Staff Reporter

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Country Director Hua Du has said Bangladesh is going through a very difficult and challenging situation in its history after the country’s independence in 1971 due to natural calamities and impact of the international market.
“The government and people of Bangladesh are really going through a difficult and challenging situation because of two severe floods and one devastating cyclone which never happened in one year together in recent years,” she told reporters yesterday at the launching of ADB’s Quarterly Economic Update (QEU) on Bangladesh at the ADB’s Resident Mission in Dhaka. [Read more]