Dhaka May 10, 2026, 2:45 am
The Prime Minister said this while delivering her inaugural remarks at a virtual conference arranged by the World Economic Forum (WEF) on ‘Enhancing regional cooperation in South Asia to combat Covid-19 related impact on its
The Rome government sees Italy’s debt-to-GDP ratio surging to between 155 per cent and 159 per cent of national output this year,
The coronavirus pandemic battered Asian economies in April
Finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said the government has no plan to offer any fresh stimulus package for businesses as they have already got better policy and fiscal supports.
As economic activities came to a grinding halt amid the nationwide shutdown aimed
Four in five workers in country’s readymade garment sector received their salary by mid-April
The government has allocated Tk 1 billion to provide subsidy to farmers for buying agricultural machinery in fiscal 2019-20 to reduce production costs and increase crop yield.
The central bank's policy support is helping banks manage their funds, despite higher withdrawal pressure on cash even as deposits shrink in the aftermath of coronavirus outbreak.
Some shops and businesses opened in rural India on Monday as part of a staggered exit from a weeks-long lockdown that has left millions out of work and short of food, while coronavirus infections rose by more than 1,500 over
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, or AIIB, has approved a $170 million loan to Bangladesh to accelerate the country’s efforts to deliver improved sanitation services to underserved communities.
Around 1.92 million Mobile Financial Service (MFS) accounts have been created
The government has requested the World Bank, or WB, to disburse US$250 million as budgetary support within this fiscal from the $750 million the global lender had pledged to offer as development support credit, an official sa
Export earnings were $3.34 billion in March last year
US small businesses may need up to $500 billion a month to ensure their survival through the coronavirus crisis,
China’s economy shrank for the first time since at least 1992 in the first quarter, as the coronavirus outbreak paralysed production and spending, raising pressure on authorities to do more to stop mounting job losses.
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) on Thursday claimed that about 87 per cent of its listed factory workers received March wages, the deadline for the same set by apparel makers and government.
After World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has also projected Bangladesh's low economic growth for this year as a result of the virus outbreak.
China's foreign trade dipped 6.4 per cent year-on-year to 6.57 trillion yuan ($933 billion)
There will be no dreadful situation where GDP growth will slump to 2-3% as projected by the World Bank.
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