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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 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, …

Low remittance and export earnings figures in September and October will prove to be costly, …

Bangladesh Brand Forum organized its flagship initiative, Leadership Summit, for the sixth time on November …

President of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) Md Jashim Uddin …

A section of unscrupulous traders has been trying to make the basic commodity market unstable …

Russia wants the West to ease restrictions on state agriculture lender Rosselkhozbank to facilitate Russian …

Md Shafiqul Islam, a potato trader in Dinajpur, kept around 2,000 bags of potatoes in …

The Bangladesh Bank has decided to raise the interest rate on consumer loans to 12 …

Bangladesh’s current account deficit has widened further due to a fall in export earnings and …

The country may see a bumper production in the current Aman season that will add …

However, the price of hilsa witnessed a slight rise in the city kitchen markets and …

Soybean oil price may go up as Bangladesh Tariff Commission is considering proposal for hiking …

Just a month before the Group of Seven rich countries plan to cap the price …

The cabinet committee on government purchase (CCGP) yesterday gave the nod to buy 115,000 tonnes …

After posting an increase two weeks earlier, wheat prices declined by 8 per cent globally …

Eight treasury bonds and bills have changed hands on the secondary market in the last …

The government should restore discipline in the banking sector as some banks made abnormal profits …

Consumers are in trouble as wheat prices have rapidly gone up in the country, with …

With data released by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) saying that inflation hit a …

Bangladesh is maintaining its growth in exporting denim apparel to the US as the top …

In the first nine months of the current year, Grameenphone, the largest telecom provider in …

Following the strict rules and regulations, a new and modern training centre was established to …

Bangladesh’s foreign currency reserves have dropped below $36 billion, 28 months after crossing the mark, …

Resource constraints, including shortage of capital, required policy support and failure to attract desired foreign …

Experts and business leaders on Thursday said that absence of integrated strategy, low competitiveness of …