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ADNAN HOSSAIN BHUIYAN 2020-07-25 09:46:18
Farida Begum served as a domestic help in three households in the city's Rampura area before the coronavirus pandemic arrived in Bangladesh. But two of her employers told her not to come until the vi...
-- 2020-07-24 20:27:15
Exporting of mangoes from Rajshahi to European markets has been continuing since July 13 last making many people happy in the region. “This time, the third consignment of ‘Fazly’ an...
FE Online Report 2020-07-24 17:20:38
India has excluded Bangladesh from its latest trade restrictions imposed on the businessmen of its neighbouring countries. The restrictions, mainly aimed at Chinese businessmen, was imposed through a...
-- 2020-07-24 11:06:35
Jewellers in Bangladesh have raised gold prices to a record high amid the coronavirus pandemic. They will sell the yellow metal of the best quality, 22 carat, at Tk 72,783 per Bhori (11.664 grams) fr...
REUTERS 2020-07-24 10:45:04
Financial markets greeted Friday with a number of milestones as the euro celebrated a 21-month peak against an embattled dollar, while Asian equities paused short of a six-month top and gold neared it...
FE REPORT 2020-07-24 10:27:01
Nepal has allowed its energy authorities to trade electricity with Indian and Bangladesh, according to the Himalayan Times. The government recently gave the go-ahead to the Nepal Electricity Author...
REUTERS 2020-07-24 10:10:29
India on Thursday said bidders from bordering countries eyeing government contracts would need prior registration and security clearances, a move seen as New Delhi’s latest effort to counter Chi...
FE Report 2020-07-24 09:47:19
The uncertainties over the Covid-19 pandemic have eroded the country's business confidence index (BCI) at a very low level in the fiscal year 2019-20, according to a study conducted by Light Castle...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM 2020-07-24 09:37:21
The central bank has approved a policy on Credit Guarantee Scheme (CGS) for the first time aiming to expedite financing in the country's cottage, micro and small (CMS) enterprises, officials said. Th...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-07-23 22:11:27
Roads and Highways Department (RHD) on Thursday signed its first contract since the outbreak of Covid-19 in Bangladesh worth Tk 6.50 billion, under a JICA-funded project to upgrade and replace 21 brid...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-07-23 20:02:58
Prices of most of spices increased last week as the sacrificial festival Eid-ul-Azha approaches, said market insiders. However, prices of Hilsa witnessed a slight decline as the two -month long ban o...
FE Online Report 2020-07-23 18:25:10
The central bank on Thursday has extended its policy supports for foreign trade transactions by six months for readymade garment and textile good exporters only. According to a notification issued by...
FE Online Report 2020-07-23 18:14:02
Over 200 Japanese private sector participants expressed their interest to drive investment in Bangladesh through a webinar on Wednesday. The online conference titled ‘Dialogue to Drive Japanes...
REUTERS 2020-07-23 16:03:29
The US dollar hit four-month lows against a basket of peer currencies on Thursday, resuming its slide as investors took a wait and see approach to tensions between the United States and China. The Un...
Reuters 2020-07-23 15:57:40
Amazon.com's Indian unit on Thursday said it will begin offering auto insurance, making India the e-commerce giant’s first market for the service. Amazon Pay, the India unit’s paymen...
-- 2020-07-23 14:39:56
The import of fruits, particularly vitamin-C enriched ones such as orange, kinnow and apple recommended by health experts to ward off the coronavirus, has increased amid the pandemic. Although the ha...
FE Online Desk 2020-07-23 12:05:35
Daraz Bangladesh (daraz.com.bd) has launched dExports in order to support small-and-medium enterprises (SME) that have suffered significant losses due to the economic fallout caused by the COVID-19 gl...
FE Online Desk 2020-07-23 11:47:26
Huawei offers a chance to win a number of attractive gifts on buying smartphone and or tab ahead of this Eid. The list of gifts includes the popular nova 7i, Watch GT 2e, Huawei 360 degree VR camera,...
REUTERS 2020-07-23 10:25:16
For more than two decades, Indian farmer Ravindra Kajal cultivated rice the way his forefathers had - every June he flooded his fields with water before hiring an army of farmhands to plant paddy seed...
FE REPORT 2020-07-23 09:47:33
The Cabinet Committee on Government Procurement on Wednesday approved importing 730,000 tonnes of fertilisers at a cost of Tk 1.357 billion. Of the total quantity, 550,000 tonnes are urea fertiliser...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN 2020-07-23 09:42:44
Bangladesh has started importing cleaner 0.005 per cent sulfur gasoil, or diesel, from this month instead of the previous 0.05 per cent sulfur gasoil to ensure better environment. The state-run Bangl...
-- 2020-07-22 20:48:12
Daraz Bangladesh (daraz.com.bd) has launched dExports in order to support small-and-medium enterprises (SME) that have suffered significant losses due to the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 p...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-07-22 18:33:22
Banks are reluctant to disburse loan from the stimulus package to the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), according to the experts and stakeholders. The mentioned that MSMEs sometimes face c...
FE Online Report 2020-07-22 16:44:36
The number of public sector tenders invited through the e-GP platform in the last nine years reached 0.4 million on Wednesday, government procurement watchdog CPTU said. To date, the ministries and a...
FE Online Desk 2020-07-22 15:25:37
Considering the suffering of the citizens and the health risks of the Covid-19 pandemic, this year the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) is not allowing any cattle market in the city ahead of Eid-ul...
FE Online Report 2020-07-22 15:00:40
The government has warned of taking legal action if any child labour is employed in risky jobs of leather transport, processing and preservation ahead of the Eid ul Azha. Labour and employment...
ARAFAT ARA 2020-07-22 10:30:02
About 86 per cent of women migrant workers who have returned to the country are facing uncertainty over their livelihood because of the Coronavirus pandemic, according to a study. Worried about their...
FE REPORT 2020-07-22 09:56:33
Bangladesh Bank is going to announce a Tk 20 billion credit guarantee insurance scheme for the small and medium enterprises (SMEs), said an adviser of the Prime Minister on Tuesday. The scheme will b...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN 2020-07-22 09:54:32
The Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has finally put off a plan of arranging private sector storage facilities on rental basis to store its oil. The state-run corporation planned to store as mu...
AP 2020-07-21 19:19:57
LinkedIn is laying off nearly 1,000 employees, approximately 6.0 per cent of its workforce globally, with unemployment in the US above 13 per cent and national economies from Europe and Asia, to the A...
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