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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 …

The government has decided to import 80,000 metric tonnes (MTs) of bulk urea fertiliser at …

Nearly one-third of garment workers suffered loss of earnings since the lockdown in late March …

India has expressed keen interest to make investment in assembling and manufacturing of farm machineries …

When President Donald Trump visited a Whirlpool factory in Ohio in August, he boasted that …

Asian markets retreated Thursday as the chances of a pre-election stimulus package from Washington dimmed, …

Bangladesh garment factory owner Shahidullah Azim laid off 20 per cent of his workers in …

A whopping 37 per cent of employees in the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) …

On the other hand, 11% firms did not require any support

India’s Covid-19 economic gloom turned into despair this week, on news that its per capita …

Bangladeshi banks need to adopt advanced cyber security systems in line with the regulatory guidelines …

Country’s both the bourses, Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) continued winning …

People’s queue at open market sales trucks of the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) is …

The debate over Bangladesh’s GDP growth forecasts is back again. There is wide variation in …

An 11-member team led by Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock Shah …

Development works of the second industrial estate of Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) …

China’s economy continued its rebound from bruising virus lockdowns in the third quarter, clocking 4.9 …

Country’s both the bourses, Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) began week …

European shares bounced from two-week lows on Friday but were still set for weekly losses …

Seven state-run banks have not disbursed any fund from the central bank’s stimulus fund of …

Several bilateral issues over Bangladeshi workers were discussed at the meeting

LEADS 2020, a unique multi-faceted 4-day global thought leadership initiative, has recently organized a virtual …

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has instructed all mobile financial service (MFS) providers to inform their customers …

Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) has disbursed around Taka 764.36 crore agriculture loans in the …

CHATTOGRAM: The construction work of Elevated Expressway from Lalkhan Bazar to Shah Amanat International Airport …

The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday said forecasts for the global economy were “somewhat less …

A total of 30 closed-end mutual funds out of 37 have long been traded below …

They made the projection in its “World Economic Outlook,” released in its website on Wednesday.

Stocks witnessed a downward trend in the early trading on Tuesday as shaky investors continued …

The validity of Airtel’s spectrum is going to end on December 19 later this year

Stocks witnessed a downward trend in the early trading on Tuesday as shaky investors continued …