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Dollar inches higher, euro pauses

Dollar inches higher, euro pauses

-- 2018-01-08 01:54:14

The dollar edged up against a basket of major peers on Monday as data showing slower US jobs growth did little to dent expectations for further Federal Reserve interest rate increases this year. The...

Global gold prices hold steady

Global gold prices hold steady

-- 2018-01-08 01:37:38

Gold prices held steady on early Monday amid expectations of more US interest rate hikes this year. Spot gold was mostly unchanged at $1,322.73 an ounce at 0059 GMT. Last week, prices touched their h...

Thrust on mapping the role of new financing sources for green energy projects

Thrust on mapping the role of new financing sources for green energy projects

FE Online Desk 2018-01-08 01:33:06

An international conference will be held on January 14 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to highlight new and practical methods for financing green energy projects and explore solutions for maintaining energy...

Watchdog's strength too limited to deal with consumers' complaints

Watchdog's strength too limited to deal with consumers' complaints

Ismail Hossain 2018-01-07 12:00:00

The capacity of the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) is too limited to protect the consumers from products and services-related irregularities and anomalies. It received 6,1...

FranGlobal to arrange expo in BD on February 24

FranGlobal to arrange expo in BD on February 24

FE Online Desk 2018-01-07 12:00:00

Singapore-based FranGlobal, is set to expand its APAC (Asia Pacific) footprint by entering Bangladesh with 50 global brands, said a statement. FranGlobal plays a vital role in favourably and pro...

BD third on Kashmir’s foreign tourists chart

BD third on Kashmir’s foreign tourists chart

-- 2018-01-07 12:00:00

Statistics show that Bangladesh has been the third largest tourist sending country to India-controlled Jammu and Kashmir, popularly known as "Paradise on Earth." The data, revealed on Sunday based on...

Bangladesh IT firm to give UAE artificial intelligence solutions

Bangladesh IT firm to give UAE artificial intelligence solutions

FE Online Desk 2018-01-07 12:00:00

A leading Bangladeshi IT company will create artificial intelligence (AI), data analytics and blockchain-based digital investment platform for a Dubai-based company. To this end, Bangladesh’s e...

Auto-loans power sales of reconditioned cars

Auto-loans power sales of reconditioned cars

Saif Uddin 2018-01-07 10:36:27

Sales of reconditioned vehicles have boomed in the country in recent times on the back of increased auto-loan facilities from financial institutions, business insiders have said. Some 9,461 cars have...

France seeks Bangladesh's support to host World Expo

France seeks Bangladesh's support to host World Expo

-- 2018-01-07 06:15:28

France has sought Bangladesh's support to host the World Expo 2025 in Paris. Special envoy of the French government Pascal Lamy, also former Director General of the World Trade Organisation, has so...

FSIBL holds Annual Business Conference

FSIBL holds Annual Business Conference

FE Online Desk 2018-01-07 03:17:59

First Security Islami Bank Limited (FSIBL) has organised a two-day long Annual Business Conference (ABC) in the city ended on Saturday.  Syed Waseque Md Ali, Managing Director of FSIBL, presided...

Prime Bank arranges awareness programme for Ctg region officials

Prime Bank arranges awareness programme for Ctg region officials

FE Online Desk 2018-01-07 01:47:16

Prime Bank organised an awareness programme on “Integrity & Ethics” for the officials of Chittagong Region at Silver Spoon Hotel, Chittagong recently. Deputy Managing Director & C...

Country’s trade policy needs action plan on NTMs

Country’s trade policy needs action plan on NTMs

FE Online Report 2018-01-06 12:00:00

The country should have an action plan under its trade policy to deal with the Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs) as well as Non-Tariff Barriers (NTBs), which are increasingly getting prominence in global tra...

BMBA gets new chairman

BMBA gets new chairman

-- 2018-01-06 12:00:00

Mohammad Nasir Uddin Chowdhury, Director of LankaBangla Investments Limited, has been elected as the chairman of Bangladesh Merchant Bankers Association (BMBA), recently. Newly elected members of the...

No initiative to import CNG-run auto-rickshaws

No initiative to import CNG-run auto-rickshaws

Kamrun Nahar 2018-01-06 09:59:57

The government is yet to take any initiative to import CNG-run auto-rickshaw for replacing three-wheelers whose lifespan has already expired, a rights group has said. Even the government has extended...

Demand for cheap smartphones lifts cellphone imports in 2017

Demand for cheap smartphones lifts cellphone imports in 2017

Mehdi Musharraf Bhuiyan 2018-01-06 09:44:15

Cellphone imports climbed by 17.6 per cent last year, as the country's 'price sensitive' market continues to be driven by demands for feature phones and low-priced smartphones. Around 35 million mobi...

US trade deficit rises to near six-year high

US trade deficit rises to near six-year high

-- 2018-01-06 09:37:42

NEW YORK, Jan 6 (Reuters): The US trade deficit increased more than expected in November as imports of goods surged to a record high amid strong domestic demand, making it likely that trade will subtr...

Former WTO DG Pascal Lamy in city

Former WTO DG Pascal Lamy in city

-- 2018-01-06 05:41:52

Former Director General of World Trade Organisation (WTO) Pascal Lamy arrived Dhaka on Saturday on a two-day visit. Lamy, special envoy of the French government, is representing France to seek Bang...

Beacon Pharmaceuticals holds 16th AGC

Beacon Pharmaceuticals holds 16th AGC

-- 2018-01-06 03:42:40

Beacon Pharmaceuticals Limited has organised its 16th Annual General Conference (AGC) at its factory premises in Mymensingh, recently. Nurun Nahar Karim, chairman of the organisation, was presided o...

High fish, veg prices unsettle consumers

High fish, veg prices unsettle consumers

FE Report 2018-01-05 12:00:00

Prices of fish and some vegetables increased last week raising the woes of consumers already buffeted by the jump in prices of essentials. Fish prices, especially those of indigenous, witnessed a hik...

Ex-Uber boss to sell one third stake

Ex-Uber boss to sell one third stake

-- 2018-01-05 12:00:00

Uber Technologies Inc co-founder Travis Kalanick, who was ousted as chief executive in June, will sell nearly a third of his shares in the ride-services company for about $1.4 billion, a person famili...

BSTI finalises standard for paint industry

BSTI finalises standard for paint industry

Ismail Hossain 2018-01-05 10:12:27

Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) has finalised a standard for the paint manufacturing industry, setting the limit of harmful lead content for household paint at maximum 90ppm (parts...

BlackBerry KEYone enters Bangladesh market

BlackBerry KEYone enters Bangladesh market

FE Online Desk 2018-01-05 08:52:20

BlackBerry KEYone Limited Edition Black is now available in the Bangladesh market through an Indian telecom enterprise. BlackBerry Limited, a Canadian multinational company, signed a deal with Optiem...

DITF stalls get fine for violating consumer rights

DITF stalls get fine for violating consumer rights

-- 2018-01-05 07:36:53

Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) slapped fines of Tk 150,000 to some 10 to 15 stalls of Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) for violating consumer rights. UNB says the DNC...

Gold holds near 3-1/2 month highs

Gold holds near 3-1/2 month highs

-- 2018-01-05 01:24:37

Global gold prices on Friday held near 3-1/2 month highs hit the session before to remain on track for their fourth-straight weekly gain. Spot gold was down 0.1 per cent at $1,321.86 an ounce at 0336...

Euro hovers near three-year high

Euro hovers near three-year high

-- 2018-01-05 01:16:46

The euro hovered near a three-year high against the sagging dollar on Friday, while improving investor risk appetite weighed on the yen. The euro was 0.05 per cent higher at $1.2074 after rising 0.45...

Oil prices hold 2015 highs

Oil prices hold 2015 highs

-- 2018-01-05 01:08:05

Global oil prices held firm on Friday, with Brent crude up by more than 10 per cent from its December lows on the back of political tensions in OPEC-member Iran and a tightening US market. US West Te...

Ctg industries to get LNG connections

Ctg industries to get LNG connections

Pankaj Dastider 2018-01-04 12:00:00

Chittagong industries are set finally to get gas connections in the second half of this calendar year after remaining suspended for over nine years. In the first phase, 101 industrial units and five...

Pvt millers call for tax on raw jute exports

Pvt millers call for tax on raw jute exports

Arafat Ara 2018-01-04 12:00:00

Private jute millers have requested the government to impose duty on exports of raw jute so that India is forced to review its anti-dumping duty on import of jute goods from Bangladesh. In a letter t...

Walton extends time for digital registration

Walton extends time for digital registration

FE Online Desk 2018-01-04 12:00:00

Walton has extended the time frame of its ‘Digital Registration Campaign’ for two months considering huge responses of the customers. The local electronics giant started the three-month l...

Minister warns government of far-reaching fallout from soaring onion prices

Minister warns government of far-reaching fallout from soaring onion prices

-- 2018-01-04 12:00:00

A senior minister has warned the government of far-reaching fallout from soaring onion prices. Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal at a discussion at Dhaka’s NEC seminar hall said Thursday, &ld...