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Post-Covid price inflation drives up poverty

report in The Daily Star, Dec 9, 2023At least 27.51 lakh more Bangladeshis fell into poverty in 2022 due to the global food price hike and post Covid-19 impacts, according to a paper by a researcher at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). “The Covid-19 was the main driver of higher poverty in Bangladesh. But the world price spike in 2022 directly raised the cost of living for many households,” Angga Pradesha, a senior…

Central Banks Says It Has Limited Access to Foreign Assets:

By Bibi Amina Hakimi in TOLOnews, April 05, 2023 at 11:07 PMThe Central Bank of Afghanistan got access to the $1.8 billion in foreign assets, the officials said on Wednesday, adding that the negotiations with the international institutions have been conducted regarding unfreezing of Afghan assets. Speaking at a press conference of annual activities of Da Afghanistan Bank, Mohammad Abas Samih, marketing operation director of the Central Bank, said that more than $9 billion of…