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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 …

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi today urged the authorities concerned to take necessary initiatives to increase …

Asian markets rose Monday, tracking another record on Wall Street as the US appeared to …

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has relaxed its rules of foreign exchange release for holding official meetings …

The Central Intelligence Cell (CIC) has set up a task force (TF) to curb submission …

The Dhaka Stock Exchange has initiated a move to restructure the daily limit on buying …

The wholesalers and retailers said decreased production and supply crunch due to the flood led …

The government is going to focus on agriculture as one of its prioritised sectors under …

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Thursday stressed on developing a common platform comprising the …

Russia’s AEM-Technology has shipped the first key elements of Bangladesh’s Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant.

The securities regulator has requested the central bank to freeze bank account of all directors, …

CHATTOGRAM: The production of tea in Chattogram zone in the last seven months has declined, …

How Covid-19 dealt a great blow to our main industry

The roaster-based provision was issued in March with a view to facilitating banking transactions and …

The approval came from the 5th Ecnec meeting of the current fiscal year, held using …

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $50 million loan to the government of …

Sea beaches, tourist spots and hotels-motels in Cox’s Bazar will reopen on a limited scale …

The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) yesterday raised questions over the economic growth figure of …

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has failed to reach a consensus with the nationwide telecommunication …

Share price of Sunlife Insurance rose 14.61% or Tk 2.6 to close at Tk 20.40

A British government scheme to encourage people to visit restaurants, by paying a slice of …

Asian markets were mixed in early trade Monday as investors weighed ongoing China-US tensions and …

India’s prime minister said Saturday his country has done well in containing the coronavirus pandemic …

The financial regulators and the government organisations are still struggling to resolve the much-talked five …

CSE also registered an upward trend at the end of the session

This is expected to have knock-on benefits for a further 300,000 people in Bangladesh’s poorest …

Bangladesh is set to import its first spot cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) late …

Mosques, madrasas, orphanages and individual stakeholders had initially been aghast at the money they got …

The National Board of Revenue began the new fiscal year 2020-2021 with a shortfall in …

Only a small number of banks have so far disbursed agri loans

‘Planting saplings and preparing seedbeds with the help of Japanese Kubota Rice Transplanter would take …