Strengthening bank's risk rating system

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has introduced guidelines on developing commercial banks' Internal Credit Risk Rating System (ICRRS) and thereby applying this mechanism in managing the latter's credit portfolio. Reports say the central bank has set July 01, 2019 as deadline for adopting the new risk rating system. However, the banks until...

Hate crimes on the rise in USA

Hate crimes, anti-Semitism and bigotry have increased manifold in the United States since Donald Trump assumed the country's presidency in January 2017. Many have reasoned that these are happening as a result of the administration's rhetoric against minority groups including Jews, Muslims and more while refraining from criticising far-right supremacist...