Bangladesh

Remittance growth jumped from -9.0% y-o-y in November to 18.4% in December, with the monthly inflow hitting a record high of US$1,147.2mn in the last month of 2011. The total amount... 2012-02-02

In line with our expectations, Bangladesh's cumulative current account balance for the ongoing fiscal year (FY2011/12, July-June) has entered into deficit territory - the first time... 2012-01-03

On January 2, the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) stated that a decision by the ruling government to re-establish the caretaker government (CG) system would be the... 2012-01-03

In line with our expectations, consumer price inflation came in at 11.4% y-o-y in October, down from 12.0% in September. Food inflation ticked down to 12.8% y-o-y (from 13.8%), while... 2011-11-24

The Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) has expressed its anxiety over the recent acceleration of non-food inflation, suggesting that the rise could potentially trigger... 2011-11-24

In line with our expectations, Bangladesh's current account surplus has started out the current fiscal year promisingly. The latest data showed a cumulative surplus of US$1,194mn through... 2011-10-27

The World Bank announced on October 10 that it had put on hold a US$1.2bn loan - its biggest one-off credit line to any country - for the Padma Bridge until the Bangladeshi government... 2011-10-27