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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 …

A persistent rise in share prices amid the current bull run on the stock market …

Rights violations have compounded sufferings of consumers in Bangladesh, with the number of complaints rising …

The Dhaka bourse scaled new heights yesterday, crossing 7,000 points as buoyant investors increased their …

The prices of vegetables shot up this week, along with chicken, sugar and fish at …

Entrepreneurs ask for a separate SME bank to ease loan disbursal

Stocks opened sharply higher on Sunday with the key index of the major bourse crossing …

In a sprawling oil palm plantation in the Malaysian state of Perak, watermelon seedlings are …

Stocks of Tamijuddin Textile Mills have skyrocketed tenfold in a span of less than three …

If proper returns from the stock market can be ensured, people from all over will …

Locals decry soaring prices of daily essentials

The country has 1.4 million tonnes of sugar deficit which can be minimised through adopting …

Dhaka has started the process to conduct a feasibility study on signing either a PTA …

The country’s remittance earnings from two western countries — the United States and the United …

Earnings from merchandise exports significantly rebounded in August by 14 per cent year-on- year to …

Bangladesh stocks have continued their foray into new territory, ending yesterday with a new high …

The world’s main central banks were seen as saviors of the global economy in the …

Land prices in Dhaka are currently on an upward incline, driven by a population growth …

Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim said that marine fisheries have a huge role to …

Remittance inflow declined 8 per cent year-on-year in August to $1.8 billion, the lowest in …

Garment exporters have been feeling the pinch of an unusual rise in the cost of …

Bangladesh Bank yesterday said borrowers of non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) would not become defaulters until …

The world’s leading oil producers are expected to uphold a July deal to slowly boost …

President M Abdul Hamid released various species of fish fries to mark the National Fisheries …

With the present government’s sincere efforts and timely initiatives, the power sector will continue to …

Recipients of the first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine can now get their second …

Stocks opened on a flying note on Wednesday, with the key index of the major …

The government’s allocation for helping small and medium enterprises (SMEs) overcome coronavirus-induced losses is less …

Banks’ overnight borrowing from the call money market almost doubled in the second half of …

All mutual funds made robust growth in earnings and declared hefty dividends for their unitholders …

The Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) has sought a Tk 1,000 crore stimulus …