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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 …

Vietnam reported economic growth for 2021 of just 2.58 per cent on Wednesday, beating a …

A breakthrough has apparently come about in the discord between Bangladesh Bank and the Bangladesh …

The purchasing power of a vast majority of the population fell substantially in 2021 as …

High level of default loans, failure to implement banking regulations, and limited autonomy for the …

Stocks of Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Ltd (BSCCL) jumped yesterday after the state-run enterprise announced …

The government is going to build a 660-megawatt gas or liquified natural gas-based power plant …

Jewellers have cut the prices of gold by Tk 1,166 per bhori after the prices …

Improved access to the internet across the country has transformed the country’s rural economy. The …

A Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) between Bangladesh and Nepal is in the final stage, said …

The ongoing tension between the Bangladesh Bank and the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) …

Most shares on the Dhaka Stock Exchange fell because of continued lower participation of investors …

Urban gardening has an important role to play in improving the economy, environment and health …

Bangladesh is turning into an emerging hardware and software hub as the government has been …

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change is going to implement an action plan …

Boosting agricultural production and productivity and farming high-value crops of export quality are seen as …

The Asian Development Bank warned Tuesday that the highly mutated Omicron coronavirus variant could have …

A persistent higher rate of inflation, the upward trend of the foreign exchange rate and …

The stock market index was in a swinging mood in the first two hours of …

Only one out of five people who lost jobs for the pandemic-induced lockdowns, received some …

Many tomato farmers in Sylhet have secured bumper yields this year by using the grafting …

For the first time in history, Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) will officially invite big and …

In order to encourage the members of the chamber, DCCI regularly publishes Tax Guide and …

Over 5,000 orders within Dhaka delivered under 90 minutes, Digital Hospital is now expanding to …

Auditing firms should play a vital role for Bangladesh’s smooth graduation to a developing country …

With the increasing number of mobile financial service accounts and the amount of unused money …

The stock market continued the downtrend of the previous day as the index of the …

The government should continue providing assistance to the people hit by the Covid-19 even if …

The Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (Bida) has added five more services to its One Stop …

The coronavirus pandemic forced nearly half of the marginalised people in Bangladesh to borrow to …

Following a year’s gap, the Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) is expected to open as …