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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 National Board of Revenue (NBR) has extended the deadline for submission of corporate and …

To start off, the loan ceiling for real estate developers should be increased similar to …

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has issued a guideline allowing non-bank entities for setting up necessary infrastructure …

Country’s prominent economists and experts have said that the next national budget should focus on …

Two key regulatory institutions overseeing Bangladesh’s financial services industry and the capital market will work …

That the subsidy expenditure would go up next fiscal year as the government scrambles to …

Bangladesh’s readymade garment export declined by more than 62 per cent in the first 29 …

Bangladesh’s both the bourses –Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) resumed activities …

Country’s jute sector has occupied the second top position for the first time in the export …

Industries Secretary KM Ali Azam today asked officials of the Industries Ministry to formulate an …

Oil prices fell due to concerns about riots in major US cities that could staunch …

The government has slashed its non-bank borrowing target by half to Tk 150 billion to …

Manufacture of Reactor Pressure Vessel (RPV) for unit-1 of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant has recorded …

Revenue collection crashed more than 55 per cent in April, revealing the massive hit the …

The prices of broiler chicken, onions, garlic and ginger increased in the city’s kitchen markets …

A letter from BGMEA President Rubana Huq, asks EWM owner Philip Day to settle dues …

Meat prices are much higher than prices set by Dhaka South City Corporation

Fourteen banks on Monday signed separate agreements with the Bangladesh Bank to disburse Tk 150 …

It’s the days leading to Eid-ul-Fitr that Mostafiz Uddin is most cheerful. It’s that time …

One of the most closely watched aspects of China’s two sessions each year is the …

Bangladesh needs to spend Tk 10,085 crore per month to support the poor and the …

The Bangladesh Bank has refrained from imposing a lending rate ceiling on non-bank financial institutions …

Financially sound companies should refrain from applying for loans from the government’s stimulus packages and …

‘Beyond the 20.5% of the population officially recognized as poor, there was a group of …

Candidates to succeed Roberto Azevedo as head of the WTO will have one month from …

The Annual Development Programme (ADP) spending hit four-year low in the first 10 months of …

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry has demanded a downward revision of …

The initiative seeks to help the overall economic recovery in Bangladesh by systematic assessment, the …

Five more ports of call and two water routes added

Up to 60m people will be pushed into “extreme poverty” by the coronavirus warns the …