CGS Working Paper CGS WP 4 Bangladesh Bank Reform Changes and Challenges Haydory Akbar Ahmed Background Paper for The State of Governance in Bangladesh 2006 Centre for Governance Studies BRAC University Dhaka‚ Bangladesh www.cgs-bu.com Ahmed: Bangladesh Bank Reform CGS WP 5 The Centre for Governance Studies at BRAC University seeks to foster a new generation of researchers‚ public administrators and citizens with critical and analytical perspectives on governance. The Centre’s State
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Bangladesh Flooding Flooding is one of the main facts of Bangladesh. It is a country located in South Asia bounded by India in the north; Bay of Bengal in East and West while Myanmar surrounds it in the South. The country has practiced several flooding throughout the years. Between July – September 1998 Bangladesh has experienced one of its disastrous floods. Many people were affected by the flooding because they lost their belongings‚ made homeless and lost their homes. In the worst flooding
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When you first step foot in the capital city‚ Dhaka of Bangladesh‚ the first thing you will notice is the intense traffic jam. Dhaka is facing one of the major problems that is already being faced by other big cities in the world‚ more vehicle than the amount of the roads. Therefore‚ as a result‚ traffic jams are increasing day by day and it is becoming one of the most intolerable factors of the country. Since Bangladesh is a small country‚ the capital city is considered as one of the biggest
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Gender Roles in Bangladesh Bangladesh is a country in South Asia.Official Language is Bangla (also known as Bengali).Some of the facts of Bangladesh are listed below: Socially: Men greeting Men– A simple verbal greeting of “Salam Aleikum” tends to be most common. The appropriate response is “wa alaikum salam”.Handshakes are common as well‚ more so in business and formal settings. Handshakes tend to be on the light/limp side. Women greeting Women– A simple verbal greeting of “Salam Aleikum” tends to be most common
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Unemployment Problem in Bangladesh Bangladesh is a poor country. The country has many problems. Unemployment is one of the major problems on Bangladesh. Unemployment means to remain without work. This problem hampers our all round development. Many causes work behind unemployment. Ours is an agriculture country. People cannot work all the year round. In agriculture there is some seasonal work. After the seasonal work people become workless. As a result they become unemployed. We have a traditional
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quite developed. For the last ten years‚ Bangladesh is exporting medicine to various countries. The reason is that still now‚ the tax and restrictions of laws are not those much strict in this sector. Though these weaker restrictions are causing some problems‚ government is trying to help to develop this sector providing various supports. We have selected this industry because we have seen some opportunity in this sector to be invested. To be honest‚ Bangladesh is not a very investment friendly country
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EU-Bangladesh Relations at a glance: Since Bangladesh achieved independence in 1971‚ its population has grown from about 70 million people to 150 million or more in 2009. Over the same time period‚ the population of the European Community has expanded as new countries have joined. From six EC Member States in 1971 with a combined population of some 210 million‚ the European Union (EU) as it is now called has 27 Member States with some 500 million people. The European Community (EC) established
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employment and productivity‚ hence our standard of living‚ would be much lower. Therefore‚ it is absolutely essential that our financial market functions efficiently‚ not only quickly‚ but also at a minimal cost. The financial system in Bangladesh includes Bangladesh Bank (the Central Bank)‚ scheduled banks‚ non-bank financial institutions‚ microfinance institutions (MFIs)‚ insurance companies‚ co-operative banks‚ credit rating agencies and stock exchange. Among scheduled banks there are 4 nationalized
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Overview of Financial system of Bangladesh The financial system of Bangladesh is comprised of three broad fragmented sectors: 1. Formal Sector‚ 2. Semi-Formal Sector‚ 3. Informal Sector. The sectors have been categorized in accordance with their degree of regulation. The formal sector includes all regulated institutions like Banks‚ Non-Bank Financial Institutions (FIs)‚ Insurance Companies‚ Capital Market Intermediaries like Brokerage Houses‚ Merchant Banks etc.; Micro Finance Institutions
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INTRODUCTION Bangladesh is a small tea producing country sharing 2% of the world’s Tea production. Tea is an agro based‚ lab our intensive and export oriented sector and plays an important role in the national economy through export earnings‚ trade balancing and employment generation. Our Tea industry dates back to 1857 when the first tea garden was established at Malnicherra in Sylhet District. Today we have 163 Tea Gardens with a grant area of 1‚15‚757.41 hal of which 52‚317.21 hal or 45% is under
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