Devising ways to obviate decline in green financing
The recent decline in green and sustainable financing by banks and financial institutions (FIs) poses a significant challenge to achieving environmental sustainability. While a handful of private banks have managed to maintain or even exceed their targets in funding green projects, the broader trend reveals a concerning drop in green...
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Dearness allowance in time of deepening poverty
Read between the two pieces of news---one concerning the fall of 7.8 million more people into poverty over the past couple of years and the other savouring the formation of a committee for payment of dearness allowance for government employees---the instant reaction ought to be one of dismay. This is...
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Dhaka's struggle with air pollution
Dhaka is often making headlines for ranking as the most polluted city in the world in the Air Quality Index (AQI). The air quality of the city of around 20 million people remains in the "very unhealthy" and "hazardous" categories around the year, but its pollution level reached catastrophic levels...
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Be careful of drinking raw date juice
In Bangladesh, Nipah virus cases are reported almost every year. However, this year, the number of such infections is quite high. A total of 10 people out of 14 infected have died of this viral infection in 2023. The fatality rate from Nipah virus infection is 73 per cent, which...
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