Latin America and Caribbean economies managed to bounce back from COVID-19’s initial economic devastation earlier in 2020. Growth is expected to accelerate later in the year. A sudden change in international investors’ sentiment would put pressure on...

Before the pandemic hit the country, Bangladesh's economy maintained a steady 6%+ growth rate during FY10-FY15 and 7.0%+ growth rate during FY16-FY18, and 8.15% in FY19. Bangladesh’s foreign exchange reserve reached USD 43bn landmark in December, 202...

Egypt is the MEA region’s largest producer and second-largest consumer of pharmaceuticals, growing by a CAGR (2013-2019) of 19%, surpassing the region’s CAGR of 8%. Market growth is predominantly driven by out of the pocket expenditure (61% of total ...

The pandemic-induced economic crisis is set to leave deep scars. Human capital erosion from prolonged high unemployment and school closures, value destruction from bankruptcies, and constraints on future fiscal policy from elevated public debt top th...

Glaxow BD to become Unilever Consumer Care after the transfer of 9.88mn shares. Horlicks is the absolute market leader in the BDT4.1bn health food drinks (HFD) industry attaining 92% market share. On the other hand, GSK group will continue to market ...

A UK government-funded trial has immediately approved Dexamethasone, an anti-inflammatory drug (corticosteroid), to treat all hospitalised Covid-19 patients requiring oxygen, including those on ventilators. SEARL has also recently entered licensing a...