Safeguarding depositors' interest
Depositors' trust is the cornerstone of any financial institution, whether a bank or a non-bank entity. Individuals entrust their hard-earned savings to these institutions with the belief that their money will remain safe and accessible whenever needed. This fundamental trust factor is the engine that keeps banking operations running. However,...
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Bringing growers and consumers closer
Intermediaries and illegal toll collectors who target trucks that transport agricultural commodities from local markets to urban centres unreasonably push up prices of farm produce several times over when those reach urban customers. How to get around such bottlenecks of traditional supply chain of farm goods to the advantage of...
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DSCC's tree plantation programme
The Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has taken up a programme of planting 300,000 trees in areas under its jurisdiction in five years from now. This green initiative is not unprecedented, though. Late mayor Annisul Huq started such a programme as early as 2017. His plan was to plant 0.1million...
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Why this sudden surge in measles?
According to recent data from the Directorate General of Health Services, more than 8,500 children across the country have been hospitalised with suspected measles. Among them, 1,099 cases have been confirmed and 118 children have died from measles.However, according to estimates and data from the World Health Organization, the number...
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Regulatory friction stifling startups
Bangladesh stands at a critical economic juncture where startups could become a primary growth pillar. However, the ecosystem faces a persistent bottleneck: limited access to funding, compounded by significant regulatory friction.A primary challenge is our underdeveloped venture capital landscape. Early-stage startups struggle to secure seed capital, often forcing promising ventures...
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