Towards ensuring good governance
The Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) last Sunday made public the results of a research that covered all aspects of good governance. One of the core findings of the research has been that despite a huge comparative pay hike, vulnerability to corruption among public servants has not gone down. Or at...
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Gender diversity for higher productivity
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has been making a case for greater representation of women in the decision-making positions of businesses for a long time. Since the publication of its global report 'Women in Business and Management: Gaining Momentum' published in 2015, it has been working with the Employer and...
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Export diversification demands urgent attention
Bangladesh is one of the fastest growing economies in the world. It's the 39th largest in the world in nominal terms, and 29th largest by purchasing power parity. It is classified among the next 11 emerging middle income economies and a frontier market. Yet the country's export earnings are increasingly...
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Wilful defaulters should be punished
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal disclosed in parliament a list of the country's top 300 loan defaulters. These defaulters have gobbled up Tk 509.42 billion of bank money. The finance minister said that the total number of loan defaulters in the country has increased to 170,390 in 2018. The defaulted...
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Banks need to beef up cyber security
Our banking industry has been prone to cyber attacks. Very recently it was reported by the media that three private banks came under cyber attacks. A big chunk of money were withdrawn from the banks and siphoned off. Earlier, cards were cloned and by using the cloned cards, money was...
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