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  Bangladesh economy to bounce back: German envoy

  United News of Bangladesh. Dhaka | Updated at 08:40pm on July 07, 2020

  German ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Fahrenholtz hoped that the economy of Bangladesh would surely bounce back soon. He observed that Bangladesh had a robust economy...

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  Curtailed hajj compounds Saudi economic woes 

  Agence France-Presse . Riyadh | Updated at 11:34am on June 28, 2020

  Vacant religious sites. Abandoned pilgrim tents. Lifeless hotels. A stunning emptiness — and fears of economic ruin — haunt the usually bustling city of Mecca...

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  COVID-19 wipes out $12t from global economy: IMF

  Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 10:59pm on June 25, 2020

  The global coronavirus pandemic has sparked an economic ‘crisis like no other,’ sending world GDP plunging 4.9 per cent this year and wiping out $12...

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  The political economy of COVID-19

  Pete Dolack | Updated at 12:00am on June 21, 2020

  GOVERNMENTS around the world are attempting to prop up a failing capitalist system by — surprise! — throwing money at wealthy individuals and corporations, especially...

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  ADB puts FY20 Bangladesh growth at 4.5pc

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 10:57am on June 18, 2020

  The Asian Development Bank on Thursday said that Bangladesh GDP would grow by 4.5 per cent in the current fiscal year 2019-2020, revising its original...

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  UK economy shrinks a fifth on virus lockdown

  Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 10:55pm on June 12, 2020

  Britain’s economy shrank by a fifth in size during April as the coronavirus lockdown shuttered factories, offices and shops, official data showed on Friday, stoking...

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  Bangladesh forex reserve hits record $34.23 billion

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:14am on June 04, 2020

  The country’s foreign exchange reserve has surpassed $34 billion mark for the first time mainly due to the surge in remittance earnings in May.According to...

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  Post-corona steps should be taken to tackle country’s economy

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:49am on May 31, 2020

  Left politicians and eminent economists of the country on Saturday at a views exchange programme said that the government should take well-organised steps to tackle...

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  India quarterly growth worst in two decades

  Agence France-Presse . Mumbai | Updated at 10:11pm on May 29, 2020

  India’s economy grew at its slowest pace in at least two decades last quarter, government data showed on Friday, with warnings of far worse to...

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  BIBM for injecting money into economy

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 09:11pm on May 16, 2020

  The Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management on Saturday proposed 10 action plans, including injection of money into the economy, to recover from the losses incurred...