Inclusive, sustainable finance should get more focus The initiatives Bangladesh Bank has taken for inclusive and sustainable finance should be properly monitored and continued. Greening of the financial sector which has been contributing towards achieving green growth of the country. Dr Atiur Rahman, while serving as the governor of Bangladesh
Read MoreEconomists moot new poverty benchmark Bangladesh should measure poverty by redefining the poverty-line income taking into account the changes occurred over time and improvement in living standards. The General Economic Division (GED) of the Planning Commission organised the event at its office to launch two books on poverty. The books
Read MoreICB, DSE shareholders to invest fresh funds soon The state-run Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) and the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) shareholders are set to invest their much-talked-about fresh funds in the capital market very soon. They expressed optimism regarding the fresh investment at a meeting in the capital on
Read MorePower Division signs deals with Microsoft, three ICT firms Power division inked on Monday deals with Microsoft and three other ICT (information and communication technology) firms to implement enterprise resources planning (ERP). The ERP would help disseminate required information from own dashboards slashing dependency on others. Apart from Microsoft, other
Read MoreForex dealers call for cautious LC opening Bangladesh Foreign Exchange Dealers’ Association (BAFEDA) will urge its member banks to be cautious about opening letters of credit (LCs) for import, considering the overall forex market situation. The demand for the US dollar is increasing gradually, mainly due to higher import payments,
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