When Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina defiantly announced in 2012 that the Padma bridge would be built after the World Bank pulled out of the project, her gumption was not irrational.

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim wants that all the supports for the Rohingya people, who were forcibly displaced to Bangladesh from Myanmar, should come in the form of grant, Finance Minister AMA Muhith says.

Mobile banking is increasingly getting popular in Bangladesh, generating Tk 994 crore in daily transactions on an average, Finance Minister AMA Muhith told parliament yesterday.

Finance minister AMA Muhith criticizes the former president of the World Bank over allegations of Padma Bridge corruption conspiracy.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith says that government is mulling to acknowledge people as senior citizen when they attain 65 years of age. Currently the country's people aged 60 years or above are acknowledged as senior citizens.

Bangladesh will seek assistance from The World Bank for the forcibly displaced Rohingya people who crossed over into Bangladesh from August 25, Finance Minister AMA Muhith says.

Indian Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Arun Jaitley arrives in Dhaka on a three-day official visit at the invitation of Finance Minister AMA Muhith.