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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 Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Tuesday that it has approved a 400 million …

The Afghan government’s National Procurement Commission (NPC) has approved 35 contracts worth 46 million US …

US President Donald Trump’s comments that a trade agreement with China may have to wait …

The central bank has started working on bringing down the industrial lending rate to a …

The Philippines has declined Bangladesh’s claim for the 20 million US dollars the Rizal Commercial …

US online shoppers spent 68.1 billion US dollars in November, with 7.4 billion dollars on …

The government is set to form a panel with the task of bringing interest rates …

Former finance minister A M A Muhith has said Bangladesh’s economic growth might be impacted …

Bangladesh received $1,555.22 million in remittance in November of the current fiscal, which is apparently …

The government is set to make a net borrowing of more than Tk 45 billion …

The number of income tax returns, submitted by individual taxpayers until the deadline (December 01), …

British consumer confidence remained stuck at its joint-lowest level since 2013 in November as uncertainty …

India will unveil a series of infrastructure projects this month as part of a plan …

Bangladesh will seek US$3.0 billion in aid from China for the next three years in …

The local currency has depreciated by Tk 1.0 against the US dollar so far this …

Finance minister will sit with chiefs of private and public sector banks to discuss the …

About 50,000 Bangladeshi workers would have to return home from Malaysia by this month under …

Defaulted loans surged 24 percent to Tk 116,288 crore in September compared to that in …

Banking experts have underscored the need for better credit risk management and good corporate governance …

The volume of classified loans in the country’s banking sector rose further to hit an …

BIDA Executive Chairman Md. Sirazul Islam has urged more investments from UK, one of the …

In the first session of this week, shares worth Tk377 crore changed hands with the …

They press home 11-point demand. Workers of nine state-owned jute mills in Khulna and Jessore …

It hits Tk1,16,288 crore as of September. The non-performing loans (NPLs) of banks rose by …

He said the shortfall would affect the economy. The government would miss the July-December revenue …

The purpose of the issue is to strengthen the capital base (Tier-2) of the company. …

BIBM DG: Any large-scale shock in the financial sector to inflict huge burden on the …

In addition to corporate houses, the ADB also wants to facilitate investment bond for the …

These jute mills are located in Khulna’s Khalishpur, Dighalia, and Atra industrial regions, and also …

The US economy grew faster than originally reported in the July-September period and prices remain …