Jagaran Chakma

The pharmaceuticals sector of Bangladesh appears to be rebounding from the crisis stemming from both external and internal fronts in recent years as exports are growing, said a top official.

Policy and regulatory uncertainties are major factors discouraging foreigners from investing in Bangladesh, for which foreign direct investment (FDI) has remained low in spite of government efforts, said Syed Akhtar Mahmood, former lead private sector specialist at World Bank Group

Investors in the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Shilpa Nagar (BSMSN) are not only facing an acute gas crisis, but also contending with virtually zero water supply to industrial units despite paying water bills, forcing them to set up their own water supply systems.

The persistent gas crisis in Bangladesh has been severely hindering the nation’s ceramics industry over the past three to four months, leading to a roughly 20 percent drop in overall production quality in the sector.

Despite developing economic zones and adopting one-stop services to attract foreign direct investment (FDI), Bangladesh has failed to get as much as it targeted. Not only global economic giants like India, even small economies in the South Asian region such as the Maldives and Sri Lanka are ahead of Bangladesh in terms of FDI attraction.

The Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Shilpa Nagar (BSMSN), the biggest economic zone in Bangladesh, is set to be a gamechanger for the country’s trade as its strategic location offers easy access to domestic and international markets.

With industries suffering from the gas crisis, it might cause the consumers higher price concerns

Even though high-rises are mostly Dhaka centric, they reflect an overall economic strength of the country, according to experts

Businesses in Bangladesh keep bowing to corruption as it has unfortunately become the way to do business

US dollar crisis and economic vulnerability has caused passenger car sales to plummet to a 10-year low

Under supply of raw materials and a decline in demand resulted in contraction of 25 percent in 2023 for packaging industry

Dollar crisis along with LC opening difficulties is giving small and medium firms no respite

The overall tourism industry in Bangladesh performed well throughout the outgoing calendar year despite facing adversity in the final quarter due to ongoing political unrest, according to industry people.

Businesses in Bangladesh will face challenges in managing the impacts of higher inflation and exchange rate in 2024 as well while the cost of production and operation may increase amid the rising bank interest, several business and corporate leaders warn

More than 60 years ago, an adolescent Fazlur Rahman got an unexpected start to his journey in business.

PRAN-RFL Group is investing Tk 700 crore to set up factories for the manufacture of opal glassware and polystyrene sheets

Sales of geysers have increased this year thanks to the changing lifestyle of people living in urban and rural areas of Bangladesh

The exports amounted to $110 million, a year-on-year growth of 51.42 percent, according to data of the EPB

Segments of the light engineering sector suffering from significantly lower sales for the past one-and-a-half years

Cement makers in Bangladesh have reduced production as political tension slowed sales amid a slowdown in construction projects