Three persons returning home on a bike have been killed after being hit by a speeding truck in Brahmanbaria, police said Friday.

Reversing setbacks to poverty reduction requires nations to work together for a resilient recovery, according to a new World Bank report.

The World Bank (WB) on Sunday in its latest report stated that the ongoing novel coronavirus (COVID-19) might leave a drastic impact on Indian economy which might decelerate to 5 percent in 2020, and to 2.8 percent in the next year.

Bangladesh and other South Asian countries must ramp up action to curb the health emergency, protect their people, especially the poorest and most vulnerable, and set the stage now for fast economic recovery, the World Bank said in its twice-a-year-regional update on Sunday.