Long-term bank financing
The move to provide long-term financing by banks and financial institutions is apparently a positive move for industrial growth -- a facility entrepreneurs in the country has been finding difficult to come by. As a result, big borrowers have to look for prospects of long-term funding and loans from overseas...
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Bridging gender gap
Bangladesh's latest ranking in the Gender Equality Index prepared by the World Economic Forum (WEF) is a cause for celebration. First, its progress in bridging the gender gap has been appreciably fast and steady. How its journey on this daunting course has steadily improved can be realised from the fact...
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More tickets as means of disciplining Dhaka traffic!
Traffic sergeants are, apparently, in a rat race to file cases against violators of traffic rules on Dhaka streets. On an average, they have filed more than 100,000 cases and realised Tk 40 million in fines a month during the first ten months of the current calendar year. The numbers...
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Enforcement of anti-smoking law
TOBACCO has a long history of predominantly negative effects on human health. Tobacco use is the single greatest cause of preventable death globally. Almost half of those who use tobacco die from its use. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that each year tobacco causes about 6.0 million deaths. In...
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Business leadership style
THE fast pace and complexity of today's world means that leaders need to be more purpose-driven, supportive and flexible than ever before. Trends are constantly shifting and shaping companies' goals. New channel for reaching and interacting with consumers are being developed everyday. In this age of expansion, change is the...
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