Some 18,000 deaths from environmental pollution occurred in 2015 in Dhaka, the second least livable city in the world, a World Bank report says.

The World Bank has announced $480 million grant-based support to help Bangladesh address the needs of Rohingya refugees in health, education, water and sanitation, disaster risk management, and social protection.

The government of Bangladesh signs two financing agreements totaling $715 million with the World Bank to improve the primary education sector, and to help the country produce timely and quality statistics.

The government signs a $55 million financing agreement with the World Bank to expand renewable energy uses in rural areas.

The deteriorating health of banking sector has become a major concern for the economy, the World Bank said yesterday.

The World Bank has offered financial assistance to Bangladesh to help Rohingya refugees and their host community in Cox's Bazar where the extreme poverty rate is more than 40 percent.

At a time when Bangladesh is hosting over a million Rohingya refugees as a show of compassion, the World Bank is offering the

The World Bank Business report 2018 published on October 31 had mixed signals for Bangladesh. On the whole, we scored more points than the preceding year, but the increased costs associated with starting a new business and some other indicators cost Bangladesh one full point in the rankings.

Bangladesh can avail as much as $400 million from the World Bank as grants if it rolls out programmes exclusively for the Rohingya

The World Bank has kept unchanged its growth forecast for Bangladesh at 6.4 percent for the current fiscal year, much lower than the

If the government wants, the World Bank will support Bangladesh in addressing the Rohingya refugee crisis, says a top official of the global lender.

The World Bank has offered a low-cost loan of $250 million to Bangladesh for tackling natural disasters.

The government signs an additional $47.50 million financing agreement with the World Bank to continue construction of new water infrastructure in Chittagong and provide access to safe water to around 650,000 people in the city.

Development of the eastern part of Dhaka would help reduce population density and traffic congestion in the entire city, allowing it to

A World Bank-sponsored international conference yesterday underscored the need for planned development of the upcoming new city

Many residents in Dhaka often lack access to basic services and in the last 10 years, average traffic speed has dropped from 21 km to 7 km (hour), only slightly above the average walking speed, says a new World Bank (WB) analysis.

World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim visited the head office of bKash in Dhaka on Monday.

World Bank President Jim Kim spent the last two days in Bangladesh to assess its growing prosperity and to mark on Monday the international day to end poverty.

The visiting World Bank (WB) chief has stated that Bangladesh has made “great progress in reducing child malnutrition and stunting” and committed to provide US$1billion over the next three years to that effect.

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim pledges USD $2 billion over the next three years in new funding to help the country become less vulnerable to climate change.