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WB okays $120 mn to help Bangladesh improve food security
The World Bank has approved $120 million to help Bangladesh improve food security by enhancing climate resilience and productivity of irrigated agriculture and fisheries.
Bangladesh to gain from seamless transport connectivity with India: WB
Seamless transport connectivity between India and Bangladesh has the potential to increase national income by as much as 17 percent in Bangladesh and 8 percent in India, according to a new World Bank (WB) report.
WB, Bangladesh sign $200m deal for improved sanitation, water access
The World Bank and Bangladesh on Tuesday signed a $200 million financing agreement to help 3.6 million people access hygienic sanitation facilities and about 600,000 people access clean water in rural areas.
WB okays $40 mn to help Bangladesh increase coverage of e-GP
The World Bank on Saturday approved $40 million to help Bangladesh increase the coverage of electronic government procurement (e-GP) with new features to respond to the COVID 19 challenges.
Pandemic could push 72 mln more children into "learning poverty": WB
COVID-19-related school closures risk is pushing an additional 72 million primary school aged children into "learning poverty" - meaning that they are unable to read and understand a simple text by age 10, the World Bank has said.
Nations must work together to reverse setbacks to poverty reduction: WB
Reversing setbacks to poverty reduction requires nations to work together for a resilient recovery, according to a new World Bank report.
WB projects 1.6 pc GDP growth for Bangladesh in 2020-21
Bangladesh's GDP growth will be 1.6 percent in the running 2020-21 fiscal, World Bank on Thursday forecast in its twice-a-year-regional update.
Pandemic threatens human capital gains of past decade: WB
The COVID-19 pandemic threatens the hard-won gains in health and education over the past decade, especially in the poorest countries, a new World Bank Group analysis shows.
WB provides Bangladesh over $1 bn to create quality jobs
The World Bank has approved $1.05 billion for three projects to help Bangladesh create quality jobs and accelerate economic recovery from the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic as well as build resilience to future crises.
WB forecasts 1.6pc growth for Bangladesh
The World Bank in its latest forecast has predicted that the GDP growth rate in Bangladesh will come down to 1.6 percent in the current fiscal year.