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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 government should not raise fuel prices in the current fiscal year despite their record …

Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) has started selling essential items through family cards at subsidy …

Speakers at a webinar on Saturday said that if gas prices are raised again for …

International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has found fresh evidence of violation of workers’ rights in …

Farmers have planted paddy on increased areas of land during the current Boro cultivation season …

The Russian rouble fell in light trading in Moscow on Friday, with trading on separate …

State-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will begin its sale by trucks on Sunday to …

Rangpur, known as the largest potato producing area of the country, has begun exporting improved …

Banking sector in Bangladesh lost a whopping Tk 520.84 billion deposit in the second quarter …

State-owned Bangladesh Shipping Corp is seeking $22.4 million from its insurer for a cargo ship …

While most average towns in the countryside slowly wake up to brace the day, the …

Faruque Hassan, president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), said on Tuesday that …

Bangladesh Jewellery Expo-2022, the first of its kind in Bangladesh, will begin tomorrow at International …

Bangladesh’s current taxation system confronts major challenges in upgrading tax-base as it plays into the …

Experts and stakeholders have stressed empowering and grooming the next-generation farmers with policy support and …

The number of reports on suspicious transactions and activities related to money laundering and terror …

Oil prices tumbled to their lowest levels in almost three weeks on Tuesday as supply …

Medicine exports to the developed countries are steadily growing riding on the attainment of regulatory …

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has decided that it will take action against …

Bangladesh is going ahead with a plan to manufacture at least 50 per cent of …

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi today said the government will form a taskforce in a day …

Korean Ambassador to Bangladesh Lee Jang-keun stressed that the Ready-Made-Garments cooperation has been the symbol …

Stocks witnessed volatile trading in the early hours of trading on Monday amid profit booking …

The central bank asks non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) to stop inadmissible expenses for luring deposits …

Oil prices fell on Sunday at the start of the session, extending last week’s decline, …

Container storage rent at the Chattogram port from tomorrow could quadrupled for stays of excessive …

Cabinet has asked National Board of Revenue to work on whether import duty on edible …

The price of dairy feed has climbed rapidly in recent months keeping pace with the …

Low and middle-income people are thronging the trucks of Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) in …

Finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Thursday said that the Bangladesh government had waived valued …