Muhith, family leave for Delhi

Finance minister AMA Muhith left Dhaka for New Delhi on Thursday on a five-day tour to attend the 46th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank in the Indian capital.
The annual meeting of the Manila-based lending agency that began on the day at the India Expo Centre and Mart will end on May 5. The finance minister is being

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ADB depicts gloomy picture of economy

It says GDP growth to be only 5.7pc
The Asian Development Bank has projected that the country’s GDP growth will be 5.7 per cent, lower than the World Bank and International Monetary Fund estimates of 5.8 per cent, in the current fiscal year because of political uncertainties and stagnant economy of Europe.
The bank in its latest Development Outlook released

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ADB team to visit Dhaka this month to examine solar funding scope

A consultation mission of Asian Development Bank will arrive in Dhaka this month to examine scope of the installation of 500MW capacity solar energy system in Bangladesh.
The ADB also plans to take an initiative to organise an investors’ meeting in Dhaka by September to ensure donors’ support in the project, a top official of the Power Division told the news agency on

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