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The overall poverty headcount decreased by 4.3 percentage points in Dhaka city between 2019 and 2022, according to a survey of the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS).
The economy is estimated to have expanded at a slower-than-expected pace in 2022-23, said the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) yesterday, a figure that analysts describe as good in view of elevated inflation, slowing exports and remittances and the ongoing pressure on the country’s foreign exchange reserves.
The government plans to increase its development spending slightly in the upcoming fiscal year due to the narrow fiscal space, the dollar crisis, the conditions attached to the IMF’s loan programme, and higher expenses on subsidies and interest payments.
A probe committee, formed on High Court directives to investigate the alleged torture of a female student by two Chhatra League students, today recorded statements of resident students, officials, house tutors and staff of Deshratna Sheikh Hasina Hall in Kushtia's Islamic University (IU).