Welcome to Business Outlook

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 …

Investment is set to top the priority list as two days of talks between Bangladesh …

Boosting stocks by providing an incentive of making loans available is not a sustainable way …

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved nine projects involving …

As India declined to lift the anti-dumping duty on Bangladeshi goods, the commerce ministry high-ups …

Uncertainty in regulatory regime and corruption choke the flow of British investment to Bangladesh, said …

President Donald Trump’s $4.8 trillion budget plan for the coming fiscal year drew a prompt …

Bangladesh’s clothing industry is likely to be seriously affected by the impact of coronavirus as …

Japan’s current account surplus increased 4.4 per cent in 2019 compared to a year earlier …

The World Bank Group together with WE Connect International on Sunday launched a project to …

Arif Shahriar has joined Apex Footwear as chief people and culture officer.

Industrial production fell back sharply in both Germany and France in December, official data showed …

US electric carmaker Tesla’s factory in China’s financial hub of Shanghai will resume production on …

Country’s nominal wage rate index (WRI) increased by 6.56 per cent in January this year …

Abul Kasem Khan, former president of the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI), recently …

Malaysia’s central bank has said that its international reserves stood at 104.2 billion US dollars …

The proposed marine fisheries act has focused on the blue economy with incorporating a number …

Bangladesh backtracks from its ambitious economic growth target as it takes a ‘conservative approach’ amid …

South Korea’s online shopping hit a new record high last year as demand soared for …

Qatar has reopened its labour market for Bangladeshi workers after a closure for several months.

India’s central bank held rates steady on Thursday and retained an accommodative policy stance as …

About 63 ready-made garment (RMG) factories operating under the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association …

South Korea’s largest automaker Hyundai Motor will suspend all domestic production this week because of …

Bharti Airtel Ltd reported its third straight quarterly loss on Tuesday, as India’s third-largest telecom …

Australia’s central bank on Tuesday kept interest rates on hold at a record low, despite …

Singapore Airlines (SIA) has started its service of Airbus A350-900 medium-haul aircraft for the first …

Mobile financial service, the great hope for financial inclusion, appears to be faltering.

The government is all set to bring 60,000 tonnes of diesel at a cost of …

Russian energy giant Gazprom and the Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company (Bapex) will jointly …

The government’s target to create 1.13 crore new jobs in the next five years does …

Japanese economy minister Yasutoshi Nishimura warned on Tuesday that corporate profits and factory production might …