DHAKA, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit this year came as a boon for Bangladesh's economy, which has been mired by a spate of terror attacks and dented market faith and sentiment amid diminishing security confidence.
Incidents of killings and terrorist attacks, particularly an attack in a Spanish café in Dhaka's diplomatic Gulshan enclave, cast a huge shadow over the prospects for the country's economy.
Observers close to the matter have said, however, that business confidence rebounded to its highest level in the two months following President Xi's visit, which signaled to the global community that situation in Bangladesh was returning to normal and its doors fully open for business.
Before the wounds of the July 1 deadly terror attack at the Spanish restaurant, that left 22 people dead, including 18 foreigners and two police officers, had even begun to heal, Bangladesh suffered a fresh blow on July 7 when terrorists attacked Muslims' Eid prayers.
Terrorism in the country added to Bangladesh's economic woes, as the country had already suffered a loss of more than 1.4 billion U.S. dollars due mainly to the 2014 election-related political unrest, with theses losses reduce the growth rate from the 6.2 percent to 5.4 percent, according to official statistics.
Against such adverse situations, experts say Xi making the first trip by a Chinese president to Bangladesh in 30 years, helped galvanize Bangladesh and its people to ride out the economic upheaval with dozens of investment and cooperation deals offered by China.
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