[lbo-talk] Bangladesh eyes six per cent growth in 2004-05

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At 5:25 PM +0500 6/10/04, uvj at vsnl.com wrote:
>HindustanTimes.com
>
>Monday, June 7, 2004
>
>Bangladesh eyes six per cent growth in 2004-05
>
>Reuters
>Dhaka, June 7
>
>Bangladesh will aim for economic growth of at least six per cent in the year
>through June 2005 as it seeks to reduce poverty, Bangladesh Finance Minister
>M Saifur Rahman said on Monday, ahead of the annual Budget due this week.
>
>Agricultural subsidies would jump and the focus would remain on helping
>Bangladesh's poor, Saifur said.

Bangladesh is one of the countries at greatest risk if sea levels 
rise due to climate change - virtually the entire country could be 
inundated by sea water.