WB approves $210m for childhood development

The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors on Tuesday approved $210 million for the Bangladesh Enhancing Investments and Benefits for Early Years (BEIBEY) Project. The project aims to provide cash transfers and counseling services to improve nutrition and directly benefit about 1.7 million pregnant women and mothers of children under 4

Human capital development key to Bangladesh’s higher economic growth

Human capital development will play a key role in Bangladesh’s strive for higher levels of economic development. Nicole Klingen, the World Bank's South Asia Regional Director for Human Development, made this remark while visiting field-level activities of the RAISE project run by Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) in Savar and Dhamrai

Climate Change and Development

There is little doubt that human activity is accelerating climate change. Our activities are causing global warming and potentially disastrous climate change. The vast majority of scientists agree. The IPCC has overwhelmingly endorsed this view. Many among civil society also agree. Given this substantial consensus, we need to take action to contain

IBBL holds business dev conference

Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) Mymensingh zone organized agent banking business development conference on 15 February 2023, at BRAC Learning Center, Mymensingh, a press release said Thursday. Mohammed Monirul Moula, MD and CEO of the bank, addressed the conference as chief guest through virtual platform. Muhammad Qaisar Ali, AMD, Md.

BNP sinking in tide of govt’s dev: Quader

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader Sunday said the target of BNP’s movement is failing for lack of people’s involvement, while its movement is sinking in the tide of the government’s development. “Once the BNP fails in movement, it follows the path of arson terrorism and it has such instances

FSIBL holds business dev conference

First Security Islami Bank Ltd (FSIBL) held its Annual Business Development Conference-2023 on Saturday at the Radisson Blu Dhaka Water Garden, a press release said. Syed Waseque Md. Ali, MD of the bank, presided over the conference. Abdul Aziz and Muhammad Mustafa Khair, AMDs, Md. Zahurul Haque and Md. Masudur

Continued democracy helps rapid dev: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said Bangladesh has witnessed a tremendous progress only because of the continuation of democracy and elected governments."Bangladesh couldn't not have developed so much unless there has been continuation of the democratic process," she said while opening 11 newly completed projects under the Housing and

The year of debt distress and damaging development trade-off

As the year 2022 drew to an end, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) warned, “Developing countries face ‘impossible trade-off’ on debt”, that spiralling debt in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) has compromised their chances of sustainable development. In early December, an opinion piece in The New York

Raise own funds for development: PM urges public varsities

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday called upon the public universities to raise their own funds through the alumni associations for their own development and welfare programmes."Every university has an alumni association and through this they can create their own funds for the development of universities and the implementation of