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DSEX 5,305.95 0.13% Gold (Ounce) $1,223.20 CSCX 9,875.14 0.25% Oil (Barrel) $58.80 Daily News Flash 25th November 2018 Sell Sell Dollar 85.00 86.00 GBP 104.45 108.45 Sell Sell Euro 94.05 98.05 Rupee 1.15 1.23 Table of Contents Macro Economy ............................................................................................................ 1 DHAKA LIKELY TO GET $2.0B IN ADD’L FUND UNDER IDA-18 ................................................................................ 1 LOWER INS COVERAGE POSES MAJOR RISK FOR ECONOMY ................................................................................ 1 OIL PLUNGES NEARLY 8 PER CENT DESPITE TALK OF OUTPUT CUT ................................................................. 3 GERMANY PLEDGES TO GIVE €285.3M FOR DEV IN BANGLADESH ....................................................................... 4 BUSINESSES SEEK VIABLE LNG PRICING ....................................................................................................................... 5 FOREX RESERVES HIT 450% GROWTH IN A DECADE ................................................................................................. 5 BENEFITS YET TO REACH INVESTORS ............................................................................................................................ 7 EXPLOIT FINISHED LEATHER, TREBLE EXPORT EARNINGS .................................................................................. 8 GIVE SMES EASY FINANCE: EXPERTS .............................................................................................................................. 8 NO LIQUIDITY CRISIS IN BANKING SECTOR: GOVERNOR ....................................................................................... 9 REMOVE THE CORRUPT FROM TITAS ........................................................................................................................... 10 SPEND MORE ON DIGITAL MARKETING ....................................................................................................................... 10 HYBRID RICE TO FEED RISING POPULATION: ANALYSTS ..................................................................................... 11 NBR TO RECEIVE INDIVIDUAL TAX RETURNS TILL DEC 2 .................................................................................... 12 LOTTO BULLISH ON BANGLADESH ................................................................................................................................. 12 POLICY BENEFIT LIMITED TO HANDFUL OF SECTORS .......................................................................................... 13 ADP SPENDING SLOWS AS MINISTERS BUSY WITH POLLS .................................................................................... 14 COAL-BASED POWER PLANTS ASKED TO SUBMIT WEEKLY PROGRESS REPORT ........................................ 15 WALTON INCREASES SMART TV PRODUCTION ......................................................................................................... 16 নিজস্ব ই綿নি করবে অ্যাবিক্স ও বে-緍যািানর ...................................................................................................................................... 17 গ্যাবের অ্স্বাভানেক দাম োড়বে চাবি িড়বে নিল্প ............................................................................................................................. 17 ব緍কেই প্রেৃনির জিয ব ৌনিক জ্বাোনি মূেয থাকবে হবে .................................................................................................................. 18 ‘ো쇁বযযর ি ুঁনজবে এনগ্বে াবে োাংোবদি’ ..................................................................................................................................... 19 এেএিনজর দাম োড়াবিার আবগ্ জ্বাোনি নিরািত্তা নিনিে করবে হবে.............................................................................................. 19 Bank and NBFIs ........................................................................................................... 20 BANKS' SURPLUS LIQUIDITY FALLS AHEAD OF NAT'L POLLS ............................................................................. 20 BRAC TO ACQUIRE 26PC OF EDOTCO ............................................................................................................................ 21 MTB INKS DEAL WITH BKASH .......................................................................................................................................... 22 TWO LISTED COMPANIES CAUGHT DOCTORING RECORDS ................................................................................. 22 ইেোনমক নরব緍ইে েযাাংনকাং অ্যাওো쇍ড ’ বিে ইেোমী েযাাংক ............................................................................................................ 23 েযাাংক ঋবযর জামািে হবে অ্স্থাের েম্পনত্ত .................................................................................................................................... 23 ঋবযর অ্থড থা থ েযেহাবর েযাাংক巁বোবক মনি緍নরাংবে গ্ভযডবরর আহ্বাি ......................................................................................... 24 ঘা緍নে িূরবয রাই緍 বিোর ............................................................................................................................................................... 25 অ্ি বমাদি বিবে িাবর িে ি নেি েযাাংক ........................................................................................................................................... 26 Capital Market Specific................................................................................................ 27 BSEC FORMS PROBE BODY TO INVESTIGATE PRICE HIKE OF FOUR COMPANIES’ SHARES .................... 27 DHAKA STOCKS REBOUND AS LARGE CAPS GAIN .................................................................................................... 27 DSE BOARD LASHES OUT AT MGMT FOR LAX ACTION ........................................................................................... 28 িরাবে ওষ ধ রপ্তানি করবে ইেবি নেিা ........................................................................................................................................... 29 োাংোবদি োেবমনরবির িাওিা 緍াকা বেরে নিবে োংিে ................................................................................................................. 30 এমবজএে েে েমে বেো োন্ধে ..................................................................................................................................................... 30 ি ুঁনজোজাবর ৬৩% ওষ ধ বকাম্পানির ইনিএে বেবড়বে ....................................................................................................................... 31 উৎিাদি ও বেো খাবে ভাবো ম িাো .............................................................................................................................................. 31 বদবি চাে হবে অ্িোইি বরাকাবরজ হাউে .................................................................................................................................... 32 নেএেনের েহবর ব াগ্ হবে আরও েে জাহাজ .................................................................................................................................. 33 নেদ্যযৎ ও জ্বাোনি খাবের ব বকাম্পানিবে নেনিবোগ্কারীবদর আগ্রহ বেবড়বে ..................................................................................... 33 েূচক োড়বেও েপ্তাবহর েযেধাবি বেিবদি কবমবে ........................................................................................................................... 34 োজার মূেধি বেবড়বে ১ হাজার ৬৬১ বকা綿緍াকা ............................................................................................................................ 35 Daily News Flash Sunday, November 25, 2018 Macro Economy DHAKA LIKELY TO GET $2.0B IN ADD’L FUND UNDER IDA-18 Bangladesh is likely to get nearly US$ 2.0 billion additional assistance from the World Bank (WB), as the latter has decided to divert unutilised funds from other member states to the country, officials said on Friday. The WB held its International Development Association (IDA)-18 aid package mid-term review meeting in Livingstone, Zambia last week. There, it decided to divert the funds under package to disburse more aid to the countries having higher demand for it. Bangladesh had requested for more funds. Under IDA-18 package, Bangladesh has already received confirmation from WB to get almost all its earmarked $4.4 billion portfolio, allocated by the global lender for three years up to financial year (FY) 2019-20. "Bangladesh has already taken almost all the funds from WB's IDA-18 package on the half way. So, we sought $4.0 billion more assistance to meet our demands," Mahmuda Begum, additional secretary of Economic Relations Division (ERD), told the FE. "However, the WB has been able to divert about $2.0 billion funds from some war-torn member countries. We are hopeful of getting almost all the diverted funds, as Bangladesh is the highest performer among the WB member countries." Since some war-torn countries, like -- Syria and Yemen, have been failing to spend their earmarked portfolio, the global lender has decided to divert the unused assistance to the countries like Bangladesh, which needs such assistance in greater volume, she further said. A Bangladesh delegation, headed by Ms Mahmuda Begum participated in the IDA-18 mid-term review meeting in Zambia. Under the ongoing IDA-18 package, the WB has allocated some $72 billion funds for its member countries, to be provided between FY 2017-18 and FY 2019-20. "We have already signed aid deals worth nearly $4.4 billion with the WB in some one and

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