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Transforming everyday retail payments
27+ min ago (201+ words) Md. Ahteshamul Haque KhanManaging Director & CEODutch-Bangla Bank PLC. Bangla QR holds the potential to accelerate financial inclusion and reduce cash handling costs across Bangladesh. In this interview, Md. Ahteshamul Haque Khan, Managing Director and CEO of Dutch Bangla Bank PLC, discusses how…...
Ensure food security for all
6+ hour, 21+ min ago (492+ words) The Daily Star Copyright: Any unauthorized use or reproduction of The Daily Star content for commercial purposes Column by Mahfuz Anam / July charter implementation: Growing distance between BNP and the opposition is worrisome What Sufism can teach us about the…...
An exit that ends uncertainty
11+ hour, 45+ min ago (466+ words) The Daily Star Copyright: Any unauthorized use or reproduction of The Daily Star content for commercial purposes Column by Mahfuz Anam / July charter implementation: Growing distance between BNP and the opposition is worrisome What Sufism can teach us about the…...
bKash Deploys 800,000 Interoperable Bangla QRs
42+ min ago (421+ words) For the past seven years, Mahmudul Hasan Nayeem has relied on his bKash merchant account to process digital payments at ‘Nayeem Collection’, his shop in the bustling Kapasia Bazar of Gazipur. Yet, without an expensive Point of Sale (POS) machine,…...
Small transactions building big trust
37+ min ago (178+ words) Bangla QR serves as a practical bridge between traditional cash transactions and formal credit. Osman Ershad Faiz, Managing Director and CEO of Dhaka Bank PLC, discusses how a unified payment infrastructure removes friction from daily commerce and creates the data…...
July 26, 2024: Hasina visits the injured, denies ‘razakar’ remark
6+ hour, 1+ min ago (276+ words) By July 26, 2024, the state crackdown on protesters showed no signs of easing. Mass arrests continued across the country, while security forces conducted “block raids” in several neighbourhoods in Dhaka. The Daily Star reported that more than 5,522 people, including many BNP…...
Three structural ailments holding back business
10+ hour, 2+ min ago (579+ words) While young Bangladeshi entrepreneurs are eager to innovate, start businesses, and scale up, their momentum is severely hindered by process-related bottlenecks, Hossain Zillur Rahman, chairman of Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC), said yesterday. Extortion, bribery, and rent-seeking behavior create…...
Houthis hit Saudi Arabia
3+ hour, 17+ min ago (509+ words) Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels yesterday claimed a missile attack on Saudi Arabia, opening a new front as conflict between US and Iranian allies intensified. Houthi media said the rebels targeted the Saudi Red Sea city of Jizan. Saudi civil defence…...
Women built the RMG might. Now they are losing ground
2+ hour, 22+ min ago (1698+ words) When Nasima got a text from her employer during the Eid holidays, she expected another routine message. Instead, it told her she had been fired. “I still do not know what my fault was,” said Nasima, 35, who spent her working…...
Govt forms committee to review ship industry laws
8+ hour, 10+ min ago (523+ words) The government has formed a high-level committee comprising ministers and secretaries to review existing laws, rules, policies and other relevant issues concerning the country’s ship industry and recommend necessary reforms. The Cabinet Division issued a gazette notification in this regard…...