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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), on its latest economic outlook update, has shown how Bangladesh, …

Bangladesh needs to strengthen its capital market so that entrepreneurs remain dependent less on

The central bank yesterday instructed banks to fix the interest rate for financing onion imports …

From Kathmandu to Colombo, it’s a kitchen nightmare: Onion prices have gone crazy.

Tokyo stocks opened lower on Thursday

Asian markets tanked Thursday after a

Country’s capital bourse, Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) closed today’s trading sessions with a

Senior bankers on Wednesday asked their newly recruited colleagues to show their

Speakers on Wednesday said that adding value to the

The inflow of remittances grew by more than 16 per cent in the first quarter …

Japan is a strong development partner in delivery of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Bangladesh, …

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has expressed his hope that all capable persons of the …

Finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today (Sunday) said Bangladesh’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth will …

Bangladesh has taken its position among the top-20 improvers in the ease of doing business …

Germany’s leading economic institutes have lowered their growth forecast for

Households helped to limit the damage to Britain’s economy as it shrank in the second

The unemployment rate in the eurozone dropped in

Country’s capital bourse, Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) registered a

The Indian rupee opened on a cautious note and fell 7 paise to

Asian markets had a mixed start on Monday as

Dubai, a city defined by its glittering towers and

Japan is a strong development partner in delivery of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Bangladesh, …

Finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today (Sunday) said Bangladesh’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth will …

Stocks witnessed an upward trend in early hour of trading on

The under-construction metro rail is facing space shortage for its elevated stations as

The customs authority has issued a rule to allow duty-free import of products without

Rice output hit an all-time high of 37.3 million tonnes in fiscal year

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has expressed his hope that

The export-oriented sectors will get full exemption from payment of

Tax reform – including putting price on carbon emission, abolishing