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FY26 foreign aid commitment drops 37pc

Bangladesh, Aug. 6 -- Bangladesh's overall external assistance confirmation dropped by 37 per cent in the 2025-26 fiscal year, with India not committing even a single penny, officials say. Advertisem... Read More


Transition-time depressed dev works diminish ADP execution

Bangladesh, July 31 -- Depressed development works in the transition time are among reasons that diminished Bangladesh's Annual Development Programme (ADP)-implementation rate to a historic low of 67.... Read More


Dhaka rules out alternative currency payments with Moscow

Bangladesh, July 30 -- Bangladesh cannot facilitate a second-currency-payment system with Russia outside the US dollar at this moment due to international financial regulations, officials say. Howeve... Read More


Development spending dips to a very worrying level

Bangladesh, July 27 -- Government agencies exposed their weakest capacity in implementing development programme as an unprecedented slowdown in public spending left over Tk 1.0 trillion unspent until ... Read More


Bangladesh getting 3yr time extension for LDC graduation

Bangladesh, July 23 -- Bangladesh is set to get three-year extension for graduation from the least-developed country (LDC) status as the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is going to... Read More


Govt borrowing $1.0b hard-term IsDB loan

Dhaka, July 7 -- Bangladesh is borrowing US$1.0-billion hard-term loan from the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) for much-needed upgrading of Eastern Refinery's oil-refining capacity by 3.0 million ton... Read More


BIWTA defies austerity with lavish Tk 8.4m spending proposals

Dhaka, July 4 -- The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) has proposed substantial allocations for honoraria, travel bills, and car rentals in a pontoon-repair project, strongly defying... Read More


Dhaka seeks $3.3b loan for fossil fuels, fertiliser imports

Dhaka, June 28 -- Bangladesh has launched high-level negotiations in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to secure a US$3.30 billion trade financing package from the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation ... Read More


Bangladesh now half a trillion dollar economy

Dhaka, June 11 -- Bangladesh is now a half-trillion-dollar economy, as its gross domestic product (GDP) has crossed USD 500 billion mark. It has achieved this unique feat in the outgoing fiscal year ... Read More


LDC graduation deferral decision due September

Dhaka, June 5 -- Bangladesh is expected to learn by September whether it will get additional time before graduating from Least- Developed Country (LDC) status, with United Nations bodies currently rev... Read More