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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 …

Cost of living in Dhaka increased by 6.88 per cent, the highest in the last …

The weighted average lending rate of 18 banks dropped below 7% in April

The dual rules regulating the bitumen sector are taking a heavy toll of tax on …

Stocks opened marginally lower on Monday as the shaky investors continued to book profit on …

Speakers stressed on Sunday the need for quick vaccination to develop people’s immunity; otherwise the …

Only 14 per cent of the annual development programme (ADP) of the proposed budget was …

The central bank yesterday drew up a detailed guideline on post-import financing (PIF) to end …

Speakers at a virtual discussion on Wednesday put utmost importance on signing a comprehensive bilateral …

Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters’ Association (BGMEA) President Faruque Hassan has urged the Commerce Ministry …

The stock market opened sharply higher on Thursday with the key index of the major …

The reconditioned car importers sought 45 per cent depreciation in duty for import of reconditioned …

The Bangladesh Bank and the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission have decided to allow stock …

A long demanded stock trading board for small and medium enterprises kicked off today at …

The Chittagong port has handled 2,57,421 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) of containers in the month …

A delegation of the BGMEA led by its president had a meeting with Bangladesh Bank …

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has relaxed foreign exchange regulations to facilitate trade transactions in the wake …

The country’s renewable energy regulator has moved to revise the decade-old renewable energy policy to …

The Bangladesh Bank on Monday said that the existing policy relaxation would remain effective till …

The 20-year tax-exemption support announced in the proposed budget will definitely take Bangladesh’s growing automobile …

Eleven banks faced a capital shortfall of Tk 24,783 crore in the first quarter of …

Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) signed lease agreement with two fully foreign-owned companies on …

In July-April of FY21, the National Savings Directorate sold certificates worth Tk91,877.02 crore against its …

Stocks ended marginally lower on Sunday, the first session after unveiling the national budget, as …

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) on Saturday in its budget reaction said …

The proposed budget for the fiscal year 2021-2022 has forgotten to take new poor, disadvantaged …

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commision on Sunday for the first time imposed ceilings on prices …

The Chattogram Port Authority (CPA) will get 283.23 acres of land soon for developing the …

Proposed budget raises the allocation for Agriculture Ministry to Tk16,201cr from Tk15,442cr in the outgoing …

The government has proposed exemption in capital gain tax applicable at the time of transferring …

Terming the proposed budget for the next fiscal year a promising one, Bangladesh Chamber of …