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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 …

Private sector credit growth dropped marginally in January after a slight recovery in the previous …

The central bank also instructed the NBFIs to increase their monitoring to see whether loans …

Stocks today closed the first session of the week with downward trend due to price …

A move is underway to slash the existing 24 per cent interest rate or service …

Bangladesh’s image will shine out amidst the global community on the back of the United …

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission has asked the Dhaka Stock Exchange Limited and the …

Thirteen banks faced negative credit growth year-on-year as of December 2020 amid a plunge in …

Like every other business, this sector also took a massive loss due to the Covid-19 …

Canadian High Commissioner in Bangladesh Benoit Préfontaine today paid a courtesy call on Sheikh Fazle …

Standard Chartered on Thursday restored its dividend and reaffirmed its long-term profit goals, in a show …

The Authorised Dealers (ADs) have been allowed to extend loan facilities to the Type-C industries …

NBFIs that availed the BB’s deferred provisioning facility are not allowed to declare any cash …

‘We are just about managing to meet our operational costs and nothing more’

Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has sought Tk 23.28 billion in subsidy to cover the …

Bitcoin, shares of Tesla, and a high-flying exchange traded fund (ETF) fell on Tuesday, retreating …

They were due to start paying the instalments on the easy loans amounting to Tk …

The CMSME and agriculture sectors saw their rescue funds arrive at an unhurried pace, while …

At a time when raising voice against financial scammers is challenging given the immense influence …

“As the Governor of Bangladesh Bank, Dr. Atiur Rahman worked relentlessly to ensure quality financial …

Current market price of jute has made the farmers happy because they never thought about …

Information Technology zone of the Korean Export Processing Zone (KEPZ) in Chattogram has received the …

The dearth of work orders from international retailers and brands to small and medium-sized garment …

The government should not enter into partnership business with foreign entities as such engagements would …

The government has restructured for a second time the committee formed to amend the Bangladesh …

The central bank appointed Howladar Yunus& Co., the representative of the American audit firm Grant …

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has launched a vigorous investigation into accounts of two …

The securities regulator sees no bar in implementing its directive recently issued to settle investors’ …

The Japanese company, Mitsui Oil Exploration Company (MOECO), is all set to make its first …

Fifty-seven thousand companies have been brought under the tax net in the last three months, …

The total demand for spectrum allocation among the country’s top three mobile operators is 11.4 …