South Asian economy

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South Asia

From highs to lows: What are the inflation rates around the subcontinent?

According to the IMF, South Asia as a whole has been experiencing an overall decline in inflation since 2023 that will continue in 2025

Members of Team Bangladesh, who were up against 60 students from 7 countries, pose with their mentors at SAESM 2023. Photo: Courtesy
Pursuit

Meet the future star economists of Bangladesh

Bangladeshi women have been key to the country’s rise. Photographer: Munir Uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images
Thoughts

South Asia should pay attention to its standout star

RMG workers in Bangladesh
Panorama

Why Bangladesh recovered better than its South Asian neighbours

A worker disinfects the interiors of a passenger train parked at a railway yard as a preventive measure against coronavirus, on the outskirts of Kolkata, India, March 16, 2020/ Reuters
South Asia

World Bank flags up grim economic forecast for South Asia