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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 Bangladesh Bank decided to establish a research cell to examine the efficiency of the …

Full-fledged implementation of good agricultural practices (GAP) across the country could be possible within 2025, …

In 2022, AFD and the Economic Relations Division of the government of Bangladesh signed a …

More than three years after the release of a preliminary report on the Agriculture Census-2019, …

The National Board of Revenue today said it will accept tax returns from individual taxpayers …

Bangladesh Bank has instructed the non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) that the institutions cannot change any …

As a result of the government’s timely action and the working environment in Bangladeshi factories, …

The skyrocketing price of rice in the country after a surplus harvest in Aman season …

While date molasses is being sold at Tk 160 per kilogramme (kg) in local markets, …

Although many countries have already shut down 3G, the third generation of wireless mobile telecommunications …

Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder on Tuesday urged the farmers to increase the cultivation of …

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid today said energy security will …

The government has announced Tk 10,520 as gross monthly minimum pay for workers of the …

Bangladesh’s apparel exports to the European Union in January-October of 2022 increased by 60.75 per …

As the world becomes increasingly aware of the negative impacts of traditional business practices on …

Some garment manufacturers are providing basic commodities to their workers at discounts opening shops on …

Bangladesh’s export sector showed its prowess in 2022 despite the devastating Russia-Ukraine war, unprecedented freight …

Farmers in Pabna, the biggest onion producing region in Bangladesh, have started harvesting a quick …

Recently, Chevron Bangladesh President and Managing Director, Eric M Walker visited Sylhet and Habiganj where …

The finance ministry has already begun drafting the budget for FY 2023-24 to combat war-induced …

The government has moved to centrally store the data of 10 million low-income card-holder families …

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has taken a decision to form a fund, titled Bangladesh Bank Agricultural …

The Bangladesh Bank on Monday asked the scheduled banks to bring down their capital market …

Economists on Monday said that institutional failure on the part of the National Board of …

Betel leaf grown in Kushtia is not only popular across Bangladesh, but also beyond the …

Bangladesh Bank has extended the period meant for banks to make adjustments to their overexposure …

EU member states and parliamentarians on Sunday announced an agreement for a major reform to …

Following a series of global crises, Bangladesh’s government efficiently handled its foreign aid when it …

As a part of the annual International Coastal Cleanup and Coca-Cola’s global initiative to achieve …

The European Union has adopted a plan for a global minimum 15% tax on big …