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State of 'financial inclusion'

The government and the central bank have been vigorously pushing for greater 'financial inclusion' in recent years with a pious intent. But the opposite is happening on the ground, unfortunately. Agricultural loan having the largest share in the total volume of fund that the banks disburse in rural areas remains...

BOSEL can help ensure safe migration

The Bangladesh Overseas Employment and Services Limited (BOESL), the country's lone official channel to send workers abroad has almost become a non-performing entity. Since its inception in 1984, it could send only 18,936 skilled workers to South Korea and 49,537 female garment workers to Jordan.Sending of the outbound workers through...

Vendors: New and old generations

Community vendors who sell goods from house to house have radically changed their technique of drawing clients' attention. Many have stopped touting their saleable products and services in a loud voice, or through yelling. The better-off hawkers have lately begun using hand-held megaphones to tell people about their products and...

Reckless motorbike driving

The Financial Express published a report on the front page on April 28 titled "Motorbikes swarm roads, grab 65pc share of all vehicles, experts find growth undesirable". The report mentioned that motorbikes have become the most popular mode of transport in the country due to their mobility as well as...

Tourism and its untapped potential

Our foreign reserve is dependent mostly on the ready-made garment sector (RMG) and remittance sent by migrant workers. It is time we opened other avenues. Ours is a riverine and green country. There are many attractive places which can draw a large number of tourists from home and abroad. Now-a-days...

Trap of the house-owner

We are shocked to learn three members of a family died from electrocution when they came in contact with an electrified wire in Rangpur city on Friday.Newspapers report that the owner of the house electrified the grill of the rooftop to prevent theft. Tania and her daughter, living in the...