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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 …

Deposits at banks rose 10.49 per cent year-on-year to Tk 1,305,453 crore in the last …

Technology is going to be the most important factor behind every development of the banking …

The stock market regulator continued with its tough stance on gamblers and came up with …

The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC), Serai Limited and Bangladesh Garments Manufacturers and …

Stock prices are soaring with the core index of the major bourse hitting a 12-month …

Onion, ginger, potato and lentil prices increased further last week compounding sufferings of the consumers …

Market insiders say growing investors’ confidence, buoyed by the campaign of the new leadership of …

Of the total, Islami Bank Bangladesh had the highest, or 30.10% of market shares of …

The US budget deficit has hit a record high of more than $3tn (£2.3tn), driven …

World shares struggled to stabilise on Tuesday as doubts about a recovery in tech stocks …

Most female workers in Bangladesh’s readymade garment sector are concentrated in low paid jobs and …

Janata Bank, One Bank, Union Bank, Bangladesh Commerce Bank, Modhumoti Bank and Shimanto Bank were …

Most of the banks are keeping their ATM (automated teller machine) Booth operation suspended for …

The quality of the products is deteriorating, which in turn is causing financial losses to …

The government is planning to set up dedicated light engineering industrial park at five districts …

The securities regulator has issued a new directive on financial reporting and disclosure of mutual …

The government is trying to address two big contradictions in the economy – low tax-to-GDP …

The central bank is likely to extend the ongoing moratorium on the payment of loan …

The Bangladesh Bank on Sunday raised the interbank daily online transaction limit, including a five-fold …

The country’s apparel export to the United States in January-July this year fell by 18.54 …

Earlier, in May 2020, the Bangladesh Bank imposed certain conditions on bank dividend declarations to …

The outstanding and classified loans of state-owned enterprises (SoEs) to the public sector banks declined …

Bangladeshi brand Walton has started to strengthen its footprint in the Iraqi market by exporting …

Korea was the 9th largest ODA provider to Bangladesh in 2018 with a total disbursement …

The 22 companies have been in the “Z” category from two to five years

India’s economy posted its steepest contraction on record in the April-June quarter of the current …

Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Naoki Ito on Thursday said the largest Japanese investment of Asia …

Genex Infosys Ltd, a listed company, has approved a strategic business agreement with RedDot Digital …

Maize imports rose by 54 per cent last fiscal year in the wake of crop …

The country’s foreign exchange reserve exceeded the $39-billion mark for the first time on Tuesday …