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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 …

Demand for air conditioners, electric fans and rechargeable fans in the capital Dhaka has surged amid a sizzling hot summer in the country. According to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department, temperature in the capital rose to a 58-year record high to hit 40.6°C on Sunday. Dhaka was one of the 13 …

Bangladesh government has sought a revision to the power purchase agreement it signed with Adani …

The HSBC-AUW School of Apparel and Retail Management would not only prepare female leaders required …

The government’s decision to increase the power tariff twice last month has created undue pressure …

Bangladesh has built a solid partnership with European Union in the recent past and there …

The government should take proper, visible and fast actions to ensure good governance in the …

The government is considering introducing a unified tax collection system at certain rates on total …

The country is contemplating revoking the requisite for fumigating cotton imported from the United States …

The manufacturers of the garment accessories and packaging sector demanded the extension of the issuance …

The shipment of plastic products rose 41 per cent year-on-year to $100.17 million in the …

The year 2022 had been a good year for Bangladesh’s two local airlines thanks to …

Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) is providing 67 services to investors through its One Stop …

The Commerce Ministry on Thursday requested the Bangladesh Bank to keep a quota of the …

Bangladesh Bank again chose to relieve banks from the liabilities of default loan recovery by …

Global prices for food commodities like grain and vegetable oils were the highest on record …

Public hearing on retail power tariff hike proposals will begin at 10 am on Sunday …

The maiden tax amnesty offered by the government to bring back laundered money home has …

Branches of banks in Bangladesh have gone past the 11,000-mark for the first time despite …

Of all the money spent behind the 4,500 types of goods imported through the Chattogram …

The financial account of the balance of payments (BoP) turned negative in the first five …

Placement of funds from offshore banking operations (OBOs) with domestic banking units will continue to …

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry has called for building a skilled …

The government continues to borrow from Bangladesh Bank on a large scale as commercial banks …

The commerce ministry yesterday requested the Bangladesh Bank for keeping a certain quota of the …

The government is going to allow commercial cultivation of non-native vannamei species of shrimp, also …

Oil prices were little changed on Friday as the market balanced a weaker U.S. dollar …

Despite local and global uncertainty, Bangladesh’s expanding ICT sector did rather well in 2022. ICT …

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi said on Wednesday that the initiative has been taken to stock …

The government may adopt the Indian experience in fuel import and distribution by the private …

Inflation may remain high in the financial year 2022-23 amid a supply shock in the …

Chinese company SSH (BD) Sustainable Fashion Co Ltd has signed an agreement with the Bangladesh …