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Competitiveness index up despite major setbacks

Bangladesh’s competitiveness among global economies has slightly improved to 107 out of 109 in rankings published yearly by the World Economic Forum (WEF). The country ranked 107 this year, from last year’s position 109, among 140 countries in the world, Xinhua news agency cited WEF report as saying. Bangladesh’s leading think-tank Centro for Policy Dialogue (CPD) disclosed the ranking on women-bdbehalf of the Geneva-based body at a press conference in Dhaka on Wednesday. The report says the list of top 10 countries including Switzerland, Singap...

NRB banks channel diaspora investment to Bangladesh

When Iqbal Ahmed set out to launch Bangladesh’s first-ever bank with the specific mission of tapping into diaspora funds, his biggest challenge seemed obvious: to convince other non-resident Bangladeshis that their country of origin was an attractive investment destination. [caption id="attachment_20037" align="alignright" width="650"]wsj Bangladesh’s government hopes non-residents’ banks will channel funds into infrastructure projects. Bloomberg News[/caption] Returning to invest in Bangladesh—a country that Henry Kissinger once called a basket case — seemed unthinkab...

Forcibly displaced people reaches 60m worldwide

As we continue to see headlines and editorials almost every day about migrants and refugees, it’s not surprising when UNHCR reports that the number of forcibly displaced people has reached 60 million worldwide for the first time since World War II. This figure includes internally displaced people, refugees, and asylum seekers. While many are on the move as refugees, others migrate willfully at rates that have also reached unprecedented levels. Below, I’ve explored some trends in regional, country- and economic-level migration and refugee data. But first: What’s the difference between a migrant

English education in Old Dhaka

Liaquat Avenue in Sadarghat is jam-packed with countless rickshaws, traders and hawkers, as usual, like any other part of Old Dhaka. In a little open space at the edge of the road, opposite to Jagannath University, stands Krishna Bhattacharya, a well-groomed woman in a simple sari. “Hello! Where are you? Stuck in traffic? I guess you will have to leave your rickshaw and walk,” she phones this correspondent, struggling to make herself heard above the unrelenting blare of horns. bangladeshKrishna Bhattacharya is the principal of HEED Internati...

Women taking charge from top to bottom

Rani Mondal searches the floor of the riverbed with her fingers, craning her neck above the water. The river is home to a farm of clawing crabs. “It hurts a lot when you are bitten but you apply salt and Savlon and go to the doctor’s if it gets septic,” Mondal said. An award-winning crab farmer living on the edge of the Bay of Bengal, she used to be extremely poor. Her village has been battered repeatedly by cyclones, making the ground too salty for large-scale agriculture. [caption id="attachment_20028" align="alignright" width="650"]Rani Mondal (centre) and fellow crab farmers, who work... </div><!-- .entry-content --> </article><!-- #post-## --> <div class=

NRBCBank opens ATM Both at Raozan, Ctg

An ATM Both of NRBC Bank was inaugurated at Raozan Branch premises, Chittagong. Vice Chairman of the Bank Mr. Abu Bakr Chowdhury inaugurated the ATM Both recently. ATM Both Raozan BrThe inaugural ceremony was attended, among others, by the Senior Vice President Syed Mahabubul Haque, First Asstt. Vice president  Mr. Md. Aminul Islam and Senior Executive Officer Mr. Md. Nawshad Aziz. A good number of respectable persons and local businessmen were also present on the occasion.
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