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Gold jewellery sales in the UAE have picked up as prices have dropped after peaking in October, according to jewellers in Dubai. The precious metal jewellery sales took a hit as demand fell to a five-year low in the third quarter of 2025 due to high prices, according to the …

Production of local medicine raw materials, better known as active pharmaceutical ingredients (API), holds huge forex-earning potential but faces a host of headwinds from within, industry-insiders have said. They say the emerging sector has been facing lack of sufficient investment, including bank finance, at a time when it can spread …

The RMG Sustainability Council (RSC) will now handle all workplace-related complaints in the readymade garment …

Five major development projects funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have hit a …

Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan H Mansur has said that the overall economic condition of the …

Gold jewellery sales in the UAE have picked up as prices have dropped after peaking …

Prices of five essential commodities have recently declined in the country’s largest consumer goods wholesale …

The Asian Development Bank will organise a Business Opportunities Seminar (BOS) on November 12, 2025 …

The government is likely to transfer the management of the Savar Leather Industrial Estate from …

Experts and stakeholders in Bangladesh’s fintech sector have urged the government to establish a ‘Fintech …

The Bangladesh Bank drafted new bankruptcy laws to replace the 1997 Act, empowering lenders to …

Bangladesh Bank has published a draft regulation aimed at modernising the country’s fast-growing digital payment …

The government has amended three major tax laws as part of an overhaul that will …

China suspended an export ban to the United States that had targeted gallium, germanium and …

Some 26 fintech innovations and solutions were recognised with the Bangladesh Fintech Awards yesterday. The …

The RMG Sustainability Council (RSC), a permanent safety monitoring body in Bangladesh’s export-oriented garment industry, …

Your next insurance premium, or the speed at which your claim is paid, could soon …

The government is going to buy 50,000 tonnes of non-basmati rice from an Indian supplier …

The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has undertaken a significant initiative to encourage …

The prices of onion, which saw an unusual hike a few days back, maintained at …

During a lunch at the Belém Climate Summit, President Lula received leaders from over 30 …

Four companies have signed land lease agreements with the Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (Bepza) …

Bangladesh Bank-appointed administrators yesterday took charge of five shariah-based banks slated for merger as part …

The transition to green energy is messy, contradictory and too slow. It’s roughly a decade …

Bangladesh spent a record Tk 134,430 crore ($15.7 billion) on interest payments in fiscal year …

Shareholders of five shariah-based troubled lenders, which are being merged into a large Islamic bank, …

The country’s steel sector experienced a 65% jump in operational cost in the last one …

State Minister for Labour and Employment Md Nazrul Islam Chowdhury on Tuesday said a decision …

The government on Wednesday introduced a new scheme named “Prottoy” under the Universal Pension Scheme …

On the occasion of holy Eid-ul-Fitr, Bangladesh Bank (BB) will start releasing new notes in …

The excess liquidity in the country’s banking sector saw a decrease, falling by 5.38 per …

The government has decided to buy 8,000 tonnes of lentil at Tk 76.64 crore and …