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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 …

BTRC devising ways to tax leading messaging apps, and control ‘objectionable’ OTT platform contents

The host of facilities extended by the Bangladesh Bank to soften the blow of the …

Chairman of National Board of Revenue (NBR) Abu Hena Md. Rahmatul Muneem today urged citizens …

Share price of eGeneration, one of the leading IT consulting & software solutions companies, soared …

Bangladesh has won plaudits from The Wall Street Journal for the economic strides it has …

The prices of chickens and soya bean oil have continued rising on the kitchen markets …

Deposits in Tk 10 bank accounts dropped by 80.82 per cent or Tk 163.4 crore …

Fast forward a year and now most of the banks are offering their loans products, …

After being entrepreneurs on various trades and ventures, many women have become self-reliant, contributing to …

Speakers at a view-exchange meeting on Wednesday called for bringing domestic workers under the labour …

Earnings from exports declined 3.92 per cent year-on-year to $3.19 billion in February because of …

This week, bKash announced it was making sending money within its network free of charge …

More than one million people in UK are set to start paying income tax in …

They also called for a policy to ensure stable yarn prices as it is fluctuating …

Demands have been raised to provide support to the new, micro, small and medium entrepreneurs …

The National Economic Council (NEC) on Tuesday approved Tk 1.98 trillion (197,643 crore) revised Annual …

Reconditioned car importers and dealers on Tuesday proposed that the revenue authority adjust tax rates …

Dining out has become a rare exercise amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic as many people …

Financing by banks and non-bank financial institutions for environment-friendly initiatives rose by 62.36 per cent …

Around 5,000 trucks loaded with goods are waiting to cross into Bangladesh at India’s Petrapole …

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Tuesday said that Bangladesh’s economy has been doing well …

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) has made a move to reshuffle and …

The new chief of the World Trade Organization (WTO) urged its member states on Monday …

Insurance stocks surged throughout the 2020. But now figures show that insurance companies did not …

Capital shortfalls in 10 banks swelled by 50.36 per cent or Tk 9,695.89 crore in the …

The DIFE made the recommendation in a letter sent to the labour and employment secretary

In February, expatriate Bangladeshis sent home $1.78 billion, down 9.2 percent from the previous month

Eminent economist Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya on Sunday said Bangladesh would lose a wide variety of …

The government has set an ambitious target of earning $150 billion through remittance between July …

The two MFS providers are spreading propaganda against each other by violating the publicity policy …