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Micro-finance bodies' entry to capital market

It is indeed a notable turn of events that some non-government micro-finance institutions (MFIs) have been for the first time looking to the capital market to raise their funds. No doubt, in a culture where banks play the central role as the provider of funds for most economic activities, it...

Rise of new billionaires

In popular perception, the Covid-19 pandemic has wreaked unprecedented havoc across the globe. Right? Perhaps, it is true for the less privileged people globally as they and those close to them have suffered, died and lost their incomes. But it is one side of the coin. On the other side,...

Rethinking ban on battery-run vehicles

Before a blank-cheque endorsement of the government's decision to ban battery-run rickshaws and vans across the country, there is a need for reviewing the move from a broader perspective. The decision was taken at a meeting of the national task force, formed to curb road accident, which met last week....

Ways of reducing environmental pollution

The climatic condition all over the world is worsening every year. Environmental pollution today tells a sad tale of human intervention with Nature's ways. Not only the weather cycles in different parts of the world have been disturbed, but unexpected natural calamities like cyclone, tsunami, earthquake, melting glaciers, dust storms,...

Awareness and understanding of breast cancer

Some 12,764 women are detected with breast cancer in Bangladesh every year, and 6,844 of them die of the disease, according to a report of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). It highlights the fact that women hesitate to get their breasts checked for reasons of modesty and...

Alarming Delta Plus variant

Our closest neighbour, India, declaring the Delta Plus strain of the coronavirus a variant of concern has sent a shiver down our spine. According to media reports, India has recently found around 40 cases of the Delta Plus strain of Covid-19, carrying a mutation that appears to make it more...