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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 …

The Swadhinata Parishad candidates were assaulted during the election in 2019, with members with allegiance …

Bangladesh has achieved an epoch-making success in the agriculture, fishery and livestock sectors to ensure …

One of the major reasons behind MNP’s failure to launch is that users stopped receiving …

On February 4, at a roundtable organised by Eastern Bank, Hideaki Kojima, the country representative …

Stocks witnessed volatility in early trading on Sunday, the first day of the week, as …

The country’s readymade garment exports to non-traditional markets in the July-January period of current financial …

While the government is fervently trying out new ways to draw investment to boost economic …

Banks swept under the rug Tk 12,140 crore in defaulted loans in the nine months …

The National Board of Revenue is set to raise the adjustment limit on payable valueadded …

Loan disbursement through the channel is propping up rural economy

The G7 includes United States, Britain, Japan, France, Germany, Italy and Canada

The seminar highlighted the growth prospects of Bangladesh economy in the form of a large …

Janata Bank Limited (JBL) has mobilized deposits worth Taka 4,396 crore against the target of …

The board of directors of British American Tobacco has recommended 300 per cent final cash …

The IT freelancers will now be able to bring home their small-value earnings through mobile …

Local clothing retailers and brands expect their sales to revive in the upcoming Pahela Falgun, …

The Bangladesh Bank on Wednesday allowed mobile financial service operators such as bKash, Nagad, Rocket …

In the fourth quarter of 2020, a number of banks were able to decrease their …

Pent-up demand for its two core products, refrigerator and air conditioner, led the recovery

Major US stock indexes registered all-time closing highs on Monday amid optimism over US fiscal …

Loan disbursement through the banks’ agent banking wings increased by 525.07 per cent or Tk …

The Anti-Corruption Commission has suggested that the National Board of Revenue should properly crosscheck the …

The World Bank and Bangladesh on Tuesday signed a $200 million financing agreement to help …

The British High Commissioner in Bangladesh Robert Chatterton Dickson on Tuesday had a courtesy visit …

The Bangladesh Textiles Mills Association has demanded that the government should withdraw the Bangladesh Bank …

There are plans to hold similar roadshows in London, Rome, Toronto, New York, Hong Kong, …

‘The bank is harassing me commercially and socially by imposing the liability on me’

Autogas is another name for LPG when it is used as a fuel in internal …

The Annual Development Program (ADP) Implementation review meeting of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Department …

Both the stock markets were down further today due to mainly price fall in large-cap …