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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 …

Credit cards were slowly but surely finding a place in consumers’ hearts in recent years, …

Oil prices extended a rally Thursday after US data showed improving demand and stockpiles rising …

The workers who could not join their factories in April due to the ongoing lockdown …

South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (Sanem) has called giving farmers for interest-free loan, rather …

The board of directors of Marico Bangladesh Ltd has recommended final 200 per cent cash …

Saudi Arabia’s central bank foreign reserves fell in March at their fastest rate in at …

Revenue collection soared 8 per cent in the first nine months of the fiscal year, …

Around 25 lakh Mobile Financial Service (MFS) accounts have been opened in the readymade garment …

The European tourism sector will need €375 billion to recover from the situation created by …

Paid-up capital of a significant number of brokerage firms of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) still …

The White House is planning to shift President Donald Trump’s public focus to burgeoning efforts …

A total of 25 million (2.50 crore) families are being benefitted from the Trading Corporation …

A pandemic forcing everyone to stay home could be the perfect moment for online grocery …

Bangladesh has sought the support of the United States for the readymade garment (RMG) sector …

Bangladesh Bank (BB) today instructed all banks to give agriculture loan at 4 percent interest …

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has created a Taka 10,000 crore revolving refinance scheme to provide working …

Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) has continued its surveillance operations throughout the country to …

Georgia, at the vanguard of states testing the safety of reopening the US economy in …

Number of mobile app users still remains very insignificant compared to total number of BO …

Another wave of states prepared to ease coronavirus restrictions on US commerce this week, despite …

Workers from adjoining districts start for the capital flouting physical distancing guidelines

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh has asked its members to consider the potential …

Continuation of the current economic stagnation during the government-declared shutdown to prevent the spread of …

US oil prices fell heavily Monday on renewed concerns over storage capacity as the coronavirus …

Earnings of the most of the multinational companies listed on the country’s stock market rose …

Finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has sought support from the Islamic Development Bank, or IsDB, …

The country’s microfinance institutions, or MFIs, have sought Tk 225 billion refinancing fund as stimulus …

The coronavirus pandemic has proved a stroke of luck for mobile financial service providers as …

The finance minister of Saudi Arabia said the group is still working to bridge an …

The government has launched an over Tk 11 billion scheme as an emergency response to …