Bangladesh

Headline consumer price inflation (CPI) came in at 7.7% year-on-year (y-o-y) in March, down slightly from the 7.9% rate registered in February. The past eight months have seen the headline... 2013-05-02

Contrary to our earlier expectations that real GDP growth would stabilise this fiscal year (FY2012/13 [July-June]) from the slowdown witnessed in FY2011/12, economic data so far this... 2013-04-05

The Bangladeshi government will receive a US$1.0bn loan from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for implementing four major projects, including the building of the four-lane... 2013-04-05

The outlook for the Padma Bridge, the largest infrastructure project ever proposed in Bangladesh, has once again become unclear, with the Bangladesh government withdrawing its request... 2013-02-28

Against our expectations for broad stability, Bangladesh Bank (BB) has allowed the taka to strengthen in line with the strong and supportive fundamental pressures on the currency –... 2013-02-28

While remittance inflows into Bangladesh have remained robust, with the six-month moving average of year-on-year growth having hit a fresh multi-year high of 22.7% in December 2012,... 2013-01-30

Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) handed out its maiden verdict on January 21, sentencing cleric Abul Kalam Azad to death for his crimes against humanity committed... 2013-01-30