S&P Global Ratings has revised Bangladesh’s long-term sovereign credit outlook to negative from stable, warning that banking weaknesses, fiscal constraints and external risks could delay the country’s economic recovery.
Bangladesh
Indian man died in Bangladesh in 2021. His body is still in hospital morgue.
The body of an Indian national has remained in a hospital morgue in northern Bangladesh for nearly five years as legal complications, diplomatic procedures and his family’s reluctance have delayed its return or final rites.
Bangladesh
Bangladesh wants faster warnings of commodity shortages. Artificial intelligence will analyze decade of data.
Bangladesh is developing an artificial intelligence-based data analysis system to predict shortages of essential commodities and help the government respond more quickly to market disruptions, the commerce minister said Tuesday.
Bangladesh
Sanko Group plans a $300 million Bangladesh facility. Construction could take 18 months.
Turkey’s Sanko Group plans to invest $300 million in an integrated textile manufacturing facility in Bangladesh’s Mirsarai industrial zone, government officials said Tuesday.
Opinion
Bangladesh’s prime minister must act before another man disappears into state silence
More than three months have passed since 30-year-old fisherman Miraj Sheikh was reportedly taken away by Bangladesh Coast Guard officers. His family still does not know whether he is alive, where he is being held or what, if anything, he is accused of doing.
