1 DAILY NEWS FLASH Bangladesh: Economy August 26, 2018 MLT foreign loans jump by 80pc in FY18 Medium and long-term (MLT) loans in the past fiscal year (FY18) jumped by around 80 per cent over the previous year, according to the latest statistics of Bangladesh Bank. The annual Balance of Payments (BoP) data, released in August, showed that country received $5.78 billion as MLT in FY18 which was $3.21 billion in FY17. The huge amount of MLT loans were used to finance the part of the huge current account deficit in the past fiscal year which is reflect- ed in the surge of the financial account surplus. Source:https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/economy/mlt-foreign -loans-jump-by-80pc-in-fy18-1535009483 Industrial output soars in FY 2018 The industrial production marked a sharp increase in the first nine months of the last fiscal year (FY) compared to the same period of the previous fiscal. The industrial output surged due to the rise in credit disbursement in the sector and improvement in the country's power supply situa- tion. Based on data released by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), the central bank prepared a brief analysis in this regard. It showed that the production increased mainly in the fields of textiles, apparels, food products, pharmaceuticals and medicinal chemicals, leather and related products and tobacco products. Source:https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/economy/industrial- output-soars-in-fy-2018-1535173131
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DAILY NEWS FLASH Bangladesh: Economy August 26, 2018
MLT foreign loans jump by 80pc in FY18
Medium and long-term (MLT) loans in the past fiscal year (FY18) jumped by around 80 per cent over the previous year, according to the latest statistics of Bangladesh Bank.
The annual Balance of Payments (BoP) data, released in August, showed that country received $5.78 billion as MLT in FY18 which was $3.21 billion in FY17.
The huge amount of MLT loans were used to finance the part of the huge current account deficit in the past fiscal year which is reflect-ed in the surge of the financial account surplus.
The industrial production marked a sharp increase in the first nine months of the last fiscal year (FY) compared to the same period of the previous fiscal.
The industrial output surged due to the rise in credit disbursement in the sector and improvement in the country's power supply situa-tion.
Based on data released by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), the central bank prepared a brief analysis in this regard. It showed that the production increased mainly in the fields of textiles, apparels, food products, pharmaceuticals and medicinal chemicals, leather and related products and tobacco products.
Bangladesh 49th top merchandise im-porting country
Bangladesh has been ranked as the 49th top merchandise importing country in the past year, according to the World Trade Organization – Trade Profiles 2018.
The report, released in July, also showed that by excluding intra-EU (European Union) trade, the rank jumped to 31st place in 2017.
Nevertheless the country’s share in the global merchandise import is still below 1.0 per cent.
Bangladesh has been ranked as the 57th top merchandise exporting country in the past year, according to the World Trade Organization – Trade Profiles 2018.
The report, released last month (July), also showed that by excluding intra-EU (European Union) trade, the rank jumped to 39th position in 2017.
Nevertheless the country’s share in the global merchandise export is
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has approved two new number prefixes — 013 and 014 — respectively for mobile phone operators Grameenphone and Banglalink.
The approval was given at a meeting held at the commission office in the capital on last Sunday following endorsement from prime minis-ter’s ICT affairs adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy, a senior official told New Age last week.
Under the BTRC approval, the operators have been allowed to give connections under new prefixes as well as the existing number prefix-es.