Ayubur Rahman Bhuyan in the first of a three-part article titled \'FY15 budget must be ambitious to achieve strong economic growth\' | 2014-06-01 00:00:00
Press reports that the size of the budget for the upcoming fiscal year (FY 2014-15), as hinted by the Finance Minister, might be around Tk 2490 billion (249,000 crore) have drawn sharp reaction from a section of economists. These economists,...
Shaiful Hossain | 2014-06-01 00:00:00
Who will be unhappy if he or she has plenty of money all around him or her? There is no reason to be unhappy at all as he or she can sleep with it but unhappiness arises if he or...
Arafat Ara | 2014-06-01 00:00:00
Most of Bangladeshi workers going abroad with jobs have been found to be hailing from a few districts. Experts and sector insiders attribute such a disparity to the lack of a proper policy to facilitate manpower export, especially from the...
President of the International Chamber of Commerce, Bangladesh (ICCB) Mahbubur Rahman Saturday said Bangladesh's trade economy would soon stand at US$100 billion, reports UNB. "Bangladesh economy is growing up despite the unstable situation in 2013. It's expected that Bangladesh trade...
FE Report | 2014-06-01 00:00:00
Revenue earnings by the office of the Chief Controller of Imports & Exports (CCI&E) increased by nearly 12 per cent in the first ten months of the current fiscal year (FY) over that of the corresponding period of the last...
NEW DELHI, May 31 (AFP): India reported Friday a second straight year of sub-five per cent growth, underscoring challenges facing new right-wing Prime Minister Narendra Modi to revive Asia's third-largest economy. The economy grew by 4.7 per cent in the...
TOKYO, May 31 (AFP): Japan's nascent economic recovery stumbled in April with data Friday showing last month's sales tax rise punctured household spending, as the IMF called on Tokyo to press on with reforms aimed at ending decades of stagnation....
China house prices post first fall in 23 months BEIJING, May 31: Home prices in major Chinese cities posted their first monthly decline in nearly two years in May, an independent survey showed Saturday, providing new evidence the once red-hot...
Badrul Ahsan | 2014-06-01 00:00:00
The government has taken a set of proactive measures to make a breakthrough in regional export markets to reduce the country's reliance on some selected markets and utilising the optimum potentials of local industries, officials at the Export Promotion Bureau...
Our Correspondent | 2014-06-01 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, May 31: An allocation in the upcoming budget for construction of a rail-cum-road bridge on the river Karnaphuli will be sought. Mr Moinuddn Ahmed Khan Badal, MP, dropped the hint while exchanging views with the leaders of the Boalkhali-Kalurghat...
FRANKFURT (Reuters): European policymakers should not give up on efforts to make their economies more efficient and stick to budget rules, despite a strong protest vote in European Parliament elections, the ECB's Yves Mersch said on Saturday. With far-right, anti-EU...
NEW DELHI, May 31 (Xinhua): The new Indian government is seeking a constant loan flow of over 5.0 billion rupees (US$80 million) to revive investment and accelerate economic growth, said local media Saturday. The Times of India quoted finance ministry...
TIRANA, May 31 (Xinhua): Albania signed on Friday an agreement with the World Bank on a US$220 million loan, according to ATSH news agency. The agreement was inked here by Albanian Minister of Finance Shkelqim Cani and the country manager...
ROME, May 31 (Xinhua): Italy's recovery from its longest post-war recession is fragile and economic growth can only be pursued in tandem with budgetary balance, governor of the country's central bank Ignazio Visco said here on Friday. Recession in Italy...
TOKYO, May 31 (Reuters): Hackers stole nearly $2.0 million from the online bank accounts of Japanese businesses in April, a surge in theft that has prompted some banks to curtail online services and rethink compensation policies, executives and regulators say....
The government should take adequate regulatory steps to protect local manufacturers from dumping as Bangladesh will have to waive duties including Supplementary Duty (SD) on imported goods as per the guidelines of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), a leading economist...
CHITTAGONG; May 31 (BSS): A three-day long Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB) Fair Chittagong-2014 will be held on June 18-21. The fair of the country's housing and real estate sector in the port city is the second...
A four-day Digital World exposition will start on June 4 in the city aiming to bridge the gap between local and foreign entrepreneurs, reports BSS. Nearly 400 entrepreneurs from home and abroad are expected to participate in the mega event....
BERLIN, May 31 (AFP) : Kiev has sent a first gas payment to Moscow, paving the way for further talks next week to avert a Russian gas shutdown to Ukraine, negotiators said Friday. "We don't have a final deal yet...
Canada's economy puts brakes on at start of 2014 OTTAWA, May 31: Canada's economy slowed at the start of this year, as higher household spending was offset by lower government and business outlays, the government statistical agency said Friday.Growth was...
FE Report | 2014-06-01 00:00:00
Local jewellers have decided to decrease the price of gold in the domestic market to keep pace with the international market. "The price of different carat gold will decrease by Tk 1,167 to Tk 1,050 on a bhori (11.664 gram)....
LONDON, May 31 (Reuters): Copper prices dipped on Friday, but headed for their biggest monthly gain since December, underpinned by recovering demand from top consumer China, while nickel rebounded after four days of losses on persistent concerns about a supply...
CHITTAGONG, May 31 (BSS): Participants at a roundtable here demanded to increase 50 per cent taxes on all kinds of tobacco goods in the upcoming national budget for 2014-2015 fiscal year to discourage tobacco consumption in the country. Terming tobacco...
LONDON, May 31 (AFP): Commodity markets mainly fell this week as traders weighed poorly-received Chinese and US economic data against the crisis in Ukraine and unrest in oil-producing Libya. In the United States, the Commerce Department on Friday reported that...
CHICAGO, May 31 (Xinhua): Chicago agricultural commodities edged down across the board Friday. The most active corn contract for July delivery fell 3.75 cents, or 0.80 per cent, to close at 4.6575 US dollars per bushel. The most active soybean...
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