Overcoming most damaging impacts of climate
The projection is one of the direst, if not the direst. Bangladesh is set to lose, warns the Asian Development Bank, 16.2 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2070. By 2050, the country's population is projected to reach 202 million although it is likely to drop to 170...
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Leveraging women entrepreneurship
It is deeply concerning and indeed a great injustice that female entrepreneurs of the small and medium-sized enterprises hardly have access to collateral-free loans from commercial banks. This is even after the Bangladesh Bank's directive to provide Tk2.5 million loans to female entrepreneurs without any collateral. It's almost a man's...
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Punishing perpetrators of 'Enforced Disappearance'
Since the inception of civilisation, enforced disappearance has been a dark tool wielded by oppressive rulers to silence dissent. From ancient regimes to modern authoritarian governments, it has served as a weapon to eliminate opposition voices without due process. While history tells us this story time and again, it is...
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Impacts of digital banking
The financial landscape in Bangladesh has undergone significant changes recently with fintech and digital banking transforming how consumers access and use financial services. The emergence of mobile financial services (MFS) such as bKash, Nagad, and Rocket has made banking facilities accessible to millions of Bangladeshis. Historically, the population, especially in...
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Developing positive habits among students
We live in society; in other words, society cannot be conceived without people. Society is comprised of every human being. In the broadest sense, the entire state constitutes a society. Together with everyone in the world, we have built a global society.The most crucial aspect of society is ethics and...
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