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Software sector eyes $5.0b export income by 2025

FE REPORT 2023-02-20 08:54:03

The country's software operators are hopeful of achieving the US $5.0 billion worth of software export target by the year 2025. According to them, the country's current export earning from the sector...

Ensure conducive climate for FDI

FE REPORT 2023-02-20 08:51:26

The United Kingdom (UK) on Sunday urged Bangladesh to ensure a level-playing field for foreign companies eager to invest and operate businesses in Bangladesh. At the second BD-UK Trade and Investment...

NBR plans to phase out tax exemptions

FE REPORT 2023-02-20 08:39:37

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) would assess the strength of local assembling industries to see whether the sector has been able to achieve the capacity of complete manufacturing process over th...

Pipeline supply of Indian diesel starts Mar 17

M AZIZUR RAHMAN 2023-02-20 08:06:02

Import of diesel from India through the maiden intra-country oil pipeline is all set to start on March 17, a national holiday in Bangladesh on its independence leader's birthday. Indian Prime Ministe...

‘Revenue from flower sales likely to cross Tk 3.0 billion this month’

-- 2023-02-19 21:54:16

Bangladesh Flower Society hopes the revenue from sales of different types of flowers may cross Tk 3.0 billion in February thanks to three important occasions that fall within a week in this month. Gr...

‘BIDA to make its one-stop service 100pc operational within four months’

-- 2023-02-19 20:48:52

Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) is working to make its one-stop service (OSS) 100 per cent operational within three to four months to provide prompt services to the investors. BIDA...

NCC Bank's holds Annual Business Conference

FE Online Desk 2023-02-19 18:58:13

The two-day long Executives & Branch Managers 'Annual Business Conference' of NCC Bank Ltd was held at Grand Sultan Tea Resort & Gulf in Sreemangal to increase Bank’s business by renderi...

Rampal at risk, rentals also face fuel uncertainty

FE REPORT 2023-02-19 18:55:18

Rampal power plant runs the risk of shutdown again for hurdles in opening letter of credit (LC) amid dollar dearth, amid growing concern about high-demand power supply in the forthcoming summer. The...

SIBL holds meeting with hajj agencies of Chattogram region

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-19 18:42:33

Social Islami Bank Limited arranged a meeting with the hajj agencies of Chattogram region at Peninsula in Chattogram on Saturday. Zafar Alam, the managing director and CEO of the bank, was present as...

Bengal Commercial Bank opens Satmasjid Road Branch at Dhanmondi

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-19 18:34:10

Bengal Commercial Bank (BGCB) has opened its 18th Branch at Satmasjid Road in the Dhanmondi area in Dhaka. Md. Jashim Uddin, chairman of the bank and president of FBCCI, inaugurated the branch on Sun...

BGMEA asks french agency to bankroll SMEs in merging green practices

FE ONLINE REPORT 2023-02-19 17:39:49

Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) requested Proparco, the financial wing of the French Development Agency, to finance SMEs in integrating environmentally sustainable p...

MTB Club organises badminton tournament

-- 2023-02-19 17:24:20

MTB Club, as a part of its year-long sports activities for the bank’s employees, has recently arranged its two-day long MTB Club Badminton Tournament 2023 with a view to maintaining work-life ba...

Commerce ministry launches e-commerce complaint management system

-- 2023-02-19 16:12:42

The Ministry of Commerce has launched a centralised system to handle the complaints of customers who purchase products online. According to bdnews24.com, if a customer feels unsatisfied with an onlin...

Exim Bank inaugurates its 148th branch at Jamal Khan Road, Chattogram

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-19 12:35:29

Export Import Bank of Bangladesh Limited has recently inaugurated its 148th branch at Jamal Khan Road in Chattogram. Managing Director and CEO of the Bank Mohammad Feroz Hossain inaugurated the branc...

Jakarta seeks PTA with Dhaka by April

FE REPORT 2023-02-19 09:23:50

Jakarta wants to conclude the signing of the proposed Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) with Dhaka within next April, according to sources. The Indonesian Embassy in Dhaka has informed the foreign...

Prices up in port city far ahead of Ramadan

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2023-02-19 09:21:21

CHATTOGRAM: Unscrupulous traders are in a desperate move to increase the prices of essential commodities in the port city markets with the holy month of Ramadan still far away. The traders have alrea...

Unplanned river dredging poses a threat to Padma Bridge

MUNIMA SULTANA 2023-02-19 08:58:11

Unplanned river-dredging in the upstream of Padma Bridge is allegedly going on unabated, changing direction of the water flows that, officials fear, might cause a threat to the dream bridge. Sources...

Edible oil sees further hike in prices

FE REPORT 2023-02-19 08:53:58

Edible oil has seen a further hike in prices in the last two days as prices of palm and loose soybean oil have again increased by Tk 4.0-7.0 per litre. Market experts termed it abnormal as global p...

BGMEA seeks stronger diplomatic ties with France to expand RMG market

-- 2023-02-18 21:09:31

BGMEA President Faruque Hassan has met with Bangladesh Ambassador to France Khondker M Talha at the embassy in Paris to discuss ways to strengthen trade ties with France. They had discussions about i...

Bangladesh Business Summit 2023 to be held in March

-- 2023-02-18 17:36:30

Bangladesh Business Summit, 2023 will be held in Dhaka in March, with the aim to attract global investment in the country. The Business Summit-2023 will be held at Bangabandhu International Conferenc...

Agrani Bank’s annual sports competition held

-- 2023-02-18 17:24:59

State-owned Agrani Bank Limited's Annual Sports Competition-2023 was held at the Government Physical Education College ground in Mohammadpur on Saturday. Dr Zaid Bakht, chairman of the bank's board o...

Midland Bank holds Annual Managers' Conference 2023

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-18 15:27:54

Midland Bank Limited has organised Annual Managers' Conference 2023 of retail distribution division at the board room of the bank’s head office in Dhaka recently. Mr Ahsan-uz Zaman, managing di...

Illegal structures still stand on Karnaphuli banks

NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL 2023-02-18 09:23:29

CHATTOGRAM: The Karnaphuli, the lifeline for the national economy as the prime seaport of Chattogram is situated on the river, is getting narrower day by day due to land-grab and siltation. The river...

Government set to launch e-com monitoring system tomorrow

FE REPORT 2023-02-18 09:15:01

The government is set to launch a central complaint management system (CCMS) tomorrow (February 19) for bringing discipline in the crisis-ridden e-commerce sector. The authorities concerned have alre...

Australia to recruit skilled manpower from BD

Arafat Ara 2023-02-18 09:13:25

Australia will hire skilled workers and professionals from Bangladesh in different trades, paving the way for creating opportunities for Bangladeshi jobseekers in that country. So far Bangladesh has...

Govt faces difficulty in sugar procurement

REZAUL KARIM 2023-02-18 08:39:38

Hectic government search for procuring sugar locally yields not much due to lower bidding than jacked-up market prices, sources said, stocking worry about Ramadan binge. The sweetener will be ratione...

Foreign container ships face delays in waiver certification

FE REPORT 2023-02-18 08:36:56

Foreign container feeder vessels plying to and from Bangladesh seaports are allegedly facing inordinate delays in getting'waiver certificate' which is mandatory for them before loading cargo, apparent...

Boeing merging its financing arm with commercial airplanes unit

-- 2023-02-17 19:19:17

Boeing said on Thursday it is merging its decades-old aircraft-financing arm with its commercial airplanes unit as part of a push to simplify its corporate structure. After the retirement of Boeing C...

Work on Matarbari deep-sea port to be completed by 2027

Nazimuddin Shyamol, back from Matarbari 2023-02-17 09:18:38

The authorities have set the target to complete the project work of the long-awaited deep sea port in Matarbari of Cox's Bazar by the year 2027. To this end, ground work of the dream project is now g...

7-day SME fair starts in Sylhet

FE REPORT 2023-02-17 09:17:34

A seven-day Divisional SME Product Fair kicked off in Sylhet city on Thursday for showcasing and promoting products - produced by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) - in the local market. Foreign Mi...