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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 …

India’s financial system remains stable even after economic growth plummeted to a six-year low, the …

India’s financial system remains stable even after economic growth plummeted to a six-year low, the …

Banks rescheduled a record amount of defaulted loans in the first nine months of 2019 …

The 32nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Bangladesh Insurance Association was held at Dhaka …

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is expected to help Bangladesh ease transborder and regional trade …

Asian market were muted in thinned business Tuesday as investors across the region traded with …

China’s cross-border capital flight pressure has been much alleviated this year, with the country expected …

French firm Technip, which is keen to clinch the contract for building the country’s second …

The government has reduced the rate of advance income tax (AIT) on import of cement …

The central bank is set to issue a circular on single-digit interest rate on industrial …

Chinese and US flags flutter near The Bund, before US trade delegation meet their Chinese …

Migrant workers who are willing to apply for skill migration to Korea can pay their …

Last fiscal year, Bangladesh’s GDP grew at a record 8.15 percent, so it is natural …

The tourism industry in India’s northeastern state Assam is taking a hit right now as …

French firm Technip, which is keen to clinch the contract for building the country’s second …

Britain’s Brexit-facing economy avoided recession in the third quarter with stronger growth than previously thought, …

Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited’s revenue slumped 22.23 percent to Tk 886.81 crore last fiscal year, …

Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Fazle Kabir said concerted efforts of all the academics, scientists and …

The Economic Community of West African States, known as ECOWAS, on Saturday urged members to …

Scope abounds for a whacking $10-billion investment in nine projects under public-private partnership (PPP) with …

Irregularities and problems of various nature in the country’s banking and financial sector have hit …

Farm credit disbursement grew by more than 11 per cent in the first five months …

The rate of online sales through different e-commerce platforms accounts for a very limited portion …

  It was an evidence log, a detailed inventory of documents and other exhibits that …

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has expected that the bank interest rate for manufacturing sector …

Despite sluggish merchandise exports from Bangladesh in the outgoing year 2019, a United Nations (UN) …

The local currency appreciated by two paisa against US dollar on Wednesday after nearly three …

Sprawled across a spent volcano on the remote edge of the Great Victoria Desert in …

Japanese firm TOA Corporation has finally won the contract for developing land and other related …

The world’s biggest smartphone and chipmaker Samsung Electronics issued a rare apology Wednesday after its …