A brief journey to Sri Lanka

After spending five days in Maldives in a remote island, I arrived in Colombo from Male and straight headed for Kandy, the major city in the central highlands and famous for its tea plantations in the hills surrounding the city. But I did not have the slightest idea that I...

Interest rates fluctuations and the stock market

When the Bangladesh Bank sets the target for the funds rate at which banks borrow from and lend to each other, it has a ripple effect across the entire economy. It usually takes around 12 months for any increase or decrease in interest rates to be felt in a widespread...