Fazlur Rahman

At least half of all credits disbursed by banks and other financial institutions in Bangladesh should go to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) since a significant of them still don’t have access to the formal credit system despite recent improvements, said a noted economist.

Sustainable finance extended by banks rose nearly 40 percent year-on-year to Tk 35,387 crore in the first quarter of 2023 as lenders keep disbursing a higher volume of loans to eco-friendly businesses and industries, official figures showed.

Food inflation in Bangladesh stayed above 12 percent for the second consecutive month in September as prices showed no signs of cooling down, hitting the pockets of the consumers who spend most of their incomes to feed their families.

Hasanul Haq Inu Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-Jasod president Hasanul Haq Inu on Friday called on all the pro-liberation forces to be united to resist anti-liberation forces shunning arrogance and meanness. Placing wreaths at Shikha Chirantan in Suhrawardy Udyan to mark Muktijodha Day, he said that Bangladesh was established through a War of Independence in 1971 in exchange for lives of freedom fighters.

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7912-8303 Hasina Akhter Chowdhury Anju E Joham

Stocks in Bangladesh climbed 1.6 percent yesterday, driven by a surge in the prices of some blue-chip companies such as Renata PLC and Linde Bangladesh.

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Funding: This work was supported by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (1R21ES034226-01), National Institute on Drug Abuse (7R01DA049657), Children's of Alabama, and National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (U54MD000502).

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Abstract In Bangladesh, Midwife Led Birthing Centres (MLBCs) have been established to provide midwifery care and sexual and reproductive