Local authorities in Bangladesh have put the Cox’s Bazar municipality under lockdown from Saturday declaring some areas near the Rohingya refugee camps as Coronavirus red zone. The lockdown will be in …
IMF halves Bangladesh GDP growth forecast with recovery after September
The International Monetary Fund has halved the GDP growth forecast for Bangladesh in 2019-20 with economic activities hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic in the second half of the fiscal year.
ADB expands trade finance program to support Bangladesh’s private sector
The TFP will work with 12 partner banks in Bangladesh to mobilize private sector capital and fill market gaps by providing guarantees and loans to support trade …
‘Was busy watching Tendulkar, Dravid and Ganguly’: When Bangladesh batsman was left starstruck by India’s Big Three
“The moment I was playing the World Cup 2007 match against India, I was too busy watching Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly. I was just watching them. I was too happy to be playing in …
Kuwait-returnee Bangladeshis protest at Dhaka airport; demand money to return home
Around 300 Bangladeshi workers who were brought back from Kuwait demonstrated at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport early Tuesday demanding money from the government to return to their homes.
OP-ED: Fixing Bangladesh capital markets: Now or never
So, what of capital markets at home? If you have followed the markets in some fashion in the recent past, you will have heard mostly negative news, especially if you missed the bull runs of the past.
Fears of outbreak as first Rohingya refugee dies from coronavirus in Bangladesh
Meanwhile, as protests sweep nation, research finds social distancing most effective at slowing coronavirus spread. There are now more than 1.8 million coronavirus infections in the U.S. and more than …
ADB expands trade finance programme to support private sector in Bangladesh
By Business Desk :The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has expanded the Trade Finance Program (TFP) to support private sector in Bangladesh by raising its financing limit to $755 million from $518 million …
WFP’s appeal to help Bangladesh
We appreciate the World Food Programme (WFP) issuing an urgent call for USD 320 million to provide food and financial assistance to the most vulnerable families in Bangladesh during this pandemic.
How to flatten the recession curve and finance Bangladesh’s economic recovery
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has announced that it will ensure adequate liquidity in the financial system to support the operations of financial institutions, and has announced that it will buy treasury …