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Bangladesh scraps World Bank cash for graft-hit bridge
Feb 01, 2013 06:41 EST
Bangladesh's government has withdrawn its request for World Bank financing for a high-profile bridge project that has been dogged by allegations of corruption, the bank said Friday.
Bangladesh gives up on World Bank for scandal-hit bridge
Feb 01, 2013 03:32 EST
Bangladesh's government has withdrawn its request for World Bank financing for a high-profile bridge project that has been dogged by allegations of corruption, the bank said Friday.
Bangladesh minister accuses Muhammad Yunus
Aug 12, 2012 16:53 EDT
Bangladesh Finance Minister A.M.A. Muhith on Sunday accused the Nobel Peace Prize winner and microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus of waging a "harmful campaign" against the country.
Bangladesh asks World Bank to review cancelled loan
Jul 26, 2012 12:03 EDT
Bangladesh has asked the World Bank to review its decision to cancel a $1.2 billion loan for a major road and rail bridge, saying that a senior minister had resigned over the graft allegations.
Bangladesh eyes Yunus's social businesses
Apr 23, 2012 07:59 EDT
Bangladesh's government has announced the creation of a new commission to monitor the social businesses of Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus who fears his empire is the target of the state.
Bangladesh targets Yunus's social businesses
Apr 23, 2012 03:24 EDT
Bangladesh Finance Minister A.M.A. Muhith has said the government will form a commission to ensure "accountability" of the Grameen social businesses run by Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus.
Bangladesh allows 'black money' in stock exchange
Jun 29, 2011 02:59 EDT
Bangladesh will allow billions of dollars of untaxed money to be invested in shares under a new tax amnesty designed to prop up the volatile Dhaka Stock Exchange, an official said Wednesday.
Bangladesh's Nobel winner Yunus defies sacking
Mar 03, 2011 12:20 EST
Bangladesh's Nobel-winning microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus on Thursday launched a legal battle to overturn an attempt by the government to force him from the celebrated bank he founded.
Bangladesh's 'banker to the poor' forced out
Mar 02, 2011 14:52 EST
Bangladesh's central bank on Wednesday fired Nobel prize winner Muhammad Yunus from the celebrated microfinance lender he founded, capping months of political pressure for him to quit.
Bangladesh stocks soar as trading resumes
Jan 25, 2011 06:12 EST
Shares on the Dhaka Stock Exchange soared Tuesday when the market re-opened after weeks of plunges that forced repeated trading halts and triggered clashes between investors and police.
Bangladesh plans mass privatisations to cool stock market
Nov 08, 2010 15:12 EST
Eight state-owned firms, including major energy and power firms, which are already listed will be made to sell more shares, while 24 wholly state-owned firms will be taken public this year, A.M.A. Muhith told AFP Monday.
India lends Bangladesh one billion dollars as ties warm
Aug 07, 2010 12:24 EDT
India gave Bangladesh a billion-dollar soft loan Saturday, the biggest credit package New Delhi has ever earmarked for any nation, highlighting warming ties between the neighbours, officials said.
ADB to give Bangladesh extra 200 mln dollars a year
Jul 22, 2009 20:00 EDT
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Thursday it will give Bangladesh 200 million dollars extra annually to help the impoverished nation weather the global economic crisis.
Bangladesh unveil ambitious budget to boost growth
Jun 10, 2009 20:00 EDT
Bangladesh unveiled a 16.5 billion dollar budget on Thursday to boost spending in the impoverished country and halt sliding economic growth in the face of the global downturn.
Bangladesh unveil ambitious budget to boost growth
Jun 10, 2009 20:00 EDT
Bangladesh unveiled a 16.5 billion dollar budget on Thursday to boost spending in the impoverished country and halt sliding economic growth in the face of the global downturn.
Bangladesh growth seen at nearly 6 pct
May 08, 2009 20:00 EDT
Bangladesh's economy will grow by nearly six percent this fiscal year with the country escaping the brunt of the global economic meltdown, the government forecast Saturday, but tougher times loom.
Bangladesh growth seen at nearly 6 pct
May 08, 2009 20:00 EDT
Bangladesh's economy will grow by nearly six percent this fiscal year with the country escaping the brunt of the global economic meltdown, the government forecast Saturday, but tougher times loom.
Bangladesh arrests charity head behind school
Apr 06, 2009 12:26 EDT
Bangladesh arrests head of UK charity behind Islamic school where weapons found. Police detained the head of a British-based charity on Monday that funded an Islamic school in southern Bangladesh where authorities seized weapons and explosives, an official said.
Official: Bangladesh bans begging in public places
Apr 02, 2009 04:59 EDT
Official: Impoverished Bangladesh bans begging in public places. Impoverished Bangladesh will strictly enforce a new ban on begging that aims to fully eliminate it within five years, an official said Thursday.
Weapons seized in Bangladesh seminary: police
Mar 23, 2009 20:00 EDT
Security forces in Bangladesh on Tuesday recovered a large cache of weapons from an Islamic seminary as part of a crackdown on suspected militants, police said.
