Bangladesh’s economists have welcomed the recent news of the country topping the list with the highest growth rate of the ultra rich, albeit with reservations. They pointed out that it is a “sort of good news”, interpreting it as an indicator of the country’s overall macroeconomic development. They, however, termed the growing
Author: Faisal Mahmud
AIIB KEEN TO INVEST IN WATER MANAGEMENT, COMMUNICATION PROJECTS
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is interested to invest in the country’s water management and communication projects aimed at turning Bangladesh as a developed nation in the global arena. “We want to expand our investment in Bangladesh. We are looking forward to invest in municipal water supply and communication sector development,”
CELL IN STATE-OWNED COMMERCIAL BANKS TO MONITOR, RECOVER DEFAULT LOANS
SKILLS PORTAL MATCH MAKES THE UNEMPLOYED YOUTH WITH THEIR DESIRED JOBS
Creating a bridge between job seekers and employers is a task performed by any well designed job portal. What this sort of portals sometimes lack is a holistic approach of getting the unemployed youths a job that dovetails with their skill. A new portal, dubbed as “Skills Portal” (skills.gov.bd) is there
‘MOBILE NETWORK BY ITSELF IS AN INSTRUMENT THAT WORKS AS AN ENABLER’
BTRC yet to enforce operator compliance with QoS
The Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (BTRC) is yet to implement the instructions that are necessary to ensure the quality of services for mobile phone operators, in spite of the directive of the Prime Minister’s ICT affairs adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy in this regard. Recently, Joy directed mobile phone operators to ensure
Pressing Buttons…Casting Votes!
With national parliamentary election lying ahead by yearend, much debate has been going on about the security and effectiveness of using electronic voting machine (EVM). So far the election commission (EC) has successfully used the EVM machine developed by the Institute of Information and Communication Technology (IICT) of BUET on a
Fintech or Techfin?
The banking industry is experiencing disruption at an increasing pace. Over the past few years, traditional financial institutions and non-traditional fintech firms have begun to understand that collaboration may be the best path to long-term growth. At the same time, big tech firms are offering financial services, creating techfin solutions. The
THE SPACE CRUNCH FOR IT FIRMS
GOVERNMENT PLANS TO GO STRICT ABOUT SINGLE DIGIT LOAN
The government has decided to make it mandatory from August 9 for all the scheduled banks to charge a maximum 9 percent interest rate for lending, and 6 percent for deposit. Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith made the announcement while talking with the journalists after a meeting with the bank
