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A woman walks at a market in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon, Lebanon on 6 September, 2022

Further global economic slowdown in third quarter, predicts IMF

The IMF in July revised down global growth to 3.2 per cent in 2022 and 2.9 per cent in 2023. It will release a new outlook next month

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Sri Lanka has an IMF deal, now it courts China and India

Sri Lanka's International Monetary Fundbailout plan could be a turning point in its worst economic crisis, but far-from-stable politics and a need to get debt relief from competing powers China, ...

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Debt management Days of cheap foreign loans to end soon

The pressure will subside slightly if the sale of savings certificate decreases and bond trade launches at the secondary market

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IMF announces $2.9b bailout package for Sri Lanka

The International Monetary Fund said Thursday it had reached a staff-level agreement to support bankrupt Sri Lanka with a $2.9 billion bailout spread over four years.

Sri Lanka's President Ranil Wickremesinghe looks on during an interview with Reuters at Presidential Secretariat, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 18 August, 2022.

Sri Lanka budget to bolster revenue as IMF talks progress

Negotiations with the IMF, which currently has a team of officials visiting Sri Lanka, have reached a 'successful level', according to the Sri Lankan president

IMF approves revival of massive Pakistan loan programme

IMF approves revival of massive Pakistan loan programme

Pakistan is desperate for international support for its economy, which suffers from poor revenue collection and dwindling foreign reserves to pay its crippling debt

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Bangladesh being ‘killed by economic conditions elsewhere’: Financial Times

Bangladesh had until recently been better insulated from recent economic shocks, in part because of its successful export sector. But prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s government in July approached the ...

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Budget support Bangladesh in search of dollars from Int'l lenders

The government is approaching various donor agencies for dollars, overlooking interest rates and other conditions in a bid to overcome the shortfall in foreign currency.

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Interview: Debapriya Bhattacharya 'A transitional consensus plan needed for the economy'

Speaking in an interview with Prothom Alo, economist Debapriya Bhattacharya says, those who had been basking in economic development so long, are alarmed at the sound of IMF. They had been denying ...

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IMF loan Bangladesh seeks $1.5b in first phase

Bangladesh has sought US dollar 1.5 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as the first phase under the package of loan assistance of US dollar 4.5 billion – the country applied to tackle ...

Mohammed Farashuddin

Fuel price hike 'I’m against hiking prices of kerosene, diesel'

People are now going to suffer for the inefficiency that has in revenue collection. I have been talking for a long time to stop money laundering. The situation is so bad now that even the high ...

People run for a bus near the Karwan Bazar area of the capital

Unprecedented rise of fuel price Middle-class in a new fight for survival

The middle-class people have embarked upon a new fight for survival. The rise in the price of octane, petrol, diesel and kerosene has become a big concern for the poor and people with limited ...

Ahmad Kaikaus

Govt mulls taking IMF loan as precautionary measure: PM’s Principal Secretary

Reiterating that Bangladesh will never be like Sri Lanka, he mentioned that the government is not hiding anything regarding the country’s foreign currency and everything is visible to everyone

IMF is working with Bangladesh on RST loan with 'safeguards'

IMF working with Bangladesh on RST loan

The International Monetary Fund said it would work with Bangladesh to design a loan program request in coming months that meets the country's economic and social dynamics and has "safeguards" in the ...

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IMF loan to stabilise reserves, dollar market: Experts

Bangladesh is expecting around USD 4.5 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as a precautionary measure and stabilising foreign exchange reserves.

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