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IMF team due this week to discuss $4.5b loan request

A delegation from International Monetary Fund (IMF) will arrive in Dhaka this week to start negotiations on Bangladesh’s request for a US $4.5 billion loan as budgetary support, official sources said on Sunday. The team from the Washington-based lending agency...

Negotiations on $4.5 billion IMF loan open soon

Negations on a US$4.5-billion budget-support credit Bangladesh seeks from the...

Economic effect of real effective exchange rate

Bangladesh derives some gains from a downturn in the country's...

Sri Lanka to pay back $200m loan by March, says BB chief

Bangladesh is hopeful that Sri Lanka will repay the debt...

Misuse of public funds-IV: Sops found in CI sheet, dry food, blanket buys

Twelve jeeps and cars were purchased for monitoring work of...

BB instructs banks to tighten monitoring of cryptocurrency transactions

Bangladesh Bank has once again directed authorities to monitor cryptocurrency...

PM urges countrymen to take initiatives from now on to prevent famine

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the countrymen to make...

Misuse of public funds-II: Marauding through 12 projects with billions misspent

Huge funds from 12 development projects under Local Government Engineering...

Over-reliance on RMG to be major barrier to sustaining growth in next 10 years: Report

The overdependence on apparel exports could be a major barrier...

BB eases single borrower, large loan exposure limit clauses

The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has relaxed conditions on single-borrower and...

IMF predicts Bangladesh's GDP would grow by 6.0pc in FY23

The International Monetary Fund has projected that Bangladesh's GDP would...

ECNEC approves six projects worth Tk 70.19 billion

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on...

Inflation 9.52pc in August, 9.10pc in September: BBS

Bangladesh witnessed a record 9.52 per cent inflation rate in...

Singer BD to invest $78m in N'ganj EZ

Singer Bangladesh Limited will invest US$78 million in Bangladesh Special...

Bangladesh's machinery import plans weighed down by economic jitters

In the face of a volatile foreign exchange market, the...

Bangladesh set to adopt $230bn plan to mitigate impacts of climate change

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change is set...

New BB tools to assess banks' strengths

The central bank is preparing a stress-testing mechanism that would...

AIIB emerges as one of BD's major dev financiers

The newcomer Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has emerged as...

Will repo rate hikes help tame inflation in Bangladesh?

The central bank has hiked the key interest rate three...

BD to urge IMF to speed up $4.5b loan

Bangladesh is likely to request the International Monetary Fund (IMF)...

SDGs seen not on track amid current geopolitics

Achieving SDG goals for Bangladesh and other developing countries is...

Bangladesh may see slower GDP growth at 6.1pc

Bangladesh may see slower economic growth at 6.1 per cent...

WB lowers Bangladesh's growth forecast as global shocks spread

The World Bank has lowered its forecast for Bangladesh’s economic...

Achieving SDG uncertain with current state of economy

Achieving SDG goals for Bangladesh and other developing countries is...

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