Upstart digital banks face rocky rollout
A much-hyped rollout of digital banking in Bangladesh faces a rocky start with the maiden two stuck in licensing review and compliance quandary, sources say.The proposed Nagad Digital Bank faces licensing review and Kori Digital Bank struggles with compliance issues, leaving a bunch of others exasperating in the queue.In October...
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Adviser Asif Nazrul hints at polls within 2025
Asif Nazrul indicated that the next national elections in Bangladesh could 'realistically' be held sometime in 2025. The interim government plans to constitute a new Election Commission through a search committee, which will update the voter list and organise the election within next year, he said while appearing in a...
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Cosmetic patchworks on a dead river cost Tk 15.55b
A Tk 15.55-billion project has been taken for the recovery and beautification of the virtually dead river Ichamoti in Pabna under "high-quarter influence" during the past government, insiders said.The state-owned Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) would demolish 22 bridges on the river, some are recently built. And it will build...
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Some 41.7m in Bangladesh in extreme poverty
Some 41.7 million people in Bangladesh live in extreme poverty with 6.5 per cent of them in critical condition, says a latest UN agency report that also paints grim pictures for two regions. In South Asia, 272 million poor people live in households with at least one undernourished person, and...
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Cyclone threat looms as low brews over Bay of Bengal
Another trough of low pressure is forming over the Bay of Bengal after the recent dissipation of a depression, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department.The weather system is likely to intensify into a cyclone, the BMD warned on Friday, reports bdnews24.com.On Wednesday, a similar low-pressure system developed into a depression,...
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