Mohammad Mufazzal | 2020-07-31 00:00:00
The securities regulator has cancelled the IPO (initial public offering) proposal of JMI Hospital Requisite Manufacturing Ltd after finding a number of non-compliances including overstating the profit.Under the book building method, JMI Hospital is the first company whose IPO proposal...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2020-07-31 00:00:00
Wearing masks remains at the top of the must-do safeguards, suggested by the World Health Organisation (WHO), against the most-dreaded novel coronavirus. Some governments have been rather defiant as far as compliance with the WHO suggestions is concerned. Instead, they...
Nilratan Halder | 2020-07-31 00:00:00
Belying the apprehension of virologists, epidemiologists and public health experts, the slums in the capital seem to have defied coronavirus quite well. Other major cities also have not reported any alarming sign of the disease's impact on their slums. Since...
Siddique Islam | 2020-07-30 00:00:00
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) has planned to launch real time online investment banking riding on the latest financial technology (FinTech) by the end of this calendar year, the bank's top executive has said. "We're planning to sanction and disburse...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2020-07-30 00:00:00
Outgoing airline passengers will have to pay 15 per cent VAT on the newly imposed airport development and passenger security fees, effective from August 01.The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) recently imposed the additional fee on all airline passengers...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2020-07-30 00:00:00
The central bank unveiled on Wednesday an expansionary monetary policy for the current fiscal year aiming to speed up recovery of the pandemic-hit economy.As part of the expansionary policy stance, the Bangladesh Bank slashed overnight repurchase agreement (repo) rate by...
Mohammad Saiful Islam | 2020-07-30 00:00:00
As Covid-19 pandemic is forcing changes into every aspect of human life, people need to bring changes in the way of their thinking. Mohammad Saiful Islam interviewed Sarah Kamal, the national president of Junior Chamber International (JCI) Bangladesh, to know...
Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2020-07-30 00:00:00
Higher levels of corruption are often associated with large underground or black economies. A 2018 study by IMF estimated the size of the underground economy in Bangladesh to be around 30 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP), the average...
Sulav Barua Chowdhury | 2020-07-30 00:00:00
Almost four to five months on, yet the flurry of devastation from Covid -19 isn't over. Already lots of people across the globe have lost their jobs or are on the verge of losing. The economy is reeling from the...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2020-07-29 00:00:00
The National Bard of Revenue (NBR) has joined its hand with the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BTRA) to scrutinize information of vehicle owners to check tax evasion.The step has also been taken to thwart the use of fake TIN for...
Mir Md TasnimAlam | 2020-07-29 00:00:00
We have a common perception towards Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) that they suppress and exploit our poor people. So, it is not very unusual to thinkthat NGOs are charging very high interest and taking loan instalments forcefully and causing more trouble...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2020-07-28 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is set to launch an automated challan system for income taxpayers from mid-August in a bid to check submission of fake challan.The NBR and Finance Division will jointly implement the system to thwart tax...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2020-07-28 00:00:00
The central bank unveils its monetary policy for this fiscal year tomorrow (Wednesday) aiming to help revamp the economic activities through the implementation of stimulus packages.Bangladesh Bank will announce the monetary policy statement (MPS) for the fiscal year 2020-21 on...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2020-07-28 00:00:00
The government is streamlining five laws as part of its efforts to attract foreign direct investment or FDI, which may shift in the post-pandemic era, officials have said.The laws are the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1947, the Bank Company Act,...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2020-07-28 00:00:00
The design of over 70,000-kilometre road at upazila and union levels is set to be revised amid remarkable growth of both traffic volume and rural economy.Sources said local government engineering department (LGED) has already finalised design standards based on traffic...
Nazimuddin Shyamol | 2020-07-28 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, July 27: For the first time in the history of tea auction in the port city of Chattogram, white tea was sold in the auction on Monday.White tea was sold in the regular auction of the season.Only 10 kilogram...
Nazimuddin Shyamol | 2020-07-28 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, July 27: Cattle traders who are coming to the port city to sell sacrificial animals ahead of Eid-ul-Azha are at the mercy of extortionists and lessees of the makeshift cattle markets. Talking to The FE, some traders alleged that...
Kristalina Georgieva, Stefania Fabrizio, Cheng Hoon Lim and Marina M Tavares | 2020-07-28 00:00:00
The Covid-19 pandemic threatens to roll back gains in women's economic opportunities, widening gender gaps that persist despite 30 years of progress.Well-designed policies to foster recovery can mitigate the negative effects of the crisis on women and prevent further setbacks...
DOULOTAKTER MALA and SYFUL ISLAM | 2020-07-27 00:00:00
Bangladesh is set to work out a comprehensive procedure to conduct transshipment of goods with India, Nepal and Bhutan on three routes -- sea, land and air.Following the recent kick-off of the Indo-Bangla transshipment of goods via sea route, the...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2020-07-27 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, July 26: Markets of sacrificial animals in the port city have started picking up momentum this week, with Eid-ul-Azha drawing nearer. Sources said there is no dearth of sacrificial animals in Chattogram this year. Cattle farms and many individuals...
Neil Ray | 2020-07-27 00:00:00
By all means it is an ambitious project but the country's prime minister took personal interest to make it happen. On Friday, she inaugurated the Khurushkul Ashrayan Prokalpa in Cox's Bazaar through a video conference. Six hundred families rendered climate...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2020-07-27 00:00:00
The country's poverty situation is becoming truly grim and it might even turn worse due to the ongoing onslaught of floods.The COVID-19 pandemic by its devastating impact on economic activities has unsettled the process of poverty eradication that has been...
Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2020-07-27 00:00:00
It was a plaintive question, part of a dialogue in a television play. And yet it was reflective of the pain that has marred the lives of millions of people in our part of the world. The middle-aged boatman, unable...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2020-07-26 00:00:00
Bangladesh Railway (BR) is set to receive 10 broad-gauge locomotives from India as a grant, which will help facilitate passenger and cargo movement through rail in the country.A ceremony marking the handover of the locomotive will be held at Darsana-Gede...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2020-07-26 00:00:00
The securities regulator is likely to approve the IPO (initial public offering) proposal of the country's second largest mobile operator Robi Axiata streamlining its demands in line with the existing rules. Robi has urged the securities regulator and the government...
Kazi Aminul Islam, Abul Kalam Azad, Mohammad Shahidul Haque, Shibli Rubayat Ul Islam and Hussain Samad | 2020-07-26 00:00:00
Mankind has witnessed many wars, crises and even pandemics but it has never ever faced anything of the kind and scale of the covid-19 pandemic. It has infected about 15 million people and killed more than 600,000 in the world...
REZAUL KARIM | 2020-07-25 00:00:00
The food ministry is facing a dilemma over whether to resume special open market sale (OMS) of rice at Tk 10 per kg or continue with existing normal OMS service, officials said.To this effect, it has recently sought opinion from...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2020-07-25 00:00:00
The work of six Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects involving over US$ 3.0 billion investment has virtually come to a halt due to Covid-19 pandemic.Besides, the uncertainty looms large over another proposed PPP investment of $ 25 billion, according to persons...
TALHA BIN HABIB | 2020-07-25 00:00:00
Online payment of land related taxes is expected to begin from next month as part of the government's move to digitalise the country's land management system, according to land ministry officials. Earlier, the land ministry has taken initiative to help...
BABUL BARMAN | 2020-07-25 00:00:00
Stocks posted a modest gain in the outgoing week, extending the winning streak for five consecutive weeks, as optimistic investors continued buying shares on the expectation of improving economic activities.Market operators said gradual reopening of the economy and the stock...
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