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Gold jewellery sales in the UAE have picked up as prices have dropped after peaking in October, according to jewellers in Dubai. The precious metal jewellery sales took a hit as demand fell to a five-year low in the third quarter of 2025 due to high prices, according to the …

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 …

The Asian Development Bank has approved a $200 million loan to strengthen microfinance in Bangladesh, …

Representatives of Central Asian countries are in Kazakhstan this week to discuss how to work …

The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) on Wednesday approved a number of proposals including …

Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Abdur Rouf Talukder on Tuesday urged the country’s microfinance institutions to …

Bangladesh has set a target to raise five times the cotton production by 2030, introducing …

Retailers in Bangladesh are feeling the pinch as consumers have been buying less for the …

Bangladesh needs to give more attention to the development of existing logistics infrastructure to achieve …

Global economic growth prospects are confronting a unique mix of headwinds, including Russia’s invasion of …

Commercial activities at an industrial estate of the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) …

The Bangladesh Bank on Tuesday raised the interest rate for loans from its export development …

The visiting IMF delegation and the Bangladesh authorities have reached a staff-level agreement to support …

The government has fixed an all-time record target of producing 9,61,070 tonnes of winter vegetables …

The money sent by the Bhutanese abroad to the country has improved by over 130 …

The banks have been allowed to adjust their overexposure to the capital market by the …

The government and banks must take measures to encourage expatriates to send money through the …

European wholesale gas prices have fallen from record peaks reached after producer Russia’s invasion of …

Transactions through mobile financial services (MFS) dropped for a second month consecutively in August as …

Sugar prices have started rising afresh to hit a record high of as much as …

A delegation of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) today met …

The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has urged the National Board of Revenue …

Just when the country’s export-oriented readymade garment (RMG) industry was recovering from the effects of …

Despite Vietnam’s solar boom and ambitious climate targets, the fast-growing economy is struggling to quit …

The World Trade Organization on Monday urged countries to abolish trade barriers in environmental goods …

The implementation of the National Social Security Strategy has made a little headway since its …

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) team did not raise the issue of lifting floor prices …

The Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation’s (BSCIC) industrial estate in Tangail has long been …

The government is going to undertake a major project to set up five jetties and …

Not only the external factors such as the Russia-Ukraine war, the energy crisis and supply …

British International Investment (“BII”), the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, announces a $50 …

Consumers were still unable to get relief from rising prices in the capital’s kitchen markets, …