Chinese President Xi Jinping has appreciated the support of Bangladesh government towards the East Asian country when the country is in a battle against the outbreak of the novel coronavirus.
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Sri Lanka is already seeing signs of higher inflation together with expected slowdown in overall GDP growth during next two years. But the worst impact is going to be gradual shrinking of the middle class and increase in poverty.
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