Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus yesterday urged the World Bank to assist in modernising the Chittagong Port and recovering stolen funds.

The World Bank yesterday launched two new projects worth $700 million to improve basic services, strengthen disaster resilience and expand human capital development for both the displaced Rohingya population and host communities in Bangladesh.

In the first half of 2025, Bangladesh’s economic headlines have swung between cautious optimism and deepening alarm.

World Bank’s new assessment report should be taken seriously

The warning came just days before the Trump administration imposed a sweeping 35 percent US tariff on all Bangladeshi exports

"These two projects will help Bangladesh boost economic growth, improve productivity, and create jobs."

Many participants in the Spring Meetings had a sense that Trump's admin was still conflicted in its demands from trading partners

The Bank has been advising developing countries to focus attention on cutting trade barriers and boosting regional flows of goods

Bangladesh’s banking sector faces significant challenges due to longstanding structural weaknesses and recent emerging risks, according to the World Bank (WB).

Bangladesh has the potential to attract significant investment and generate millions of jobs by carrying out key reforms in four promising sectors -- green readymade garments (RMG), housing for the middle class, paint and dyes, and digital financial services, according to a new report by the World Bank Group.

As much as $670 million (around Tk 8,200 crore) from slow-moving World Bank-funded projects will be repurposed, with most of the funds going towards budget support as the government looks to navigate the narrow fiscal space amid a slowing economy.

These two financial agreements will help Bangladesh achieve green growth: WB country director

The high cost of servicing foreign debt has pushed many developing countries to borrow more money from multilateral institutions like the World Bank, stretching their finances

Bangladesh to utilise the fund to speed up reforms, stabilise reserves

He speaks at a discussion organised by the Finance Division in collaboration with the World Bank

The International Monetary Fund and World Bank annual meetings are scheduled to draw more than 10,000 people from finance ministries, central banks and civil society groups to discuss efforts to boost patchy global growth, deal with debt distress and finance the green energy transition

The government is expecting at least $5.65 billion in budget support this fiscal year from the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to expedite reforms.

The meetings will take place in between October 21 and October 26 

An Oxfam audit found that as much as $41 billion in climate finance could not be found "between the time projects were approved and when they closed."

Key among the reforms was the announcement that the IBRD's minimum equity-to-loans ratio will fall to 18 percent from 19 percent, which will generate $30 billion in additional financing