Be a go-getter, not a job getter
Nobel Peace Prize winner and microcredit pioneer Muhammad Yunus is a champion of big ideas and small loans. Muhammad Yunus, the founding father of “microcredit” and the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Winner, is in New York City this week to take part in the annual Clinton Global Initiative meetings.
Yunus, a Bangladeshi and founder of the Grameen Bank, which makes loans to people too poor to offer collateral in return, is serving as one the judges for the Hult Prize, in which six teams of college and university students — the survivors of a rigorous worldwide winnowing — will present their ideas for sustainable businesses designed to help the poor.
Investing in stock markets with Shahidul Islam
With about 4% of public listings on Bangladesh’s stock exchanges held by foreigners, Shahidul Islam estimates foreign holdings in Bangladesh’s public equities are at, or near, their all-time high. Mr. Islam is the CEO of VIPB Asset Management Company, an asset manager focused on growing Bangladesh’s nascent market for mutual funds.
Mr. Islam, age 41, is a CFA Charterholder and has 14 years of experience in Bangladesh’s banking and capital markets. Mr. Islam kindly agreed to give his perspective on th...
Mr. Islam, age 41, is a CFA Charterholder and has 14 years of experience in Bangladesh’s banking and capital markets. Mr. Islam kindly agreed to give his perspective on th...
Korea wants more success with stronger partnership with BD
Korean Ambassador in Dhaka Lee Yun-young has said Bangladesh should come out from protectionism and open up its market for big investors with a view to removing its anti-FDI (foreign direct investment) atmosphere, UNB reports.
“As Bangladesh’s enduring friend, Korea wants to see more success stories through a stronger partnership with Bangladesh in the coming days overcoming all the challenges, including an anti-FDI atmosphere here right now,” the Korean envoy told UNB in an interview.
The envoy said Bangladesh’s preparatio...
The envoy said Bangladesh’s preparatio...
The story behind USAID’s new nutrition strategy
The international community has struggled to deliver when it comes to nutrition, but the issue is gaining unprecedented traction, and aid donors are looking for ways to take advantage of that new momentum.
The U.S. Agency for International Development’s new “multi-sectoral nutrition strategy” will allow the agency to combine resources from a variety of initiatives and program areas to tackle malnutrition and childhood “stunting” like never before, said Richard Greene, senior deputy assistant to the USAID administrator.
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Growth rate should be oriented towards productive activities: Salehuddin Ahmed
Former Bangladesh Bank governor and professor of business school, BRAC University, Salehuddin Ahmed, has expressed concern over slow growth rate and said it should be oriented towards productive and employment generating activities, which will benefit people.
Ahmed said efforts to increase the growth rate should also aim at overall development of the society.
“Even if we do not have this eight%, even if it is six or seven% if that particular growth is oriented towards, it comes from productive activities and employment generating activi...
Ahmed said efforts to increase the growth rate should also aim at overall development of the society.
“Even if we do not have this eight%, even if it is six or seven% if that particular growth is oriented towards, it comes from productive activities and employment generating activi...
Bangladesh economy showing predictable growth: Khalid Quadir
'The interesting story which most people in the international investment community may not know, is that, over the last 20 years, Bangladesh economy has been growing 5 to 6% per year.
We never grow 20%. We never have zero growth. This is the predictable and consistent growth that all investors want', says Khalid Quadir, a Bangladeshi expatriate in US.
'Part of the business of investing in Bangladesh is this
