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Economy

WB approves $102m to improve riverbank protection, navigability of Jamuna

The World Bank yesterday approved $102 million to help Bangladesh improve riverbank protection and navigability in the Jamuna River, saving people from being displaced, protecting their livelihoods and spurring economic

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Newly released ADB report predicts better year for Bangladesh in FY2024

Asian Development Bank has projected Bangladesh’s gross domestic product growth to be 6.5 per cent in the fiscal year 2024, compared to an estimated growth of 6 per cent in

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Dollar price should not be high: BB

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has observed that as a trade balance is prevailing now in the country, dollar price should not be high. “Now there is a trade balance here, the

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Another dream getting closer to reality

Bangladesh is going to move one more step closer to fulfilment of the dream of generating nuclear power as it is all set to load uranium fuel into the reactor

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Prices set for potato, egg, onion ignored

The prices of egg, potato, and onion in the markets in the capital remained high on Friday—the first day after the government set the prices of three locally produced food

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Chip designer to the world in $54bn market return

UK-based chip designer Arm Holdings has secured a $54.5bn (£43.6bn) valuation, as it makes its highly-anticipated return to the stock market. The shares were priced at $51 each, which is

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Reasons behind record inflation are chicken and egg: Planning Minister

In the month of August, the food sector saw 12.54 percent inflation. This record inflation was caused due to chicken and egg, commented Planning Minister MA Mannan. He made this

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China emerges from deflation as August prices rebound

China’s consumer price index rebounded in August as the world’s second-largest economy emerged from deflation, official data released Saturday showed, despite sluggish domestic consumption that is complicating the country’s post-Covid

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Global rice prices hit 15-year high after India curbs: FAO

Global rice prices reached a 15-year high in August after top exporter India banned some overseas sales of the grain, the Food and Agriculture Organization said Friday. While global food prices eased

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Global trade finance gap expands to $2.5 trillion in 2022: ADB

The global trade finance gap grew to a record 2.5 trillion US dollars in 2022 from 1.7 trillion dollars two years earlier, as rising interest rates, flagging economic prospects, inflation,

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