BRI to enhance trade, beef up infrastructure The Belt and Road Initiative [BRI] by China provides opportunity for Bangladesh to improve its infrastructure, increase investment, trade and enhance connectivity with countries in South Asia, but it also raises concerns of debt trap and environmental damage, according to Experts. To reap
Read MoreNon-Bank Entities can soon set up ATMs The Central Bank will allow non-Bank entities to set up automated teller machines [ATMs] and point of sale [POS] terminals as it ramps up efforts to promote card-based transactions across the country. The move will help people in distant parts of the country
Read MorePM to inaugurate IORA Blue Economy Ministerial Conference Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to inaugurate the Indian Ocean Rim Association [IORA] Blue Economy Ministerial Conference [BEC-III] on Thursday. Member States of IORA will discuss ways to promote smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and employment opportunities in the Indian Ocean
Read MoreInflation edges down in August Inflation declined 13 basis points to 5.49 percent in August, helped by the downward movement of both food and non-food prices. Last month’s rate also bucked the rising trend as inflation had risen 10 basis points to 5.62 percent in the first month of the
Read MoreGDP growth tops 26 Countries Bangladesh recorded the highest economic growth among a list of 26 countries in the last 10 years, according to The Spectator Index. Since 2009, the country’s Gross Domestic Product [GDP] expanded 188 percent at the current prices. In the past decade, China’s economy grew 177
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