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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 …

Global foreign direct investment (FDI) flows are forecast to decrease by up to 40 per …

Krishibid Feed, a sister concern of Krishibid Group, has deisgns to go public to raise …

There are 75.7 million marginalized people in the country

THE US tumbled further in a ranking of most competitive world economies, dragged down by …

Stock exchanges have reset the lower price limit for the securities to be traded on …

The revenue authority may get an additional Tk 11,000 crore next fiscal year because of …

Several banks begin cutting staff salaries, BB still in dark

The additional funding will also supplement the government’s infrastructure spending to boost the local economy

Steel Building Manufacturers Association (SBMA) of Bangladesh today demanded withdrawing the existing facilities of importing …

Asian shares stumbled on Monday and oil prices slipped as fears of a second wave …

Stocks posted a marginal gain in early trading on Sunday, the first session after the …

The Bangladesh Railway (BR) has held up its plan to resume services of 16 more …

Mobile operators are in the most bewildering situation: they are caught in the middle of …

US shares ender higher on Friday as buyers stepped in following sharp losses earlier in …

Bangladesh Commerce of Industries (BCI) has hailed the proposed budget for the fiscal 2020-21.

Stocks posted a marginal gain in the outgoing week as growing tension over the virus …

The prices of vegetables and broiler chicken increased on the kitchen markets in the capital …

‘It seems like the [Covid-19] crisis, which is expected to continue for months, will squeeze …

The economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic could inflict “significant scarring” worldwide and the outlook …

Appreciating the proposed budget for fiscal 2020-21, Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) today said it is …

A rise in cost of mobile phone services has caused an outburst among the customers …

Amid the growing unemployment and poverty rate during the shutdown period due to COVID-19, economists …

The country’s mango, litchi and other summer fruit growers are facing a double blow due …

The spread of coronavirus across the country seems to have put seafood exporters on the …

Global economic growth could rebound next year — but the number of people living in …

Clothing factory workers have dismissed owners’ lobby BGMEA’s figure that only 299 among around 4 …

Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA) placed on Monday a Taka 13,96,600 crore alternative budget for the fiscal …

The South Asian region holds the highest number of poor people in the world. Bangladesh’s …

The coronavirus pandemic inflicted a “swift and massive shock” that has caused the broadest collapse …

The government has decided to allow international flight operations from late June after over two …