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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 …

Businesses can now claim VAT rebates on the submission of invoices against electricity bills paid …

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has raised its key interest rate, or repurchase agreement rate, by 25 …

Britain is staring down the barrel of a self-inflicted economic catastrophe. This week saw the …

Inflation in the European countries using the euro currency has broken into double digits as …

World Bank President David Malpass on Wednesday warned that it could take years for global …

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Friday that it has approved a financial project to …

The prices of rice increased further on the kitchen markets in Dhaka city over the …

Export and import activities between Bangladesh, and India, Nepal, and Bhutan via Panchagarh’s Banglabandha land …

Oil prices firmed on Thursday, erasing earlier losses, on indications that Opec+ might cut output, …

Bangladesh has never defaulted on foreign loans in its 51-year history and remained among the …

Dhaka has sought a revised list of goods on which Jakarta can offer tariff concessions …

The government extended the tenure of Hilsa export to India until October 5 next. The …

The International Monetary Fund has openly criticised the UK government over its plan for tax …

The amount of cash outside the country’s banks soared to record Tk 2,42,026 crore in …

The government yesterday placed more orders to buy fertiliser in order to augment the stock …

The Bangladesh Bank yesterday raised the ceiling of the rate at which local clients secure …

The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) opened higher for the second consecutive day today. The DSEX, …

Wholesale and retail establishments that saw their business crippled by Covid-19 may have enjoyed some …

The wait to determine disgraced e-commerce platform Evaly’s actual dues will extend as an audit …

Today, banks and non-bank financial institutions are increasingly promoting contactless credit and debit cards, which …

Bangladesh Bank issued a payment system operator (PSO) license to Service Hub on Thursday for …

With the launch of Bangladesh Bank’s new platform for foreign exchange transactions– the real-time gross …

Country’s Leading private airlines US-Bangla Airlines received “Best Domestic Airline of the Year-2022” award for …

Bangladesh Bank recently took a set of initiatives to bring about an effective floating exchange …

The Reserve Bank of India is set to raise interest rates again next week with …

A total of 211 ships with 4.7 million tonnes of agricultural products on board have …

The government should set up a hybrid paddy research facility alongside the Bangladesh Rice Research …

The harvesting of early Aman paddy varieties has begun in five northern districts, namely Lalmonirhat, …

The Ministry of Commerce on Thursday reduced the price of palm oil by Tk12 per …

The euro sank to a two-decade low of $0.9810 on Thursday. It came after Russian …