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-- August 22, 2017 06:39:05
Bangladesh has taken Dhaka International Airport expansion project. The expansion will help the airport to double its passengers handling capacity. The project includes the construction of a new term...
-- August 22, 2017 06:11:16
Bangladeshi workers in Oman haven’t been paid regularly for last one year, according to a report by http://timesofoman.com. “We are working, but we are not getting paid on time. Every two...
Raihan M Chowdhury August 22, 2017 04:51:02
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanism will be a good tool to recover stuck-up loans as the existing legal procedure is very time-consuming and costly. The volume of growing nonperfor...
-- August 21, 2017 07:16:16
Bangladesh has taken an initiative to sell 100 GB/s bandwidth to four countries. The countries are Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam and Bhutan. To sell bandwidth to Bhutan, Bangladesh is now talking with I...
Doulot Akter Mala August 21, 2017 06:37:22
A much-vaunted review of all the income-tax returns submitted in last fiscal detected only less than one per cent mathematical errors, but scared many of the taxpayers. Officials said taxmen...
Doulot Akter Mala August 21, 2017 04:00:49
A much-vaunted review of all the income-tax returns submitted in last fiscal detected only less than one per cent mathematical errors, but scared many of the taxpayers. Officials said taxmen...
-- August 20, 2017 06:11:23
Some 1.4 million tonnes of salt was produced in the country this year against the annual demand of 1.6 million tonnes, according to industries and commerce ministries. Salt industry is the largest...
Our Correspondent August 19, 2017 06:28:39
The High Court (HC) has dismissed a writ petition that challenged the realisation of 17 per cent holding tax by the Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) as per the model tax schedule 2016 framed by the g...
Siddique Islam August 19, 2017 03:55:23
The volume of non-performing loans (NPLs) jumped by over 19 per cent or Tk 119.76 billion at the end of June this year from December closing last year, despite close monitoring by the central bank. T...
-- August 17, 2017 11:00:24
Residential building permits issued in Germany dropped 7.0 per cent on the year in the first six months of 2017, data showed on Thursday. Germany, the largest national economic country of Eur...
Reuters August 17, 2017 10:51:33
Inflation in the 19 countries sharing the euro currency remained stable in July, European statistics office Eurostat said on Thursday. Core inflation metric excluding volatile energy costs an...
Doulot Akter Mala August 17, 2017 10:27:39
The Internal Resources Division (IRD) has issued a directive to audit maximum 25,000 income tax files of both individuals and corporate taxpayers to detect tax evasion and concealment of actual income...
Reuters August 17, 2017 07:59:08
The Philippine economy grew at a sizzling pace in the second quarter, topping expectations as a government-led construction boom and an extended rebound in the farm sector took some of the sting off a...
FE Report August 17, 2017 04:53:35
The government has decided to import 1.5 million tonnes of rice and 0.5 million tonnes of wheat to boost the stock. The government has already struck deals with Vietnam and Cambodia to buy 0.25...
FHM Humayan Kabir August 17, 2017 04:18:48
The Asian Development Bank's (ADB's) loan to Bangladesh is going to be expensive in the coming years as it would provide nearly 86 per cent of its planned assistance from its hard window OCR, official...
Reuters August 15, 2017 08:05:59
The German economy grew by less than expected in the second quarter as net trade dampened an overall expansion which was driven by strong household spending. The rising state expenditure also affecte...
Reuters August 15, 2017 07:43:25
Malaysia's economic growth is expected to have slowed slightly in the second quarter as weaker private consumption partly offset a boost from resilient manufacturing and trade, a Reuters poll showed....
FHM Humayan Kabir August 15, 2017 03:36:09
India is yet to confirm its third line of credit (LoC) worth US$4.5 billion credit (LoC) despite Bangladesh's request for holding a meeting on this issue, officials concerned said Monday. Officials s...
Reuters August 14, 2017 07:53:56
Japan's economy grew in the second quarter at the fastest pace in more than two years on stronger domestic demand. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rose as consumer spending and capital expenditure b...
FE Report August 14, 2017 03:49:51
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) set its three intelligence wings to detect tax-dodgers and money-launderers in a combat against such financial crimes. As per instructions issued Sunday by the go...
-- August 14, 2017 03:43:25
The ship building industry of the country earned $ 150 million of foreign exchange in last five years by exporting 40 ships to different countries. This was informed by managing director of Western...
Siddique Islam August 14, 2017 03:19:09
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has started conducting a study on possible impact of the offshore banking unit (OBU) operations if such functions are brought under the Banking Companies Act (BAC), officials said...
Jasim Uddin Haroon August 13, 2017 04:07:51
There exist numerous quasi-fiscal activities in the country which adversely impact the budget, sometimes creating financial distortions. Experts believe such factors also affect profitability of the...
Doulot Akter Mala August 13, 2017 03:51:34
Authorities have decided to reconsider the idea of further reducing duty on rice import as the tax incentives caused the exchequer substantial loss to little benefit for consumers. Sources said such...
FE Report August 12, 2017 05:50:06
KATHMANDU: The 18th session of the BIMSTEC Senior Officials' Meeting kicked off here Thursday. The two-day meeting will set the agenda for the 15th BIMSTEC Ministerial Meeting scheduled for Aug...
Talha Bin Habib August 12, 2017 04:29:08
The rural development and cooperatives division has sought an additional Tk 7.50 billion for 'one house one firm' project in the current fiscal despite its poor performance, officials said. ...
AP August 12, 2017 03:37:18
US budget deficit falls to $42.9b in July The US budget deficit was $42.9 billion at the end of July, down from $112.8 billion in July 2016, according to data released by the Treasury Departm...
FE Report August 10, 2017 06:42:42
The Cambodian apex rice industry body has been meeting this week to discuss ways of nailing down a potentially massive deal with Bangladesh, which earlier this month inked a memorandum of understandin...
FE Report August 10, 2017 04:57:49
Bangladesh's gross domestic product (GDP) now stands at US$686.59 billion in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP), making it the 32nd largest economy in the world in 2017. Bangladesh's GDP, in term...
FE Report August 10, 2017 04:13:54
The inflation (point-to-point) went up by 0.17 percentage points to 5.57 per cent in July this year as compared to 5.40 per cent in the same month last year, according to the latest BBS statistics rel...
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