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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 …

Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Saturday that the electric vehicle maker’s total …

The government will reprioritise 1,800 projects currently being implemented in different sectors to reduce pressure …

At the gates of the Black Sea, trade is in full swing as freighters and …

The government has set an inflation target of 5.5 per cent for the next fiscal …

Keeping consistency with the market, banks will determine the US dollar price. The instruction was …

The purchasing capacity of lower and middle-class people of the country have gone beyond their …

The Matarbari deep-sea port will be connected by a train link with the port city …

The ten most-traded stocks accounted for 28 per cent of the weekly market turnover on …

World food prices fell slightly for the second consecutive month in May but wheat prices …

Foreign assistance disbursement jumped 58 per cent in the current fiscal year’s July-April period thanks …

The harvesting of Haribhanga, a variety of mango native to north-western districts such as Rangpur, …

Export earnings, the largest source of foreign currencies for Bangladesh, slowed in May reflecting the …

Bangladesh’s trade deficit shot up 53 per cent year-on-year to $27.5 billion in the July-April …

The Ministry of Land of Bangladesh has received this year’s World Summit on the Information …

Stocks on Tuesday performed mixed with major indices finishing flat. DSEX, the prime index of …

Leaders of the country’s apparel sector urged the International Labour Organisation (ILO) to place the …

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said the upcoming national budget for the fiscal year …

In spite of the injection of $130 million into the market by Bangladesh Bank, volatility …

Remittance flows to Bangladesh declined 13.15 per cent year-on-year in May as higher rates of …

Paddy farmers in the Chalan Beel region of Rajshahi, Pabna, Sirajganj and Natore are concerned …

Bangladesh Foreign Exchange Dealers Association (BAFEDA) and Association of Bankers, Bangladesh (ABB) have started working …

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today said that the government is trying hard to keep …

Sri Lanka’s inflation hit a seventh consecutive record at 33.8% in April, as a petrol …

Bangladesh has purchased LNG and fertiliser at lower prices from the international market compared to …

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has formed a Taka 2,000 crore refinance scheme to develop the country’s …

The country’s health sector needs adequate allocation in the upcoming national budget as per the …

Stocks bounced back on Thursday amid choppy trading as bargain hunters went on late hours …

Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Nikola Selakovic has expressed his country’s interest in investing in the …

General stock investors in Bangladesh rushed to buy stocks yesterday after the regulator lowered the …

South Korean company HKD Bangladesh is going to establish an industry in Bepza Economic Zone …