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Dealing with medical emergencies

In medical emergencies, minutes make a difference between life and death. If minutes extend to hours on account of refusal of admission to hospitals -- one after another, the time lapse for medical attention unsurprisingly proves fatal. The death of newborn twins on Monday inside an ambulance on Bangabandhu Sheikh...

Skewed circuit-breaker distorting prices

In the jargon of finance and security trade, circuit-breakers are pre-defined values in percentage terms that act as automatic checks when there is a runaway move in stock market index towards either direction. Two of the commonly employed steps taken while invoking circuit-breakers include halting of trade for a certain...

Financial inclusion for un-banked people

As traditional banking is failing to include increased un-banked people into the banking network, there is a need for 'alternative' financial institutions for un-banked people, especially in rural areas.In fact, only banks cannot solve the problem of financial exclusion. Multiple stakeholders and institutions will have to work in unison to...

Death of twins: Who's to blame?

A couple lost both of their newborn twins in Dhaka recently due possibly to lack of immediate post-natal care. The helpless father, AbulKalam, witnessed their death in an ambulance waiting outside the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU). His wife SairaKhatun gave birth to the twins in an auto-rickshaw on...

Recognising farmers as entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurship in agriculture has not received its due recognition in Bangladesh. But, the farm sector has accommodated many entrepreneurs these days or in other words, the entrepreneurs have left their footprints on the once-neglected sector.Small and micro enterprises set up in rural areas are creative alternative sources of income. Farmers...

Need for correct statistics on unemployment

The number of unemployed people in the country is officially estimated at 2.7 million. There are contradictory figures about the statement of employment or unemployment. Even the method of how a person is considered employed is considered as flawed since disguised unemployment is not well-defined. Around 50 per cent of...