29
As part of expanding its global footprint, Bangladesh’s fast-growing pharmaceutical sector is looking for opportunities in Qatar, ording to a report by www.thepeninsulaqatar.com. A &l...
-- October 08, 2017 12:27:01
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government on Friday eased tax rules for small and medium-sized companies, as it rushes to address growing criticism of its stewardship of Asia’s third-large...
Doulot Akter Mala October 08, 2017 09:48:53
Taxmen will jumpstart scrutiny assessment, dubbed 'return process', just after submission of tax returns in the current fiscal year (FY) to detect any arithmetical flaws. All tax returns must go thro...
-- October 07, 2017 21:25:50
When skill shortage is seen a major constraint to steady growth of the country's apparel industry, in-house training for skill development of garment employees and workers has become a panacea bringin...
FE Online Desk October 07, 2017 15:00:39
India received around US$ 83 billion in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) from Europe during 2000-17 constituting approximately 24 per cent of the total FDI inflow into the country. The European Union...
Rezaul Karim October 07, 2017 12:25:48
The government has borrowed nearly US$ 1.0 billion (100 crore) from international lenders in favour of its different entities, officials said. In late September, the standing committee on non-concess...
Doulot Akter Mala October 07, 2017 00:44:40
Government's revenue authorities have decided to conduct afresh an impact assessment of the new VAT law, pending its now-deferred enforcement, as skepticism cropped up. Sources said the National Boar...
-- October 07, 2017 00:40:23
MOSCOW, Oct 6 (Reuters): Saudi King Salman said the kingdom remained keen on the stability of the global oil market in order to balance the interests of consumers and producers, the Saudi news agency...
-- October 06, 2017 15:21:44
Retail sales in the UK jumped more than three years during the month of September, a survey of the retail sector showed, suggesting consumers are finding ways to cope with the squeeze on their incomes...
-- October 06, 2017 09:52:14
Private sector credit growth increased significantly in August mainly due to higher trade financing by banks for settling import payment obligations, officials and bankers said. The growth in credit...
FE Report October 06, 2017 00:59:24
The securities regulator BSEC should exercise its full power for the sake of development of the country's capital market, said State Minister for Finance MA Mannan on Thursday. He was speaking at a s...
-- October 05, 2017 20:02:50
World food prices rose slightly in September from the month before, buoyed by higher valuations in the vegetable oil and dairy sectors, the United Nations food agency said on Thursday, reports Reuters...
-- October 05, 2017 12:25:15
Australian retailers suffered their worst decline in sales since early 2013 as debt-laden consumers tightened their purse strings. Thursday’s data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)...
FE Report October 05, 2017 09:53:16
A three-day meet on sustainable finance with delegates from central banks of Ghana, Nepal and Nigeria began in Dhaka Wednesday to promote sound environmental and social practices by banks. Bangladesh...
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