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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 annual national budget is the most important government statement of its socio-economic policy for …

Indian construction equipment manufacturers see a business potential in Bangladesh as the country is gradually …

Textbook printers, paper importers, merchants, and press owners yesterday called for cutting the import duty …

India’s federal think-tank has asked scooter and motorbike manufacturers to draw up a plan to …

The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that more than three quarters of the economists polled …

Leaders of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) have …

The number of total Tax Identification Number (TIN) holders in the country is now 40,37,429 …

Bangladeshi expatriates have remitted US$15.06 billion till May in the current fiscal 2018-19, which is …

The number of total loan defaulters in the country is now 170,390 and total amount …

Bank Indonesia (BI), the central bank of the country, is expected to keep its benchmark …

Indonesia plans to cut several different taxes to boost investment and accelerate economic growth, its …

A top RBA official has said a recent cut in interest rates would not be …

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed interest to know about the definition of wilful …

The government said state-owned enterprises (SoEs) will incur a loss of Tk 56.7 billion in …

The budget proposal to keep the tax-free limit for individual taxpayers unchanged has evoked mixed …

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday told Parliament that there is no liquidity crisis in …

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed concern over the rising trend in stressed assets …

The government has targeted cutting its borrowing target from the national savings certificates(NSC) by 42 …

The government’s target to raise private investment to 24.2 percent of GDP will be challenging …

The National Board of Revenue will collect at least Tk 11,000 crore in additional taxes …

Dhaka stocks slumped on Sunday as investors becoming muddled following the government’s proposal to impose …

The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association on Sunday urged the government to increase the …

Four trade bodies of the information technology sector on Sunday urged the government to grant …

Modern development and Internet technologies are one of Bangladesh’s most promising industries, with several growth …

A total of 209 publicly traded companies now have to pay a tax of Tk10,792 …

Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has demanded three percent cash incentive for the …

An EFD is a device which procures the digital record of every sale and instantly …

India will impose higher retaliatory tariffs on 28 US products including almonds, apples and walnuts …

‘Ekti Bari Ekti Khamar’, one of the ten priority initiatives of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, …

As President Donald Trump’s trade wars drag on, and the global economy weakens, the US …