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Current account logs surplus after a year

According to the latest data released by the Bangladesh Bank, the central Bank of Bangladesh, the country's current account balance recorded a surplus after nearly a year. According to the Bangladesh Bank (BB), the current account balance showed a surplus of 33 million U.S. dollars during the first half of 2024-25 fiscal year against a deficit of 3.47 billion dollars during the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year (July 2023-June 2024). A BB official who preferred to be unnamed said the c...

FACTORING – Int’l Trade Finance for Bangladesh

International Business Forum of Bangladesh (IBFB) organized a webinar on “FACTORING - International Trade Finance for Bangladesh” held on Monday, 31 August, 2020 via ZOOM virtual conference.

Dr. Mashiur Rahman, Economic Affairs Adviser to the Hon’ble Prime Minister, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh graced the webinar as Chief Guest. Thompson Lui, Regional Manager, South and Southeast Asia, Facilitating Open Account - Receivables Finance, Factoring Chain International (FCI), The Netherlands was present as Guest of Honor. The Keynote Paper Presenter presented by Dr. Prashanta Kumar Banerjee, Director (Research, Development & Consultancy), Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM).

Bangladesh moves forward as production hub

Though often described as one of the least developed countries in South Asia, Bangladesh has overcome significant challenges to become a production hub for international companies that want to enjoy the cheap labor and other facilities the country has to offer. During my recent one-week stay in Bangladesh, I had the opportunity to visit some of the country's major factories and Export Processing Zones (EPZ), where thousands of Bangladeshis work to make a living. maids from BDWith its population of over 160 mil...

Govt-ADB to ink $ 167m loan deal for gas sector

The government will sign with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) $167 million loan agreement for financing a project to improve infrastructure and operational efficiency of the country’s gas sector. Last month, the ADB approved the loan amount to help promote sustainable economic growth and reduce poverty in Bangladesh by improving production efficiency at a key gas field, north of the capital Dhaka, and by expanding transmission infrastructure, reports BSS. Senior Secretary of the Economic Relations Division (ERD) Mohammad Mejbahuddin and ADB adb1

WB to finance BRT project

The World Bank has shown their interests to finance the Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) project, designed for quick transportation between Gazipur and Dhaka Airport which would take only 20 minutes. Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said this to reporters after a meeting with the World Bank representative led by acting World Bank country director Rajsree Palongkar at the conference room of his office in Dhaka on Sunday. “We have asked the concerned authority to start the project work soon as the World Bank is wb

Bangladesh free of graft, terror funding risk: BB

Bangladesh has emerged as a country free of risk of money laundering and terror financing, downing fears that the country might re-enter the list for “slack implementation of laws”. In current rating, Bangladesh avoided the International Cooperation Review Group (ICRG) and was declared a risk free nation, Bangladesh Bank said in a statement today. bangladesh_bankFears were on after Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG), the global body that ranks countries, acknowledged Bangladesh of having “slack imp...
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