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-- 2021-03-30 08:22:47
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday stressed the need for concerted global actions and robust leadership to quick recovery of the liquidity crisis and sovereign debt burdens during and the post Cov...
-- 2021-03-29 21:28:58
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has expressed his optimism that extreme poverty rate will come down to 3 per cent by 2030 and the country will be free of poverty after 2041. "Once 80 per cent people...
-- 2021-03-29 17:17:29
The number of investment proposals with the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) rose by 68.50 per cent (Taka 95,794.719 million) during the October to December quarter in 2020 compared...
-- 2021-03-29 08:55:00
Geographical location, inexpensive and easily trainable workforce and moderate production cost have helped Bangladesh become an attractive investment destination, Law Minister Anisul Huq said Sunday....
FE Report 2021-03-29 08:22:23
The Leather Goods and Footwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association of Bangladesh (LFMEAB) sought reduction of corporate income tax and source tax on export to stay competitive in global market. T...
FE REPORT 2021-03-29 08:07:28
The central bank on Sunday asked the commercial banks to charge lowest level margin while opening letter of credit (LC) for importing essential commodities. The Bangladesh Bank (BB) issued the direct...
SYFUL ISLAM 2021-03-29 07:56:57
Bangladesh, in the face of opposition from India, failed to accommodate a provision of 'pre-initiation consultation' on the anti-dumping issue in the MoU on trade remedial measures, signed between the...
-- 2021-03-28 11:03:28
Vietnam received $4.1 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first three months of 2021, up 6.5 per cent from a year earlier, government data showed on Saturday. FDI has been a key driver...
FE Online Desk 2021-03-27 15:21:35
The World Bank on Friday approved US$250 million financing for Bangladesh aimed at recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. A WB news release issued from Washington said this financing would help Banglad...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON 2021-03-27 08:27:50
Country's external debt soared to a record level in 2020 due to higher government borrowing. The overall external debt in December, 2020 stood at US$ 70.7 billion, nearly 16 per cent more than that o...
Mir Mostafizur Rahaman 2021-03-26 08:28:46
Bangladesh and India are likely to sign four memorandums of understanding (MoUs) during the visit of Indian Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi, who is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka today (Friday). Th...
FE REPORT 2021-03-26 08:19:12
Speakers at a webinar on Thursday said movement of vehicles within the BBIN region under a system like that of the UN TIR would help significantly reduce the cost of trade and benefit all the member...
Siddique Islam 2021-03-25 08:22:50
The central bank on Wednesday extended again the policy relaxation involving loan repayments to the country's scheduled banks by their borrowers. The borrowers would get three more months' time to...
-- 2021-03-24 19:36:03
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said that the government has not taken any decision so far to provide loans for the private sector from the country’s foreign currency reserve. “So...
Jubair Hasan and Yasir Wardad 2021-03-24 09:50:31
Businesses are now deeply worried that resurgence of the Covid-19 might unsettle the recovery they have been making in recent months following a notable improvement in both infection and fatality rate...
-- 2021-03-23 17:26:10
Japanese Economic Zone (EZ) is expected to go on full-swing operation in the first-half of 2023 as all development work of the zone is likely to be completed within June of the same year, reports BSS....
UNB 2021-03-23 16:26:27
Unveiling a fresh route with the potential of attracting both foreign and domestic tourists, the government is set to launch a Dhaka to Cox’s Bazar train service at the end of next year. The fr...
-- 2021-03-23 15:14:51
Japan’s government on Tuesday unveiled measures to help midsize and large companies boost capital funds, officials have said, a step aimed at backing mainly restaurants and lodging businesses hi...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM 2021-03-21 08:15:54
Bangladesh's investment in the form of gold has gained value by over 37 per cent to reach around US$554 million over the last 10 years. The country's central bank, for the first time on September 0...
REZAUL KARIM 2021-03-20 09:52:55
The United Kingdom has urged Bangladesh to address the existing trade barriers and other structural problems to help attract more foreign direct investments including those from British companies. "F...
FE REPORT 2021-03-19 11:13:56
President of International Chamber of Commerce Bangladesh (ICCB) Mahbubur Rahman (top, middle) and other distinguished persons at the webinar on "Global Awareness on Open Account Export Transactions a...
Reuters 2021-03-19 09:42:07
A new algorithm-based study by a group of UK universities has predicted that 63 countries – roughly half the number rated by the likes of S&P Global, Moody’s and Fitch - could see thei...
Reuters 2021-03-18 17:18:27
The global economy is set to grow by 4.7 per cent this year thanks to a stronger-than-expected recovery in the United States, a report by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said on Th...
FE Report 2021-03-18 09:17:15
Introduction of different types of bonds can reduce pressure on banking sector by meeting long-term and large-scale financing needs of the next generation businesses, speakers said at a programme on T...
-- 2021-03-17 13:09:28
The World Bank has approved 200 million US dollars to help Bangladesh provide support and services to the low-income urban youth impacted by Covid-19 and the involuntary returnee migrant workers in or...
FE REPORT 2021-03-15 08:39:21
Plastic goods manufacturers and exporters on Sunday demanded the withdrawal of import duty, VAT, and supplementary duty on import of capital machinery and spare parts for the sector. They also urged...
FE REPORT 2021-03-15 08:29:01
Local restaurant owners on Sunday proposed the government to bring all eateries, including street foods vendors, under the tax net by slashing the VAT rate to 5.0 per cent. Currently, 40 per cent of...
REUTERS 2021-03-14 14:11:54
Economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis in the oil-rich Gulf region will be slow, weighing on the region’s banking sector, S&P Global Ratings said. Gulf countries fell into a sharp re...
MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN 2021-03-14 09:51:15
South Korea has decided to extend US$700 million in concessional loans to Bangladesh under the Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF). In this connection, the Korean Exim Bank has sent a letter...
DOULOT AKTER MALA 2021-03-14 09:26:20
The government is likely to bring electric vehicles (EVs) under the tax net in the budget for next fiscal year (FY) due to its growing popularities. Currently, the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority...
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