Dhaka May 12, 2025, 10:06 pm
We are currently assessing the government's request to the IMF for emergency financing,” Ragnar Gudmundsson, the fund's representative in Dhaka confirmed the matter to media.
The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits has surged for a third week as the economic toll tied to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic intensifies.
If the pandemic faded in the second half of the year, the IMF expected a partial recovery in 2021
The organisation highlighted the challenges to food security in rural and urban areas differ
The economy of Bangladesh may grow by 7.80 per cent in the current fiscal year (FY210), according to a projection of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).
Tourism sector of Bangladesh might face a loss of Tk 60.00 billion from January to December this year due to coronavirus outbreak as the sector has been affected most by the pandemic.
Italy’s government has approved new emergency decree that will offer more than 400 billion euros (352 billion pounds) worth of liquidity and bank loans to companies hit by the coronavirus crisis.
Chairman of Jamuna Group, Md Nurul Islam handed over the cheque to Dr Ahmad Kaikaus, principal secretary to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday
In 2018, Bangladesh received a $813,000 non-reimbursable grant from AIIB’s Special Fund to assist with the project’s preparation
Offers pre-budget proposals to offset virus impacts
"I hope our economy will rebound if the stimulus packages could be quickly implemented"
ADB country director says BD should inject more cash into economy to fight COVID-19
An applicant factory will also have to submit its last three months’ transactions or salary payment status with the bank
Bangladesh received remittance worth $1.28 billion last month, compared to $1.45 billion in March last year
The regional economic growth in developing Asia will decline sharply in 2020 due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic before recovering in 2021, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB.
The 8th Five-Year Plan should be delayed as the economy, hit by the coronavirus impacts, will need two years to return to December 2019 level
MCCI placed the proposal for mitigating the effects of the new coronavirus pandemic on the economy.
The measures taken by governments in South Asia to curtail the movement of people will lead to a demand-side shock to private consumption
The salaries must be paid to either a bank or mobile financial service accounts of the workers of affected industries
It may go beyond 6.0 percent and even reach 7.0 percent due to fiscal and monetary supports to fight the COVID-19.
