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Women in agriculture: The issue of land ownership

Source: Financial Express Bangladesh Published Date: 10th July, 2016

Women in agriculture: The issue of land ownership   Until recently women in Bangladesh hardly participated in agricultural activities outside their homes. A number of studies conducted in the 1980s and 1990s found that their contribution to socio-economic development was not visible due to a set of social norms that enabled men to dominate women. But it is found that women work more hours than men particularly in low-income households, more in agriculture than in non-agricultural economic...

ক্ষুদ্র ঋণের জন্য সিআইবি হচ্ছে

Source: Daily Samakal Published Date: 5th July, 2016

ক্ষুদ্র ঋণ বিতরণকারী প্রতিষ্ঠানগুলোর গ্রাহকদের জন্য ব্যাংক খাতের মধ্যে ঋণ তথ্য ব্যুরো বা সিআইবি গঠনের উদ্যোগ নিয়েছে এ খাতের নিয়ন্ত্রক সংস্থা মাইক্রোক্রেডিট রেগুলেটরি অথরিটি (এমআরএ)। চল...

30,000 people self-reliant

Source: Daily Sun Published Date: 5th July, 2016

Handcrafted Bamboo-Product 30,000 people self-reliant   RAJSHAHI:  Around 30,000 people have become self-reliant from selling handcrafted bamboo-products in Rajshahi district.About 50,000 people of 1000 villages are directly or indirectly involved in the businesses. Dr Redwanur Rahman, Associate Professor of Institute of Environmental Sciences of Rajshahi University, said time-fitting measures should be taken to protect and flourish the bamboo craft, which remains in the doldrums in...

Rural women make fortune thru’ income generations

Source: Daily News Today Published Date: 3rd July, 2016

Rural women make fortune thru’ income generations   NILPHAMARI, July 3: Hundreds of rural women have been making their own fortune and leading better life through various income-generating activities, small-scale businesses and enterprises in recent years in Rangpur division, reports BSS. With their own initiatives, capacities and potentials, many of them have achieved self-reliance through properly utilising local resources setting up appreciable example and saying good-bye to thei...

Prof Yunus calls for soul-searching to stop violence

Source: The Daily Prothom Alo Published Date: 2nd July, 2016

Prof Yunus calls for soul-searching to stop violence   Nobel laureate professor Muhammad Yunus on Saturday expressed his utter dismay at Friday’s attack in a Gulshan restaurant as, what he said, Bangladesh is a tolerant liberal country.“I cannot think of such attacks taking place in Bangladesh,” he said in a statement after the deadly terrorist attack that left 28 people including law enforcers and attackers killed.“We must do soul searching on how this breeding of...

গ্লাসগোতে ড. ইউনূসের প্রতিকৃতি উন্মোচন

Source: Ittefaq Published Date: 30th June, 2016

গ্লাসগোতে ড. ইউনূসের প্রতিকৃতি উন্মোচন গ্লাসগো ক্যালেডোনিয়ান বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ে একটি আড়ম্বরপূর্ণ অনুষ্ঠানে নোবেল লরিয়েট চ্যান্সেলর প্রফেসর মুহাম্মদ ইউনূসের প্রতিকৃতি উন্মোচন করা হয়। বুধ...

MasterCard-BURO business literacy programme boosts smaller firms

Source: Financial Express Bangladesh Published Date: 26th June, 2016

MasterCard-BURO business literacy programme boosts smaller firms   BURO Bangladesh, a leading microfinance institution, has provided financial and business literacy to 10,000 Tk 10 account holders with support from MasterCard to foster vibrancy in the rural economy. The programme took support from the Bangladesh Bank Revolving Refinancing Fund for financial inclusion, offering training to ensure effective use of the microfinance.  The initiative has two parts; one is to provide tr...

শিশুমৃত্যুর হার রোধে উন্নতি বাংলাদেশের

Source: The Daily Prothom Alo Published Date: 29th June, 2016

ইউনিসেফের প্রতিবেদন শিশুমৃত্যুর হার রোধে উন্নতি বাংলাদেশের পাঁচ বছরের কম বয়সী শিশুমৃত্যুর হার কমিয়ে আনার ক্ষেত্রে বাংলাদেশে সাম্প্রতিক সময়ে যথেষ্ট উন্নতি হয়েছে। জাতিসংঘ শিশু উন্নয়ন ...

An alternative to microcredit-based development approach

Source: Financial Express Bangladesh Published Date: 17th June, 2016

An alternative to microcredit-based development approach The idea of Community-Driven Development (CDD) became popular in development discourse when the world leaders started thinking critically about the pitfalls of traditional microcredit-based poverty reduction approach for the developing countries and sought for an alternative.  CDD approach was developed in the 1980s as a relatively innovative type of participatory, demand-driven project support in which poor people and their institu...

Yunus centre now in Azerbaijan

Source: Financial Express Bangladesh Published Date: 22nd June, 2016

Yunus centre now in Azerbaijan Yunus Social Business Centre (YSBC) will be set up in Azerbaijan State Economical University. A MoU was signed between Yunus Centre and the university authority recently. This YSBC will be 24th initiative of Nobel Peace Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus around the world that will facilitate the promotion and research of social business in the country.    Prof Yunus visited Azerbaijan recently. President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliy...

প্রফেসর ইউনূস মার্কিন তরুণদের উদ্যোক্তা হতে আহ্বান জানালেন

Source: The Daily Nayadiganta Published Date: 14th June, 2016

  নোবেল শান্তি পুরস্কার জয়ী প্রফেসর মুহাম্মদ ইউনূস মার্কিন যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের ক ্যালিফোর্নিয়া বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, সান ডিয়েগোর আমেরিকান গ্র্যাজুয়েটদের চাকরির পরিবর্তে বরং নিজেদের অন্তর্নিহিত...

Govt to inject fund into Grameen Bank

Source: Dhaka Tribune Published Date: 12th June, 2016

Govt to inject fund into Grameen Bank The government is expected to inject Tk1.3 crore into Grameen Bank to maintain its stake in the microcredit organisation in accordance with the Grameen Bank law. As per the Recapitalisation of State Banks Plan under the Bank and Financial Institutions Division, the Finance Division will be processing a distribution of Tk600 crore to the Grameen Bank, Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation, Sonali Bank UK, Bangladesh Krishi Bank, Rajshahi Krishi Unna...

Reducing economic inequality must for achieving SDGs

Source: The Daily Star Published Date: 9th June, 2016

Reducing economic inequality must for achieving SDGs Pankag Karmakar Proper management of natural resources, reduction of disparity in property ownership between rich and poor as well as public-private partnership are crucial to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs), said discussants at an international conference yesterday. The governments and other authorities concerned should remain cautious in initiating any development project so that it does not cause environmental de...

দেশে সন্ত্রাসী হামলা বেড়েছে

Source: The Daily Prothom Alo Published Date: 4th June, 2016

মার্কিন পররাষ্ট্র দপ্তরের প্রতিবেদন দেশে সন্ত্রাসী হামলা বেড়েছে দেশে গত বছর সন্ত্রাসী হামলা এবং এর ফলে হতাহতের সংখ্যা আগের বছরের তুলনায় বেড়েছে। যদিও এ সময় বিশ্বে সন্ত্রাসী হামলার সংখ্য...

আকাঙ্ক্ষা বিপুল, সামর্থ্য কম

Source: The Daily Prothom Alo Published Date: 3rd June, 2016

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