Regional & International Economy

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday projected that the global economy will grow by 6 percent in 2021, 0.5 percentage point above the January forecast, according to the latest World Economic Outlook (WEO).

The falling trend would not sustain owing to the second wave of Covid-19, says experts

The country’s export earnings fell by 0.12 per cent to $28.93 billion In the July-March period of the current financial year 2020-21 from $28.97 billion in the same period of the previous fiscal year amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

Consistency in investment policies and long-term policy support are the most important factors in attracting both domestic and foreign direct investment into the country, said Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority executive chairman Paban Chowdhury.Bangladesh’s prospects of fetching higher amounts of FDI are very bright given its incredible progress in setting up …

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Monday said D-8 Member States should leverage the commonalities and aim to promote intra-trade, investment in innovation, minimise tariff and non-tariff barriers.

The number of Japanese companies operating in Bangladesh has increased around four times in 10 years as the government ensured better business climate for the foreign investors in the country.

Expatriate Bangladeshis sent US$ 18,603.80 million remittances during the first nine months of the current fiscal (FY21), which was 35.10 percent higher than the same period of the last fiscal year (FY20).

The forum condemned the reported threat by the LR Global Asset Management Company against journalist Niaz Mahmud

Bangladesh is set to hold the 10th Developing-8 (D-8) Summit virtually on April 8 aiming to seek more investment and trade from the member states.

Bangladesh Bank has decided to increase the size of its export development fund (EDF) as it reaches out to businesses tackling slowdowns from a recent resurgence in daily Covid-19 cases, the highest since last July.