In May 1993 the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh - one of the most successful and internationally best-known self-help projects - launched a programme to provide poor people in rural areas with basic health care. The first four medical centres were followed by six more by July 1995. The ...
Standard Chartered and Medix Dhanmondi Centre to make healthcare solutions more affordable and accessible for clients July 6, 2022 Standard Chartered and UCEP Bangladesh start employment reintegration programme for flood and COVID-impacted communities in Sylhet July 5, 2022 Standard Chartered Bank tran...
Bangladesh Bank's new governor, Ahsan H. Mansur, appointed just a week ago, also said that he would raise interest rates further to 10% or more in the coming months. Mansur could not be immediately reached for a comment. He has previously said that...
The Bangladesh Bank has allowed the settlement of overseas trading transactions in Chinese RMB since September 2022. The Bank also allows the use of the US dollar, euro, pound sterling, Canadian dollar, Japanese yen, Swiss franc and Australian dollar for the completion of such transactions. In O...
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"Air pollution causes the climate to change, and climate change worsens the air quality. Over time, climate change and urbanization will further intensify air pollution," said Wameq Azfar Raza, World Bank Health Specialist and the lead of the report. ...
Bangladesh Bank will submit a package proposal for transforming the central bank into a fully autonomous body within four months to the head of interim government, as part of full-course reforms in the banking sector Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Ahsan H. Mansur unveiled the plans, including a new...
Bangladesh signed two financing agreements totaling to 200 million U.S. dollars with the World Bank Thursday to improve health systems, delivery of health services and the living conditions of the urban poor.
Floodplain fisheries have been of particular significance for generations, and about 11 million people were estimated to depend directly or indirectly for their livelihoods on the Bangladesh fishery sector in 1990 (World Bank, 1991). Some 82% of the households that depend on fishing for income...
Stunting is a global health problem affecting hundreds of millions of children worldwide and contributing to 45% of deaths in children under the age of five. Current therapeutic interventions have limited efficacy. Understanding the epigenetic changes un