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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 …

Turkish companies could invest or collaborate jointly in some potential areas of Bangladesh like agro-industry, …

Banglalink, one of the leading digital communications service providers in the country, has entered into …

Bangladesh’s export earnings and the flow of concessional foreign financing and grants will decline once …

The National Board of Revenue has exempted registered refiners from paying advance tax on import …

Banks are holding up payments to local textile manufacturers against purchase of raw materials by …

The government has set a target of borrowing Tk 20,000 crore against savings certificates for …

According to the Jeebon Jibika Bachao Committee around 650 trucks travel between Bangladesh and India …

The International Chamber of Commerce-Bangladesh (ICCB) has described implementaiton of Padma Bridge project as the …

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission has moved to allow companies intending to raise capital …

The Bangladesh Bank on Sunday issued a circular that empowers banks to extend the repayment …

Only Khulna Power’s profit dropped between October and December

The cost of the project to enhance navigability in Mongla-Rooppur waterway to facilitate faster and …

More than 60 percent of feature phones in Bangladesh are assembled in local factories; experts …

Britain said it is to apply to join a massive 11-nation free-trade bloc of Asia-Pacific …

Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) has been ranked as one of the top 100 …

The Bangladesh Bank has initiated a move to enforce tighter regulations on payment service, mobile …

‘42% of MSMEs and small businesses are in direct risk of failure in the next …

Price hike is temporary and will be resolved soon, traders say

India on Friday forecast its pandemic-stricken economy would grow by 11 percent in the 2021-22 …

The European Commission on Friday launched a scheme to monitor and in some cases bar …

Transactions through the mobile financial service channel increased by 29.26 per cent or Tk 1,27,133 crore …

New Indian customs rules are against the principles of South Asian Free Trade Agreement and …

Profit and sales up in Oct-Dec

In 2020, the operator logged in a profit of Tk 3,718.7 crore, up 7.7 per …

Profit and sales up in Oct-Dec

Experts at an investment summit observed that Bangladesh’s liberalized investment policies and concessions are encouraging …

Stocks witnessed a big jolt on Tuesday, with the key index of the Dhaka Stock …

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday raised its forecast for global economic growth in …

The image of the country’s financial sector has been tarnished in the international arena as …

The pandemic caused an “unprecedented” hit to the global economy last year, destroying the equivalent …