Schools in Bangladesh will close an additional day each week and government offices and banks will shorten their work days by an hour to reduce electricity usage amid concerns over rising fuel prices …
S&P cautions Bangladesh against inflation pressures
It said the revised negative rating could come if the external debt surpassed 100 per cent of current account receipts, or gross external financing needs exceeded 100 per cent of current account …
Bangladesh being ‘killed by economic conditions elsewhere’: Financial Times
Power blackouts and high import prices are fuelling fears that Bangladesh’s previous gains could be reversed by the global crisis, according to the Financial Times.In South Asia, a region of almost 2 …
Warning on China’s BRl does not reflect Bangladesh Finance Min’s actual position, clarifies Ministry
The Bangladesh Finance Ministry has issued a clarification on recent remarks made by the country’s finance minister Mustafa Kamal on China’s risk-prone investment projects. In a rejoinder issued by …
In Bangladesh, solar power brings work, but land shortage slows growth
Solar home systems have brought electric power to millions, but a lack of land and finance are hampering the development of large-scale plants.
The world’s biggest refugee camp is at breaking point. What is Australia doing to help?
Five years since hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims fled Myanmar for neighbouring Bangladesh amid a deadly military crackdown, there are calls for Australia to increase its support for those …
Rohingya refugees cannot be forgotten
I have spent nearly 30 years exposed to emergencies and humanitarian crises. Yet, standing at our “hospital on the hill” in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, now the world’s largest refugee camp, I was taken …
Who will champion the Rohingya? Draconian refugee policies must end now — Paul McPhun*
I have spent nearly 30 years exposed to emergencies and humanitarian crises. Yet, standing at our ‘hospital on the hill’ in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, now …
Bangladesh must improve labour rights to get back GSP facility: US envoy
The US ambassador to Bangladesh, Peter Haas, has said that Bangladesh must improve its labour rights situation, including workers’ rights to trade union activities …
Bangladesh Needs Nature-Based Solutions to Save Itself From Catastrophic Floods
Learn the stories of flood victims and what needs to be done in Bangladesh to secure the future of its people.