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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 mobile network operators have resumed the operation of 989 towers in Sylhet, Sunamganj and …

The currency of Bangladesh has depreciated further against the US dollar, hitting Tk 92.95 on …

The long-cherished Padma Bridge is set to be inaugurated on June 25 next creating employment …

Bangladesh is now a role model of increasing inequality, said Anu Muhammad, a prominent economist …

The Bangladesh Bank has said that the country’s growth prospect is clouded by a number …

The Bangladesh Bank yesterday said the interested candidates for the post of managing directors of …

Panic and uncertainty have gripped the relatives of people living in flood-hit Sylhet and Sunamganj …

Bangladesh Bank yesterday asked banks, mobile financial service (MFS) providers and payment service providers (PSPs) …

Finance Minister A H M Mustafa Kamal FCA, MP placed his fourth national budget in …

Stock market index tumbled yesterday for the second consecutive day amid low participation of investors. …

The government missed an opportunity to contain inflationary pressure by leaving the tax and other …

The proposed national budget has not safeguarded the country’s middle class, which is facing a …

The current flooding in Sylhet has caused losses of more than Tk 140 crore for …

Inflation surged to an eight-year high of 7.42 per cent in May, driven by a …

Bangladesh Bank yesterday asked banks to continue providing banking services to clients in the flood …

Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce (BCI) has demanded simplification of the taxation system saying that people …

Russian hostilities in Ukraine are preventing grain from leaving the “breadbasket of the world” and …

The realtors have urged the government to continue allowing investment of undisclosed money in real …

There is no budgetary measure to protect the limited disposable income of the middle-class which …

The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has confiscated Tk 1,294 crore from money launderers since …

Burimari Land Port in Lalmonirhat lacks banking facility, causing suffering to people especially those who …

Top business leaders yesterday urged the government to postpone its decision to close stores, shopping …

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the government of Bangladesh yesterday signed agreements for a …

Bangladesh’s performance appeared better in containing price of essentials compared to its neighbours despite a …

Entrepreneurs have urged the government to withdraw the proposed 15 percent additional tax on imported …

Stocks drifted lower in the first week after unveiling the national budget as investors were …

Tax net expansion is essential to improve the Tax-GDP ratio and the government must take …

State minister for power, energy, and mineral resources, Nasrul Hamid, has said that the government …

Bangladesh Bank yesterday said it would review a proposal from the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers …

Bangladesh and other graduating least-developed countries (LDCs) might not have received a clear-cut extension of …