A new transit route between Bangladesh and India is likely to start trial trains this month. The new route will enter Bangladesh through Chuadanga Darshan, Pabna’s Ishwardi, Natore’s Abdulpur, Dinajpur’s Parvatipur, Nilphamari’s Chilahati and will reach Cooch Behar in West Bengal, India. The map of this new route will be submitted by India to the […]
Read MoreAt the height of Sri Lanka’s economic crisis when it defaulted on its foreign debt in 2022, inflation had risen to nearly 70%. Crisis-hit Sri Lanka’s annual inflation almost doubled to 1.7%t in June, up from 0.9% the previous month, as food prices began rising again, official data showed Saturday. The Census and Statistics department […]
Read MoreThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) has recommended ensuring transparency and accountability of the overall operations of Bangladesh Bank on a priority basis. At the same time, it has been said to increase the power by ensuring the autonomy of the central bank. Besides, the Central Bank has asked to stop the priority sectors which are […]
Read MoreThe Reserve Bank of India (RBI) introduced a new currency swap window worth Rs25,000 crore yesterday (27 June) for swap support in Indian Rupee for South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) countries, offering various concessions. Saarc consists of eight member countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Moreover, the RBI […]
Read MoreOn June 6, Israeli forces bombed the Nuseirat refugee camp in Palestine. Quds News Network released a video on this. It shows the wreckage of a missile fired from an Israeli warplane. A label clearly visible on the debris of the missile read, ‘Made in India.’ Al Jazeera reported this information on Wednesday. In the […]
Read MoreThe Singapore government has seized US$4.4 billion (S$6 billion) worth of illegal assets related to crime and money laundering. Almost half of these illegal assets were seized from last year’s record financial scandals. Bloomberg reported this information in a report on Wednesday (June 26). These assets have been seized between January 2019 and June 2024. […]
Read MoreThis year’s holy Hajj ceremony is over. In the meantime, pilgrims from different countries of the world have started returning to their respective countries on return flights. Saudi authorities have called for ‘reasonable’ shopping by these pilgrims. Gulf News reported this information in a report on Monday (June 24). According to the report, the foreign […]
Read MoreBangladesh State Minister of Commerce Ahsanul Islam Titu said that currently Bangladesh has commercial transactions with 210 countries of the world. Bangladesh has a trade deficit with 82 countries. According to the 2022-23 fiscal year, Bangladesh has a total trade deficit of $15,239.55 million. Dr. National Parliament on Sunday. He said this in response to […]
Read MoreThe proposal to waive the third tranche of debt in favor of Bangladesh will be presented at the meeting of the Executive Council of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday. In that meeting, the final approval of the proposal to waive the debt of Bangladesh can be obtained. If it is approved the money […]
Read MoreThe Bank of Japan is targeting sustainable, demand-driven inflation of two percent The pace of Japanese inflation accelerated in May partly due to higher energy bills, government data showed Friday, as analysts speculate on the timing of the Bank of Japan’s next rate hike. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) — which excludes volatile fresh food […]
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