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World Bank approves $350m additional financing to support Bangladesh LNG imports

The financing aims to help Bangladesh tackle global fuel market volatility, secure long-term LNG supplies and reduce dependence on costly spot market purchases amid ongoing Middle East tensions

World Bank Operations Manager Gayel Martin met with Commerce Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir at the Bangladesh Secretariat. Photo: PID

Bangladesh seeks WB support for human capital, trade capacity building

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Bangladesh to repurpose $1.13b WB, AIIB loans for food, energy security

Waste dumped on the road from Notunbazar to Badda on 22 April 2025. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain/TBS

A Bangladeshi generates more waste than an Indian; third highest in South Asia: World Bank

A woman walks by a long row of flags at the IMF building during the 2026 annual IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington, DC, US, April 16, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File Photo

Battle-scarred developing nations look for path out of permacrisis

Zahid Hussain, former lead economist, World Bank Dhaka office. Sketch: TBS

Bangladesh in its own Strait: Caught between war and policy paralysis

World Bank Group President Ajay Banga speaks during an interview with Reuters at the World Bank in Washington, DC, US, 10 April 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

IMF, World Bank meetings show limits in mitigating shocks, reliance on US for solutions

The World Bank Group logo is displayed on an office wall at the International Finance Corporation, Karachi, Pakistan, 4 February 2026. Photo: REUTERS

World Bank launches new strategy to help small states tackle challenges

Multilateral lenders vow support for stability and resilience

Multilateral lenders vow support for stability and resilience

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Act now or finance the fallout

A worker counts Egyptian pounds and issues a receipt after filling a car's tank at a Chillout petrol station as Egypt raises domestic fuel prices by up to 17% amid global energy turmoil and the expanding U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Cairo, Egypt, 10 March, 2026. REUTERS

Economic shock of Middle East war to cast shadow over IMF, World Bank meetings

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Russia leads foreign aid disbursement in FY26 (July-Febuary)

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Heavy regulatory burdens hinder investment in Bangladesh: World Bank