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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 World Bank has already committed to providing $15 billion or nearly Tk 1.38 trillion …

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry on Monday at a programme demanded …

The amount of money transacted through the mobile financial service soared to Tk 94,293 crore …

Refiners have hiked the prices of soybean oil by nearly 4 per cent to Tk …

The government is gearing up to implement a new “Smart Bangladesh” vision by 2041 with …

Inflation may take a while to bring under control, said experts on Sunday. Moreover, how …

The domestic fisheries sector is now in deep trouble as fuel price hike is affecting …

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has lodged a complaint to the authorities concerned that some …

The government has recently approved a total of 192 new posts and eight district offices …

Oil prices slumped on Monday, ending three days of gains, as investors were concerned aggressive …

People in Bangladesh once barely knew about dragon fruit, also called pitaya, but it is …

The entrepreneurs of Courier and Logistics services today demanded of the government for enacting a …

Bangladesh has targeted an annual export of apparels worth $100 billion. Manufacturers said that apparel …

Concreting of the inner containment dome of the reactor building has started at the unit- …

Gas distribution companies asked the National Board of Revenue to return Tk 1559.48 crore which …

The government has lined up a roughly Tk 50 crore project aimed at developing and …

Bangladesh’s payment ecosystem is poised to leapfrog to become a very large substantial payment market …

Oil prices have dropped by a quarter since June and could fall further if a …

The Chattogram seaport has became the 64th busiest port among the top 100 container ports …

There has been a growing preference for using cash recycling machines (CRMs) in recent years …

Prices of locally produced fruits experienced a sharp hike as the demand for imported fruits …

Inward remittance has continued the rising trend in the current fiscal year starting from July …

The government has resumed electricity generation from diesel-fired power plants to improve the power supply …

Farmers have produced an all-time record quantity of over 13.39 lakh tonnes of maize during …

Egg prices eventually showed a downslide in the capital’s kitchen markets on Friday, to a …

Low-income people are changing their diet patterns and failing to get the minimum amount of …

Light engineering sector does not have enough government policy support to boost the country’s export …

Facing criticism for unilaterally raising a service charge last week, private inland container depots (ICDs) …

Online purchases are getting costlier as courier companies in the country have collectively raised their …

That high inflationary pressure has been taking a toll on people over the last couple …