The question we must confront is not simply why poverty reversal (when decreasing poverty levels start to rise) is happening, ...

Bangladesh's success in reducing poverty since the 1990s was a global case study. The combination of a booming garment industry, remittance flows, microfinance, rural infrastructural development, and ...

The slowdown in inflation is expected to be supported by improved monetary policy transmission and the easing of import restrictions, says the World Bank's Bangladesh Development Update.

Bangladesh's garment sector, the lifeblood of its economy, faces uncertainty as fresh labour law changes raise fears of ...

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Monday expressed his interest in visiting Bangladesh in the coming months, ...

DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh is on track to halve poverty levels by 2015 after significant progress over the past decade despite a series of external shocks, the World Bank said on Sunday. Nearly 40 ...