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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 …

If approved, it would be the fourth hike in less than six months of 2021

The market opened sharply higher on Thursday as investors continued to make fresh bets on …

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is likely to impose a higher rate of tax …

The amount of transactions through mobile financial services rose by 49.91 per cent or Tk 19,857 …

Bangladesh has failed to achieve its target to raise the share of renewable energy to …

The revenue board has also made it mandatory from next January to make e-payment for …

Tour operators and transport service associates lauded the move, excited that they will finally be …

As Bangladesh strives to attract more FDI it may want to work harder with countries …

The market rebounded strongly on Monday, snapping a two-day losing streak, as investors put fresh …

Speakers at a programme on Sunday suggested framing a separate guideline and better coordination between …

The government may offer tax holiday facility to home appliance makers for 10 years in …

Microsoft Corporation has recently announced that it has helped over 30 million people in 249 …

The country’s SMEs and women entrepreneurs need special incentives in the next budget to overcome …

The maximum limit in the promotional expense for businesses had been fixed at 0.5% of …

The central bank gave primary approval to the scheme at its board meeting on Sunday

Speakers at a discussion blamed corruption, weak infrastructure, and unfriendly bureaucracy as impediments to the …

Bitcoin fell 13 per cent on Sunday after the world’s biggest and best-known cryptocurrency suffered …

Speakers at a webinar have stressed the need for digitizing the National Board of Revenue …

Restaurant owners’ have demanded the government for allowing resumption of dine-in services at the hotels …

Previously, the central bank allowed opening foreign currency accounts in the names of local and …

Ensuring access to electricity has been pivotal for the macroeconomic success of Bangladesh, former governor …

 Tk10,000 crore of black money has been whitened in the first six months of this …

The FBCCI president said that they have taken over the charge of the country’s apex …

Director General (DG) of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) Dr Md Shahjahan Kabir has stressed …

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has issued a directive saying that perpetual bonds …

Bangladesh, which outpaced India in many indices of economic or human development, has surpassed its …

Year-on-year import of rice increased 31.59 times in the first nine months of the current …

The World Bank has approved USD 600 million for two projects in Bangladesh to help …

As the Bangladesh Bank rolled out an expansionary monetary policy for FY21, flooding the market …

A few factories have already opened in the last three days after Eid