Fuel Crisis Threatens Bangladesh's Reform Plans

Fuel Crisis Threatens Bangladesh's Reform Plans

Bangladesh spends hundreds of millions of US dollars every month to shield its people from rising fuel prices, but the growing cost is slowing economic growth and rising inflation, putting the new government's reform plans to the test.

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Bangladesh's government is spending hundreds of millions of US dollars every month to protect its people from rising fuel prices, a crisis officials say is outside the country's control [262531].

The cost, however, keeps growing. Economic growth is slowing and inflation is rising, and the new government's reform plans are now being tested [262531].

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman took office in February, leaving him little time to fix the country's troubled financial institutions. He also needs to prepare Bangladesh's young, abundant — but underemployed — workforce for the AI era [262531].

The fuel crisis has hit citizens hard and now threatens the reforms the government promised [262531].

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