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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 …

Bangladesh is now ready to receive foreign investment, said president of the Federation of Bangladesh …

BGMEA President Faruque Hassan has met with Bangladesh Ambassador to France Khondker M Talha at …

The necessity of obtaining the many licences and certificates for a business and frequent renewals …

Inflation or prices of many products, including essential commodities, will come down if the same …

Russia and Ukraine have become major sources of wheat for Bangladesh after India’s ban of …

Mustard cultivation has exceeded the target in the current season thanks to a record hike …

The government has received $476 million as the first tranche of a new loan programme …

Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is planning to launch an all-out movement from March-April to …

Deputy Minister for Water Resources AKM Enamul Haque Shamim on Thursday said the government is …

State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak has urged Japanese IT entrepreneurs to invest more …

The National Board of Revenue has formed a committee to review policies on the existing …

The price of broiler chickens soared to Tk 230 a kilogram while beef and eggs …

Businesses should not raise prices of goods disproportionately during the holy month of Ramadan, Information …

Small-scale enterprises of Chattogram are facing a crisis of capital in operating their business while …

Yotta Data Services – the data center and cloud services arm of India’s Business Conglomerate …

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md. Shahriar Alam, who is on a two-day bilateral official …

Multiple barriers in business operation compelled many of the cross-border e-commerce (CBEC) entrepreneurs to choose …

The Bangladesh Bank on Wednesday made it mandatory for bank officials to obtain a banking …

Bangladesh’s apparel and textile exports to the United States crossed $10 billion in 2022 amid …

Bangladesh has to rely on imports to meet about 15 per cent of the demand …

Tea garden owners in Bangladesh that play an exemplary role in the industry and thereby …

In a bid to gear up digital transactions, banks and financial institutions have been asked …

Potato acreage has declined to a seven-year low this season as many farmers switched to …

The DSEX, the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), lost 3 points, or …

Thefts of apparel products on highways are becoming a serious problem for exporters, said Faruque …

The general point-to-point inflation rate in January eased further as it fell to 8.57 percentage …

Tourism recovery in Asia and Pacific region has picked up speed and might rebound to …

The government’s successful negotiation of a $4.7 billion, approved at the Executive Council of the …

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has earned …

Prices of chickpeas keep on rising in the Chattogram wholesale market, increasing the prices of …