What does the IMF loan mean for Bangladesh?
On January 30, the board meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a loan of $4.7 billion for Bangladesh. It will be given in seven installments over 42 months. The average interest rate of this loan is 2.2% and $3.3bn will be provided from the Enhanced Credit Facility or Extended Fund (ECF/EMF) while $1.4bn will be made available under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility.
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How are the lives of the children of domestic workers?
“I can't sleep without my mother at night. I felt so alone when I was with my grandparents...I missed my mother a lot. I don't want to stay with anyone else except for my mother,” said five-year-old Faria, the daughter of a domestic help named Happy.
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A child domestic help cleans utensils at a kitchen Dhaka TribuneCPD: Financial welfare for the elderly and widows end up in the wrong hands
A large portion of the money from the Government Social Safety Net Programs (SSNP), particularly for the elderly and widow's allowance, ends up in the wrong hands, according to a survey report issued by the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD).
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UN: Some 6,000 fled Sudan to Central African Republic
Around 6,000 people, most of them women, have fled the fighting in Sudan to neighbouring Central African Republic over the last two weeks, the UN refugee agency told AFP Sunday.
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Saudi Royal Navy officials help civilians onboard their ship to be evacuated to Saudi Arabia from Sudan to escape the conflicts, in Port Sudan, Sudan, April 30, 2023 ReutersZombie misinformation: Rape Day hoax resurfaces on TikTok
The hoax that rape was legal for a day was knocked down by fact-checkers two years ago. But it went viral again this year on TikTok, illustrating what researchers call "zombie" misinformation.
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TikTok app logo is seen in this illustration taken, August 22, 2022 ReutersMexico bus plunges off cliff, at least 18 die
At least 18 people were killed and 33 injured when a bus fell off a cliff in western Mexico, local authorities said Sunday.
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Emergency personnel work on the site where a bus carrying tourists traveling to Guayabitos overturned, in Compostela, Nayarit state, Mexico in this handout image obtained from social media April 30, 2023 Reuters