Merger of the sick banks
In what is being hailed as a landmark intervention in the country's banking sector, the interim government has launched formal procedures to merge five financially distressed Islamic banks into the country's largest state-owned Shariah-based banking institution. As part of the arrangement, administrative teams will be deployed to manage the five...
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Life and livelihoods in Dhaka at risk of collapsing
That Dhaka City has long become an overturned cauldron in months marked by high temperature is known to its inhabitants. It is because they experience the scorching heat at its merciless sizzling worst. Now the World Bank in its report titled 'The unsustainable life: The impact of heat on health...
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Why teenagers get involved in crime
Juvenile crime was not alien to Bangladesh society. But it has become a major social problem in recent years with the emergence of organised Kishore (teen) gangs that often intimidate residents, extort shopkeepers, trigger violence, and sometimes take lives.Law enforcement agencies have identified over two hundred gangs active in cities,...
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Garbage Cafés for tackling hunger and waste
In various cities of India, some wonderful cafés called "Garbage Cafés" have been established. This idea is truly inspiring and remarkable. Those struggling with food insecurity usually come to these cafés, but here no money is needed for food. Instead, old plastic bags, food wrappers, or water bottles are exchanged...
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Investing in public health innovation
Bangladesh's pharmaceutical industry is a quiet but remarkable success story. It meets 98 per cent of domestic demand and exports generic medicines to over 150 countries. However, as Bangladesh prepares to graduate from the Least Developed Country (LDC) status in 2026, the pharmaceutical sector faces a new set of challenges...
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