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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 Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) has sought logistic support to carry out countrywide open …

Eastern Housing Limited (EHL), a listed company, continued its steady growth in net profit for …

A top US trade official for South and Central Asia has said Bangladesh has emerged …

Domestic electronic goods manufacturers have sought 20-per cent cash incentive for the next 10 years …

There is nothing to be worried about preferential treatment of Bangladesh in the European Union …

Almost all species of fishes, including Hilsa, and edible oil became costlier last week increasing …

Export earnings in February edged down 1.80 per cent year-on-year to $3.32 billion mainly because …

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was down 1.3%. Australian shares were down …

Unique saw 13.5 percent of its share values wiped off the Dhaka Stock Exchange in …

Merchant bankers has sought a central database for companies to store financial reports for authorities …

India’s Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday allowed banks to handle cryptocurrency transactions from exchanges and …

The government’s revenue earnings from the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) fell 38 per cent year-on-year …

Bangladesh’s technology start-ups are catching the attention of venture capital (VC) firms, which have put …

Major international airline Emirates is asking staff to take unpaid leave for up to a …

Envoy Textiles will raise a capital worth Tk 870 million issuing cumulative preference shares to …

The Coca-Cola company has taken a plan to invest $200 million in Bangladesh over the …

The Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) put forward on Monday a set of …

Local electronics giant Walton is, arguably, going through a purple patch. For instance, earlier this …

Nokia Chief Executive Rajeev Suri will step down in September and be replaced by Pekka …

The Investment Corporation of Bangladesh, or ICB, has requested the government to cut interest rate …

Share prices in Asia have reversed early losses after Japan’s central bank promised to support …

The country’s lone mobile number portability (MNP) operator, Infozillion, keeps witnessing slump in business buffeted …

Remittance kept up its strong growth momentum last month as migrant workers sent home 10.16 …

Stocks extended the losing streak for the seven straight sessions on Sunday as worried investors …

The bidding to discover cut-off price for Initial Public Offering share of Walton Hi-Tech Industries …

With the inclusion of the seven companies, the number of such firms in Bangladesh’s export-oriented …

The prices of onion have marked a substantial fall in Dhaka’s kitchen markets after India …

Mexico’s exports grew 3.2 per cent year on year in January, thanks in large part …

Stocks tumbled in the outgoing week as worried investors’ dumped their holdings amid concern on …

BEIJING, Feb 29, 2020 – China’s manufacturing activity fell to its lowest level on record …