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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 …

Operation of the Bangladesh Electronic Funds Transfer Network, the country’s first paperless electronic inter-bank funds …

Businesses on Sunday demanded a set of benefits, including reduction and waiver of income tax …

‘No proposal from you (business community) is irrational’

Bangladesh is the sixth-largest potato producer in the world as for the past several years …

Japanese Mitsubishi Motors has shown interest to invest in Bangladesh’s CKD assembly plants, speakers said

The national budget for the fiscal year 2021-22 will focus on measures to face Covid-19 …

Small and medium poultry farmers, who have been struggling to recover from last year’s Covid-induced …

Wage earning workers have felt the brunt of COVID-19 outbreak in the country as their …

“Spring and summer are the main seasons for events, weddings and hospitality, so for florists …

Experts at an virtual dialogue today said, after the profound impact of the Covid-19 pandemic …

Speakers at a webinar today stressed the need for reforming the taxation system alongside tapping …

SYLHET: Over 30,000 tourism workers are at risk of losing their jobs during the Corona …

Almost 59 per cent of women entrepreneurs in the cottage, micro, small and medium enterprise …

In a span of just two days, the prices of eggplant, tomato, lemon, and cucumber …

Global pandemic has made a significant dent in the apparel retail industry, forcing the mass …

Inter-bank cheque settlement and electronic fund transfer system of Bangladesh Bank remained suspended  since Tuesday …

Country’s both the bourses, Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) today also …

Workers of the urban informal sector, which has been largely ignored despite the devastating pandemic …

The price of aubergine shot up to Tk 90 a kilogram on the kitchen markets …

The selling of essential products by the state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will continue …

The Bangladesh Bank on Tuesday asked banks to provide service to customers for three hours …

Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) …

Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) has included five more services with its online One Stop …

He made the remarks while addressing a virtual conference titled “Rural to Global E-Commerce Policy …

Banks usually charge account maintenance fees twice a year, but the central bank instructed the …

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has withdrawn advance tax from imported unrefined soybean and …

Speakers at a webinar of the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) today mentioned …

BIDA under the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) last month issued new guidelines on outward remittance …

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today said that the areas and sectors which are associated …

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has identified “external shocks and the possibility of slower global …