Establishing discipline in financial sector sustainably

Bangladesh Bank (BB), the regulatory body of the country's banking sector, has recently taken drastic actions against two banks over allegations of serious violation of banking norms in running their businesses. It has removed the Managing Director and CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of NRBC Bank and barred him from holding...

Clash between moderates and fundamentalists in Christianity and Islam

When Martin Luther posted 95 theses on Wittenberg's Castle Church door on October 31, 1517, that is, on the eve of All Saints' Day (or All Hallows' Day), few would have believed then, and not many more even today, that this began a torturous journey towards the birth of the...