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Females leading commercial transformation of farming

Females are leading an agricultural transformation in Bangladesh with many coming out from home-management chore to run small and medium commercial-farming entrepreneurships across the country, labour transition shows.The transformation-visibly occurring over a decade now--has already kept a positive impact on the overall women labour-force participation in farming, while men are...

BD wants to resolve Teesta issues following int'l rules: Prof Yunus

Bangladesh's interim government will 'work with' India in order to resolve the issues over the long-pending Teesta water-sharing treaty, says Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus, report agencies.The issue has been left hanging for an extended period, which is not good for either country, he told Indian news organisation PTI in an...

Switch towards currency free float to fix forex quandary

A latest regulatory policy prompts a switch towards free float of currencies by redirecting banks to the interbank forex market instead of direct dollar sale to them, for remedying foreign-exchange quandary. Officials and bankers have said the Bangladesh Bank has made the policy shift to heal the bleeding from the...

Notable gaps in women’s role in banking: BB

A Bangladesh Bank report for January to June 2024 has revealed notable disparities in women's participation in the banking sector.While female representation on bank boards remains low at 13.58 per cent, foreign commercial banks lead with the highest share of women on their boards.However, specialised banks reported no female board...

How a retired bureaucrat becomes metro monarch, muddles matters

Future metro-rail ride for the city commuters might not be as smooth as in other parts of the world allegedly for violative and domineering control of the non-technical company boss over highly technical operations of the modern mass transport.This is MAN Siddique, insiders say, for whose overreaching activity the state-run...

Battery-run rickshaws and easy bikes

Battery-run rickshaws and easy bikes have come out of lanes and by-lanes to rule major roads in the capital cashing in on a lax law-and-order situation after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government on August 05. The snap was shot in Rayerbagh area on Friday. — FE Photo by...