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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 …

Global stock markets plunged further on Friday, with equities on course for the largest weekly …

Bangladesh’s export and import activities will both be affected by the coronavirus pandemic but the …

World share markets were headed for their worst week since the depths of the 2008 …

US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have agreed to “promptly” conclude …

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has decided in principle to set up another Transfer …

Amazon Web Services, a global leading cloud computing service provider, has started procedures to pay …

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has increased the loan limit of its Export Development Fund (EDF) to

Poorly managed exchange rate, ad hoc-based incentive and existing domestic protection levels will not make …

India is top with more than 98 per cent of coal resources, followed by Bangladesh …

Khandaker Ibrahim Khaled, a High Court appointed independent director and chairman of the International Leasing …

The country’s private jute millers have urged the authorities concerned to take necessary measures, including …

The central bank has instructed banks to fix a maximum 9.0 per cent interest rate …

Stocks extended the losing streak for the third straight session on Monday as cautious investors …

The Dow Jones Industrial Average slumped more than 1,000 points Monday in the worst day …

The board of directors of IPDC Finance Ltd has recommended 10 per cent cash and …

The government loses Tk 100-120 billion in revenue every year as the cable operators have …

Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) on Saturday sought policy support from …

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today said that the government is working relentlessly to

A total of 3,214 entrepreneurs were given SME loan worth around Tk 350.5 million (Tk …

Robi, the second largest mobile operator in Bangladesh, is seeking to raise Tk523.80 crore from

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has rejected an offer made by private mobile operator

The telecom regulator on Tuesday floated tender for purchasing equipment for setting up

The turnover of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) on Tuesday crossed Tk1,000 crore mark for the …

Bangladesh mission in China has expressed the fear that export-import trade between Dhaka and Beijing …

The amount of troubled loans in the banking system dived in the fourth quarter of …

The telecom regulator has slashed the international incoming voice call rate by 66 per cent …

A new managing director has taken office at Reliance Finance recently.

The government has clarified that interest rates of different savings schemes with Post Office Savings …

The European Commission has opened an investigation into whether China is dumping aluminium extrusions, products …

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a second tranche loan of $170 million to …