বিশ্বব্যাংক তাদের এক প্রতিবেদনে উল্লেখ করেছে, করোনা ভাইরাস সংক্রমণের কারণে এ বছর বিশ্ব অর্থনীতি ৫ শতাংশ বা তারও বেশি সংকুচিত হতে পারে। এশীয় উন্নয়ন ব্যাংক তাদের এক প্রতিবেদনে বলেছে, চলতি বছর বাংলাদেশের জিডিপি প্রবৃদ্ধি ৫ দশমিক ৪ শতাংশে নেমে আসতে পারে, যদিও দক্ষিণ এশিয়ার দেশগুলোর মধ্যে বাংলাদেশের...
Local companies will enjoy a reduction in production costs and time alongside an overall improvement to the business climate through the implementation of the government's plans on the ease of doing business, according to Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal. "Improving Bangladesh's ranking on the World Bank's Ease...
The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors today approved $202 million in additional financing for the Modern Food Storage Facilities Project to increase the storage capacity of Bangladesh's national strategic grain reserves by 535,500 tonnes for 4.5 million people. The project is helping Bangladesh address food insecurity in...
The World Bank has been an ever-reassuring presence in Bangladesh's growth narrative, and the multilateral lender will continue to play that role, said its country director. The Washington-based multilateral lender would continue making funds available for Bangladesh to help the country pull out of the devastating impact...
The World Bank yesterday approved $1.05 billion for three projects to help Bangladesh create quality jobs and accelerate economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic as well as build resilience to future crises. "This is an extraordinary response to an unprecedented crisis. The Covid-19 pandemic has deeply jeopardised...
The World Bank estimates a loss of $10 trillion in earnings, over time, for this generation of students – due to school closures in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The global lender said, in a report, this would happen without remedial action when students start returning...
World Bank predicts that Bangladesh's growth will slow to 1.6 percent in the current fiscal year. The global lender made the prediction in its "Global Economic Prospects 2020" report last night. The country's growth is estimated to have slowed as the recovery in industrial production is reversed...
The World Bank has called for taking steps to speed up recovery as coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the economic shutdowns are dealing a severe blow to the global economy, especially in the poorer countries.
Developing countries and the international community can take steps now...
The COVID-19 pandemic has driven most commodity prices down amid the global economic shock, said the World Bank on Thursday. The pandemic will most likely bring down commodity prices substantially lower over 2020, the World Bank said in its April Commodity Markets Outlook. "Sudden stop to economic...