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Saif Uddin 2020-03-23 12:04:07
Sabrang Tourism Park, the country's first tourism-based special economic zone (SEZ), is expected to start welcoming visitors within this year, as construction of its key facilities is going on in full...
FE REPORT 2020-03-23 11:03:23
The central bank will inject fresh fund through purchasing government securities directly from the banks to avert any unwanted liquidity satiation stemming from the cocronavirus pandemic. As per the...
FE Report 2020-03-23 10:02:23
Prices of two essential commodities declined on Sunday but most other necessary items, including rice, remained static maintaining their previous high. Increased vegilence by concerned government age...
-- 2020-03-22 17:49:59
The government on Sunday banned entry of foreign nationals through the country’s land ports to prevent transmission of coronavirus, reports UNB. The restriction will remain in force until furth...
-- 2020-03-22 12:39:51
Cargo handling at the Petrapole port on the India-Bangladesh border came to a halt on Sunday after India launched a 14-hour curfew to limit the fast-spreading coronavirus epidemic in the country, wher...
-- 2020-03-22 11:46:47
Amazon.com Inc said on Saturday it is raising overtime pay for associates working in its US warehouses as the world’s largest online retailer tries to meet the rapidly growing demand for online...
FE Report 2020-03-22 10:55:12
The customs authority is set to waive all the taxes on import of safety kits and its raw materials to expedite import of those materials amid the coronavirus outbreak across the globe. The items incl...
FE REPORT 2020-03-22 10:50:06
The prices of key essentials in the city's kitchen markets maintained their high level following panic buying over the coronavirus pandemic. During visit to different kitchen markets it was found tha...
-- 2020-03-21 13:10:43
Starbucks Corp said on Friday it will close most of its company operated cafes across north America for two weeks, limiting its services to drive-throughs, to help stem the spread of the highly contag...
FE Online Desk 2020-03-21 13:04:10
The 327th Board Meeting of Standard Bank Ltd was held on 19 March at SBL Board Room, Head Office, Dhaka. Chairman of the Board of Directors Mr.Kazi Akram Uddin Ahmed presided over the meeting. It was...
FE REPORT 2020-03-21 12:25:26
A four-year programme has been launched to increase the capacity of investors and entrepreneurs to deal with social business and environmental issues. The initiative was titled 'Biniyog Briddhi (B-Br...
Ismail Hossain 2020-03-21 11:49:39
Businesses other than drugs and essentials are bearing the brunt of panic over the pandemic. Tourism, transport, eateries, consumer goods are the hardest-hit by Covid-19 caused by novel coronavirus,...
Rezaul Karim 2020-03-21 10:22:46
The government has finally decided to repeal the Agricultural Labour (Minimum Wages) Ordinance-1984, considering that such an order is no longer necessary in the country, officials said. The decisi...
YASIR WARDAD 2020-03-21 10:09:50
Rice prices Friday soared to two-year high. Coarse variety of rice was selling at Tk 50 a kilogram in Dhaka city markets. The prices of 10 key essentials marked a fresh hike on the same day amid the...
-- 2020-03-20 21:38:29
The global economy is already in a recession as the hit to economic activity from the coronavirus pandemic has become more widespread, according to economists polled by Reuters amid a raft of central...
FE Report 2020-03-20 12:16:55
Prices of key essentials items, including rice, pulses, sugar, egg and potato soared notably last week which the market observers and traders attributed to a panic-buying by the city-dwellers, trigger...
MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN 2020-03-20 12:08:21
The government has proposed replacing two of its projects in the list of China-funded projects. In a recent letter to the Economic Relations Division, or ERD, the Power Division said it intends to in...
FE REPORT 2020-03-20 11:22:12
Shipping lines, which operate containers to and from Bangladesh, have expressed grave concern over stoppage of handling export cargoes by inland container depots (ICDs) in Chattogram. The depots or o...
FE REPORT 2020-03-20 10:40:41
Sales in the capital's shopping malls have fallen drastically over the last few days as panic over the pandemic gripped city residents. A visit to the city super markets revealed that shoppers' turno...
-- 2020-03-19 14:41:25
Qantas Airways Ltd said on Thursday it will halt all international flights from late March until at least the end of May and is putting two-thirds of its workforce on leave after Australia told citize...
REZAUL KARIM 2020-03-19 10:55:49
In the wake of decline in global supply of fabrics due to coronavirus pandemic, a local trade body has urged the government to urgently enhance the country's textile manufacturing strength for maintai...
ADNAN HOSSAIN BHUIYAN 2020-03-19 10:49:19
HR Lines Limited, a subsidiary of Karnaphuli Group, is set to launch the country's first flagged feeder vessels on Bangladesh-Singapore-Malaysia route in the first week of April. They will save time...
FE REPORT 2020-03-19 10:35:27
The government on Wednesday made the submission of updated tax certificates mandatory for contractors, who want to participate in public sector tenders. "From now on, we will verify whether their tax...
SYFUL ISLAM 2020-03-19 10:31:04
With the financial health of publicly-owned banks deteriorating, the government has moved to evaluate the performance of chief executive officers, or CEOs, officials say. In a recent meeting, the fin...
FE REPORT 2020-03-19 09:57:04
Prices of some commodities in Dhaka city increased on Wednesday in what traders attributed to panic buying amid fears of the COVID-19 viral pandemic. Amid a virtual lockdown, thousands of families so...
-- 2020-03-18 21:42:30
Qatar Airways unexpectedly laid off about 200 Filipino staff in Qatar this week as the coronavirus outbreak forces the Middle East airline to slash flights, Philippine Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello...
-- 2020-03-18 21:41:23
Oil prices fell for a third session on Wednesday with US crude futures tumbling to a 17-year low as travel and social lockdowns sparked by the coronavirus epidemic knocked the outlook for demand, repo...
FE ONLINE DESK 2020-03-18 15:45:31
Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) has observed the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the bank’s head office at Gulshan area in Dhaka. EBL Chairman Md. Show...
FE REPORT 2020-03-18 11:26:59
Some 400 textile and readymade garment factories have closed operations during the last three years, leaving more than 0.11 million workers jobless in different industrial zones. In contrast, a total...
M Azizur Rahman 2020-03-18 10:42:40
The laying of the India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline at Bangladesh end at northern Nilphamari district will kick off this month. Necessary pipes and equipment have started to arrive in the region t...
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