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World Bank’s $350M Grant for Bangladesh Will Help Rohingya and Local Communities
The World Bank today approved $350 million in grant financing for three projects to help Bangladesh cope with one of the world’s largest forced...
Can renewables give climate-displaced women in Bangladesh a new beginning?
It is nightfall in the village of Char Baghutia in Manikganj
district in central Bangladesh. Twenty-seven-year-old Miriam is hunched over a
rickety old sewing machine, under...
Heavy protests in Bangladesh, Modi canceled his trip
Narendra Modi, who was expected to visit Dhaka next week, has
canceled his trip amid anti-Modi protests in Bangladesh. While Government of
Bangladesh has completed all...
USD200M AIIB Loan to Help Increase Electricity Access in Bangladesh
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
has approved a USD200-million loan to Bangladesh to increase access to
electricity and improve service efficiency in the capital of...
ADB Provides Further $170 Million for Capital Market Reforms in Bangladesh
The Asian
Development Bank (ADB) has approved a second tranche loan of $170 million to
conclude the Third Capital Market Development Program in Bangladesh.
ADB approved
the program...
World Bank Group to support 1,200 Women-Owned Businesses in Bangladesh
Women-owned businesses in Bangladesh need better access to markets and
corporate value chains to boost the country’s inclusive growth and to create
more jobs, the World...
Globally Bangladesh is a Model for Poverty Reduction: World Bank
The World Bank reiterated its commitment to help Bangladesh sustain high
economic growth, as the World Bank Vice
President for South Asia, Hartwig Schafer concluded a...
Better Road Safety Will Boost Economic Growth in Bangladesh
Five winning teams of the World
Bank-United Nations Road Safety Champions’ Video Competition were
awarded today in Dhaka. The competition sought ideas for making Dhaka’s roads
safer...
Bangladesh’s Fantasy of a Developing Country Status in Perplexity
Shaikh Hasina, the premier of Bangladesh, has long been accused of
sacrificing her country’s interests and selling
out to India by her political critics. This narrative...
Leading the financing for development agenda in Asia-Pacific
Recent
economic development in Bangladesh has been remarkable. Over the past decade,
GDP per capita has almost tripled, reaching $1,700 in 2018. Annual GDP growth
has averaged...