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India is set to start in January the trial run for transporting goods between its northeastern states and other parts using Bangladesh’s Chattogram and Mongla ports.
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India wants three more transshipment points in Bangladesh for transporting goods to its north-eastern states, according to the agenda of a bilateral meeting that begins in Dhaka today.
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The government is likely to go slow in increasing the size of the national budget for next fiscal year owing to the sluggish pace of revenue collection.
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China will sign agreements by next June to provide $2.13 billion in loans for two more projects, including one on the construction of the Dhaka-Ashulia elevated expressway.
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Bangladesh Bank may cap the interest rates on industrial and working capital loans on January 1 as the government moved to bring down the lending rates to single digits to give a much-needed boost to job creation and private investment.
