Bangladesh’s GDP growth is projected to decelerate to 1.6 percent in fiscal year 2020-21 as it grapples with the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Bank said on Thursday.
Bangladesh ahead in South Asia in GDP growth in FY2019-20: WB
The World Bank in a report has estimated that Bangladesh will do better than its South Asian neighbours in GDP growth for the fiscal year 2019-20.
Rohingya accuse Bangladesh officers of abuse over hunger strike
The Rohingya say they were beaten for holding a hunger strike to demand better living conditions on Bhashan Char island.
Mighty taka puts Bangladesh Bank in a bind
For exporters desperately trying to keep up the latest robust run of merchandise sales abroad and cement the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, an old problem has raised its head: a rising taka …
Saudi Arabia pressures Bangladesh to take in stateless Rohingya
Saudi Arabia wants Bangladesh to give passports to 54,000 stateless Rohingya refugees who have lived in the kingdom for decades. But many of them have never stepped foot in Bangladesh.Almost 40 years …
Covid Surge May Be Linked to ‘Returnees’ from Bangladesh, Myanmar Says
A second wave of coronavirus infections in Myanmar may have been triggered by “returnees” from neighboring Bangladesh who illegally entered Rakhine state, which is now a COVID-19 hotspot, according to …
U.N. to Bangladesh: do more to end child marriage
Bangladesh must do more to tackle child marriage if it is to meet its own goal of eliminating the crime by 2041, according to a United Nations report released on Wednesday.”This human rights …
Covid to reshape Bangladesh’s economic policies in medium term
An official document now suggests that the pandemic is going to have a massive influence on Dhaka’s economic policies in the medium term, as the country looks forward to graduating out of the least …
Myanmar releases voter app criticised for Rohingya label, despite E.U objection
The mVoter2020 app, aimed at improving voter awareness, labels at least two candidates from the Rohingya ethnic group as “Bengali”, a term that implies they are immigrants from Bangladesh and is …
Myanmar releases voter app criticised for Rohingya label, despite E.U objection
The mVoter2020 app, aimed at improving voter awareness, labels at least two candidates from the Rohingya ethnic group as “Bengali”, a term that implies they are immigrants from Bangladesh and is …