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Brent crude has touched $110 a barrel for the first time since May amid worries that escalating Middle East tensions could further tighten supplies. Brent settled 3.7% higher at $109.86 on Friday.
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⚡ Breaking Bangladesh's national poverty rate rose to 22.5% in FY26, up from 18.7% in 2022, with 2.1 million additional people falling below the international poverty line during the year, according to the World Bank's October 2026 Bangladesh Development Update.
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Bangladesh stocks ended the week on a negative note, extending their losing streak for three consecutive weeks as investors continued sell-off amid persistent concerns over corporate earnings, rising business costs and renewed geopolitical tensions.
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Bangladesh feels the pinch of growing external borrowing as pressure builds up on its foreign-exchange buffers from incremental debt-service payouts. Interest payments have more than tripled and principal payback nearly doubled over the past five years.
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⚡ Breaking IMF has delivered a sobering economic forecast for Bangladesh, projecting growth will slow to 3% by FY31 — less than half the government's 8.5% target — as weak governance, corruption and stalled reforms threaten the $1 trillion economy aspiration.
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Indonesia's benchmark stock index closed down 11.57%, its biggest single-day drop since January 1998, as MSCI prepares to expel the country from global indexes — a wake-up call for emerging markets.
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The Dhaka bourse extended its modest recovery for a third consecutive session on Thursday, as many investors picked up recently beaten-down shares at relatively attractive prices.
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⚡ Breaking Bangladesh and IMF will hold further discussions for two weeks starting next week to finalize the loan proposal details, with Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury saying the meeting focused on final review of the proposal.
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⚡ Breaking Bangladesh's GDP per capita surpassed India's in FY26 at $2,886 vs $2,750, with IMF projecting Bangladesh to remain ahead for two more years before India retakes lead in FY29 and widens gap through FY31.
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Bangladesh Steel Re-Rolling Mills (BSRM) registered 14.49% year-on-year growth in profit in FY26, extending its growth trajectory for the third consecutive year. Consolidated profit reached Tk 7.03 billion on revenue of Tk 109.95 billion.
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Bangladesh's banking sector needs stronger board-level oversight, independent chief risk officers (CROs) and credible asset-quality management to ensure financial stability, experts said at a BIBM seminar.
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A latest IMF report suggests boosting household consumption and protecting vulnerable workers in Bangladesh to make economic growth more resilient as high inflation squeezes commoners' affordability in spending.