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BGMEA and World Bank officials pose for a photograph during a meeting at the BGMEA Complex in Uttara, Dhaka, on 7 October 2026. Photo: Courtesy

BGMEA urges WB to scale up funding, scope for RMG water management

Although BGMEA initially submitted a list of 31 factories, the World Bank selected eight factories for the initial rollout.

Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury. Photo: Collected

'Wait and see,' says FinMin on WB's 3.4% growth forecast for FY27

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Bangladesh GDP projected to grow at 3.4%, second lowest in South Asia

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Banking woes, energy shortages, low revenue threaten Bangladesh's growth: World Bank

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World Bank says Bangladesh economic rebound falls short, cuts growth outlook

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World Bank to provide $300m for emergency food security support in Bangladesh

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World Bank team in Bangladesh to discuss energy financing, infrastructure reforms

Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury briefs reporters outside the UN Headquarters in New York on Tuesday (22 September) following Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s meeting with World Bank Group President Ajay Banga. Photo: Collected

WB ready to support Bangladesh amid external economic shocks: Khosru

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman meets World Bank Group President Ajay Banga on the sidelines of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the UN Headquarters in New York yesterday, 22 September, 2026. Photo: UNB

PM, WB president discuss development priorities, support for Bangladesh

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World Bank boosts private capital mobilisation to record $112b

Michael Kremer, Economic Sciences Laureate, The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, speaks during his Nobel lecture "Experimentation, Innovation and Economics" at Stockholm University in Stockholm, Sweden 8 December, 2019.

World Bank names Nobel laureate Michael Kremer as next chief economist

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WB recommends phased tariff reform to boost Bangladesh’s trade competitiveness

Trainees receive hands-on factory training under the Accelerating and Strengthening Skills for Economic Transformation (ASSET) project implemented by the Ministry of Education. Photo: Collected

Women make up 58% of ASSET trainees completing courses in 6 months