Cutting secondary school dropout
One year after the Banbeis (Bangladesh Bureau of Educational Information and Statistics) disclosure that dropout rate among the secondary school girls in 2017 was hovering around 42 per cent, a survey on the male students at the same level for 2018 offers a nearly similar picture. According to Banbeis, the...
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Developing a national strategy for financial inclusion
The high cost of financial transaction and poor regulations caused one-third of the country's population to remain financially excluded until now. Other reasons for the exclusion include lack of banks' interest to offer diversified services, existing collateral-based system for loan disbursement, low level of financial literacy, and information discrepancy.Globally, 1.7...
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Folk songs: Compositional purity
Of the Indian private TV channels watched by the viewers in Bangladesh, Zee Bangla is considered a highly popular one. Bangladeshi audiences comprise a large segment of its total viewers. Over the last few years, an on-screen music competition --- Saregamapa, with participants from West Bengal and neighbouring Nepal has...
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Chawkbazar fire tragedy (24-02-2019)
IThe whole nation is extremely shocked as at least 67 people were killed in a massive fire that broke out in Chawkbazar, Dhaka. The fire that originated from cylinder blast had engulfed several multi-storied buildings and transformed the area into a death valley before it was doused. In the vicinity,...
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