Watch this, ignore that: A guide to US politics in 2019

The last few months of 2018 have seen the Democrats take over the House of Representatives and Republicans retain control of the Senate; a flurry of revelations about the Kremlin's role in the 2016 election; an economy that may be beginning to stumble; and signals from numerous Democratic candidates that...

Can new banks really contribute to the economy?

Currently, there are 64 banks in Bangladesh, including both scheduled and non-scheduled banks. With the recently approved Community Bank, 47 of them are scheduled commercial banks of which 41 are private commercial banks and six are state-owned banks. Since the year 2000, 17 new banks were given permission by the...