The Citizens' Platform on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on Monday said that the proposed budget did not show a pathway to restoring economic stability. Leaders of the civil society platform said this while speaking in a media briefing on the proposed budget for the fiscal year 2024-25 at BRAC Inn Center
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IMF approves 600 mln USD funding to support Ghana’s economic recovery
Ghana has secured 600 million U.S. dollars in funding from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as part of a 3-billion-dollar bailout program, the government announced late Friday. The IMF's decision came after Ghana clinched a deal with its official creditors a week earlier to restructure parts of its external debts,
Country’s GDP growth higher than forecast for FY23: ADB
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said the current gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate in Bangladesh is estimated higher than forecast for fiscal year 2023 as it kept the country's growth forecast unchanged at 6.5 percent for fiscal 2024. "The current growth rate in Bangladesh is estimated higher than forecast for
ADB okays $400m loan to support economic recovery
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday approved a $400 million loan to Bangladesh to advance reforms in domestic resource mobilization, improve efficiency and productivity of public spending, and help small businesses - especially women-led businesses - to access low-cost innovative bank financing. This loan is ADB's second subprogram of the
United we stand to achieve sustainable development
The world today faces a future that is in peril. Our challenges have become more complex and interconnected, as we see the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, an uneven economic recovery, a climate emergency, growing inequalities, and an increase in conflicts globally. This year also marks a grim milestone, with
Govt to focus on sustainable economic recovery: Kamal
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today said the government will focus on sustainable economic recovery in the third year of the Covid-19 pandemic."Now, in the third year of the pandemic, our priority will be to sustain the economic recovery by maintaining the trend of income generation and job creation and