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FE REPORT 2021-01-17 09:07:47
A central bank deputy governor Saturday heavily criticised the country's audit firms for not performing their due responsibility while auditing banks. "I haven't seen one single instance where an aud...
DOULOT AKTER MALA 2021-01-17 08:54:03
The tax authority has moved to access international databases to detect transfer of royalties, interest and other sources of income by the multinational companies (MNCs) officials said. They said the...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2021-01-17 08:34:16
Bangladesh's poultry industry has been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic as it has already incurred a loss of Tk 70 billion, industry insiders said on Saturday. The industry has been struggling with...
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Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp is delaying an update aimed at increasing business transactions on the platform after a storm of concern from users who feared that the messaging platform was watering do...
Reuters 2021-01-16 19:35:21
Bangladesh will step up wheat purchases from Ukraine to make up for any shortfall in supplies from Russia which has announced plans to impose a higher export tax on the grain from March 1, a senior Dh...
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MI Cement Factory Limited (Crown Cement) organised a two-day programme styled “Crown Family Night” for its top 50 channel partners and their families at BRAC CDM in Gazipur recently, accor...
FE Online Report 2021-01-16 17:14:06
The minimum monthly wages of the country’s readymade garment (RMG) workers is still the lowest which should be increased further, said a top official of H&M on Saturday. The Swedish retaile...
REUTERS 2021-01-16 11:29:44
Amazon.com Inc’s first US union election since 2014 is scheduled to begin with the mailing of ballots in early February and a vote count starting March 30, a US labour board official said in a f...
FE Report 2021-01-16 11:12:46
Paban Chowdhury, executive chairman of BEZA, hands over 30 acres of land to Rupali Chowdhury, managing director (MD) of the Berger Paints Bangladesh Limited, at a ceremony held at the Bangabandhu Sh...
REUTERS 2021-01-16 11:08:09
Automakers around the world are shutting assembly lines because of a global shortage of semiconductors that in some cases has been exacerbated by the Trump administration’s actions against key C...
Arafat Ara 2021-01-16 11:07:27
The government will create a comprehensive database of overseas jobseekers with a view to reducing interference of middlemen in the recruitment process, officials said. To this end, Bureau of Manpo...
FE REPORT 2021-01-16 09:31:20
Two Bangladeshi private banks have secured the second and third place in the best new Islamic banks for 2020, according to a Malaysian poll. The poll conducted by Islamic Finance News (IFN) of RED mo...
FE REPORT 2021-01-16 09:03:12
Edible oil and sugar became dearer last week increasing sufferings of the consumers, especially the commoners, who had already been hit hard by price hikes of other essentials. Prices of staple rice...
MONIRA MUNNI 2021-01-16 08:53:14
Prices of the top 20 local ready-made garment (RMG) items declined in 2020 due to a fall in global demand amid the Covid-19 pandemic, exporters said. The items comprising 12 major knitted and eight...
SYFUL ISLAM 2021-01-16 08:45:45
With the new customs rules becoming effective late last year, India has now started seeking different types of documents from the Bangladeshi exporters and authorities in the name of checking the co...
Reuters 2021-01-15 19:46:58
A Pakistan International Airlines plane has been held back by Malaysian authorities due to a British court case over the jet's lease, the airline said on Friday, adding it would pursue the matter thro...
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Bangladesh has suspended import of animal, chicken, duck, egg or chicks from all countries after India reported an outbreak of bird flu. “We are being cautious to prevent the spread of the dise...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-01-15 13:17:03
Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) witnessed a marginal fall in cases filed and fines realised for violating traffic rules in the month of December 2020 compared to that of November of the sam...
Reuters 2021-01-15 12:06:51
The outgoing Trump administration said on Thursday it was issuing new rules that would allow manufacturers of automated vehicles to bypass some crash standards required of conventional vehicles, which...
REUTERS 2021-01-15 11:21:56
Bitcoin seems so flighty, some might argue you may as well consult a crystal ball, read the runes or stare at the stars to divine the direction of the capricious cryptocurrency. Enter Maren Altman, b...
Reuters 2021-01-15 10:26:10
Carlos Ghosn concealed the scale of his compensation at Nissan because he feared the French government would force him out of Renault if it discovered how much he earned, an executive at the Japanese...
REUTERS 2021-01-15 10:22:17
Farmers should get European Union funding to reduce methane emissions from livestock or increase organic farmland, the European Commission said on Thursday, under plans to make agriculture greener. T...
FE REPORT 2021-01-15 08:47:55
The commerce ministry has endorsed the apparel makers' plea to exempt all bank liabilities of 133 sick readymade garment (RMG) factories in phases, people familiar with the development said. In a let...
FE REPORT 2021-01-15 08:38:17
The stakeholders concerned submitted on Thursday proposals suggesting varied prices at a meeting which was convened as part of an exercise to fix the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for the dom...
Reuters 2021-01-14 20:58:28
Alphabet Inc’s Google has completed its $2.1 billion acquisition of wearable device maker Fitbit Inc, the companies said on Thursday. The deal had triggered concerns over Google’s market...
FE Online Report 2021-01-14 19:22:41
The number of auto-rickshaw registration in Bangladesh was nearly halved showing a drastic decline in 2020 compared to that of 2019. A total of 16,724 auto-rickshaws were registered in 2020 while it...
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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has officially inaugurated the disbursement of 75 percent of the government’s allowances under various social safety net programmes through Nagad, the digital financ...
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Amid the worldwide economic stagnancy last year following coronavirus pandemic situation, Bangladeshi electronics giant Walton witnessed a remarkable success in exporting 10 times higher amounts of te...
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For a year expected to mark a turning point for pandemic-stricken European airlines, 2021 is off to a rough start, reports Reuters. A resurgence of COVID-19 lockdowns has killed off a fragile booking...
-- 2021-01-14 11:35:47
Unilever is strongly encouraging employees to get vaccinated against the coronavirus as soon as possible and floated the idea that it could buy shots to share with people in poorer countries. “...
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