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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 …

President of the country’s apex trade organization FBCCI Sheikh Fazle Fahim on Monday said that …

The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) has sought regulatory approval to resume trading for two hours …

Fresh borrowers will have to pay interest on all kinds of loans as usual for …

Two apparel sector trade bodies — BGMEA and BKMEA — are discouraging their members from …

Oil extended gains in Asia Tuesday on signs of improving demand as coronavirus-hit major economies …

Around 2,200 clothing factories have applied for bank credits worth nearly Tk 31.5 billion from …

The inflow of remittance in April was also down by 16.01% from the previous month …

Bangladesh Bank issues a circular suspending the interest on all types of loans for April …

Foreign owned or controlled companies operating in Bangladesh irrespective of sectors may access short-term working …

Oil prices fell on Monday after strong gains last week, with continued concerns about oversupply …

Bangladesh’s biggest wholesale clothing market at Baburhat, Narsingdi has reopened prior to the Eid-ul-Fit with …

The securities regulator has decided to form a panel of independent directors who will be …

Where does this end? The Bangladesh economy now stands to lose a staggering $13.3 billion …

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission has given Sonali Paper and Board Mills Limited further …

Unscrupulous wholesale or retail traders who tried to capitalize on the situation and raise prices …

Grameenphone (GP) today said it would extend its customers’ account validity to keep them connected …

The Economist, the leading source of analysis on international business and world affairs, has placed …

The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) has accelerated its activities to keep imports normal …

Ziad Qassem’s 25 years as a tailor seemed worthless in the cruel economy of the …

Experts in a recent webinar suggested for introducing digital solutions in country’s pharmaceutical sector to …

More than 100 businesses in Japan have gone bankrupt during the novel coronavirus pandemic as …

Perhaps Bangladesh has the highest number of people out of jobs thanks to the protracted …

The civil aviation and tourism ministry has decided to waive the storage charges on all …

With about 1.1 million confirmed cases, nearly 65,000 of them fatal, the United States has …

Iraq’s oil revenues in April plummeted to under $1.5 billion, the oil ministry announced Friday, …

Conducting health and safety audit in the last four days, Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters …

Millions of small businesses, mainly clothing traders, are facing up to the uncertain times as …

Share prices of all listed banks tumbled up to 72 per cent in the past …

The country’s foreign exchange (forex) reserve reached at US$33 billion-mark on Wednesday following lower import …

Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven on Wednesday assured that his country will not cancel any …