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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 …

Bangladesh has made remarkable progress in human and infrastructure

At a time when investors are losing money on good stocks, gambling on

The central bank will allow non-bank entities to set up automated teller machines (ATMs) and

The CEO’s job was never easy, and the confluence of changes in human capital and

US job growth slowed more than expected in August, with retail hiring declining for a

Country’s export earnings in August this year fell 26.27 per cent short of

National Board of Revenue has asked its field offices not to give the Local and

Dhaka stocks continued to slump in the past week, stretching the bear run to

Economists and experts from South Asia region on

Two groups of US state attorneys general on Friday announced separate

Bulgarian economist Kristalina Georgieva was expected to be the only

If the US economy slips into a recession, homeowners in Riverside,

The US Federal Reserve will continue to act ‘as appropriate’ to sustain the economic expansion …

Apple Inc on Friday confirmed that China’s Uighurs, a mostly Muslim minority group considered a

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called upon the member states of Indian Ocean Rim Association …

Trade policy uncertainty driven by the Trump administration’s escalating dispute with

The US central bank is ready to step in to preserve the American economy’s expansion …

Global stock markets posted modest gains on Friday while US jobs data pointed to a …

Lebanon has expressed its interest to strengthen further the trade ties with

President Vladimir Putin sought to lure Asian investment to

Asian markets rose again Friday as the feel-good factor that

The narrow lanes in Aliyar and Kasan villages in Manesar, an automotive manufacturing hub on …

Argentina has imposed currency controls in a bid to stabilise markets as the country faces …

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to inaugurate the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Blue …

The country’s banking sector is now moderately competitive and stable. But, there are some potential …

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the government has taken steps to bring down …

Least developed countries need a large flow of foreign direct investment to achieve the Sustainable …

Foreign direct Investment (FDI) has long been the most viable method of wealth and technological …

The country should focus on increasing investment to establish a knowledge- and technology-based society, so …

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Monday said Bangladesh remains in top position in attaining …