BRAC Bank, Priyoshop partner to help rural micro merchants
BRAC Bank has recently partnered with Priyoshop to expand access to digitally processed financing for rural and semi-urban micro merchants, said a press release...
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Expat鈥檚 microbus robbed
A rented microbus carrying a female expatriate and her family was robbed on the Dhaka-Tangail-Jamuna Bridge highway in Tangail early Saturday...
Economic justice
MICROFINANCE has long been recognised as a vital tool for combating poverty and empowering low-income populations, particularly in developing countries. By extending small loans to individuals who are often excluded from formal financial systems, microfinance...
PBPLC gifts 2 micros to BAU
Pubali Bank PLC on Tuesday gifted two microbuses to Bangladesh Agricultural University as part of its corporate social responsibility, said a press release...
Yunus stresses need for establishing dedicated Microcredit Bank
Claiming that the microcredit is the 鈥榬eal banking鈥�, chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Saturday stressed establishing a 鈥楳icrocredit Bank鈥� to create more entrepreneurs by disbursing collateral free small credit among young people...
Bill Gates says AI key for health, education innovation
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said artificial intelligence will play a key role in unlocking new tools for health, education and agriculture at a meeting with Indonesia鈥檚 president on Wednesday...
Microenterprises can be vital for growth: Selim Jahan
The development of microenterprises can play a vital role in driving inclusive growth in Bangladesh鈥檚 economy, said renowned economist Selim Jahan...
Computer pioneer Microsoft turns 50 in the age of AI
Microsoft has been at the heart of computing for half a century, becoming a tech stalwart almost taken for granted as lifestyles embraced the internet....
Government providing interest-free microloans, aid to imams, muezzins
The Ministry of Religious Affairs is providing interest-free microloans and financial assistance to imams and muezzins across Bangladesh from Imam-Muezzin Welfare Trust...
Microsoft retires Skype in favour of Teams
Microsoft on Friday announced it was retiring Skype, the online voice and video call pioneer that the tech titan acquired in 2011.
Loan disbursement to CMSME drops by 16pc
Loan disbursements to the Cottage, Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise (CMSME) sector dropped by 16 per cent in the July-September quarter of FY25 compared to the same period in FY24, due to political turmoil and economic instability during the period...
Soft microfinance: potential game-changer
MICROFINANCE is welcomed as a revolutionary tool to eradicate poverty, providing financial access for those excluded from traditional banking systems. It emerged with a promise to empower small entrepreneurs and poor people, especially women, by offering them loans to do businesses, secure livelihood and achieve financial independence...
BRAC launches 'Livestock Grow Initiative'
BRAC鈥檚 Microfinance programme has officially launched the 'Livestock Grow Initiative鈥� to ensure financial security and sustainable development for livestock farmers across the country...
Implement microfinance progs under one umbrella:聽 adviser
Social welfare affairs adviser Sharmeen Soneya Murshid on Sunday called upon all concerned to implement microfinance programmes under one umbrella...
Microsoft expects to spend $80b on AI this fiscal year
Microsoft president Brad Smith on Friday said the company is on track to pump about $80 billion into artificial intelligence (AI) this fiscal year...
Managing drug-resistant bacteria
CONSIDERING the growing inefficacies of antibiotics, a set of empirical studies has claimed that we are sliding back to the 鈥榩re-antibiotic era,鈥� highlighting the present and future crises borne out of antibiotic resistance. In today鈥檚 world, particularly in the global health discourse, antibiotic resistance has turned out to be a focal point of discussion due to its ominous public health concern. This is evident from seven...
Samsung reshuffles leadership amid challenge in AI chips
Samsung Electronics reshuffled its leadership on Wednesday as it looks to gain an edge in the production of microchips used for artificial intelligence servers...
Microbus driver hacked to death in Naogaon
A microbus driver was hacked to death allegedly by rivals over a piece of land at Naogaon sadar upazila on Wednesday...
Grameen Bank tax exemption facility reinstated聽聽聽
Microcredit lender Grameen Bank will enjoy income tax exemption until 2029 upon conditions, including submission of annual income tax returns.
Family planning, not microcredit, enhanced women鈥檚 activities in 1980s: Wahiduddin
Planning adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud on Wednesday said that it was Bangladesh鈥檚 family planning program, not microcredit that first encouraged middle-class and lower-middle-class women to work outside their homes...
bKash launches microfinance payment service
bKash has launched microfinance payment service to help customers pay microfinance loans and savings instalments, said a press release...
AI chatbots must learn to say 鈥榟elp鈥� says Microsoft exec
Generative AI tools will save companies lots of time and money, promises Vik Singh, a Microsoft vice-president, even if the models must learn to admit when they just don鈥檛 know what to do...
MRA donates to CA鈥檚 relief fund
The Microcredit Regulatory Authority has donated to the Chief Adviser鈥檚 Relief and Welfare Fund to provide assistance to the distressed people in the flood-affected regions of the...
Microsoft drops OpenAI board seat as scrunity increases
Microsoft has ditched plans to take up a non-voting position on the board of ChatGPT maker OpenAI, according to a letter seen by AFP on Wednesday, as regulators step up scrutiny of deals involving AI companies...
Microsoft to invest 2.2b euros in Spain data centres
Microsoft is to invest 2.2 billion euros ($2.4 billion) in a huge data centre project in northeastern Spain, regional authorities said Wednesday as the area seeks to establish itself as a cloud storage hotspot...
Microsoft faces heat from US Congress over cybersecurity
Members of US Congress on Thursday pressed Microsoft to explain a 鈥榗ascade of avoidable errors鈥� that allowed a Chinese hacking group to breach emails of senior US officials.
Grameen America to invest $40 billion for underserved women of USA
Grameen America, the fastest-growing nonprofit microfinance organisation in the United States of America, plans to invest $40 billion of loan capital in underserved women entrepreneurs by 2033, according to a press release...
US newspapers sue OpenAI, Microsoft over AI chatbots
Eight US newspapers sued OpenAI and Microsoft in a New York federal court Tuesday for violating their copyright to train the technology behind the ChatGPT and Copilot chatbots.
Microsoft CEO pledges $1.7b AI, cloud investment in Indonesia
Microsoft鈥檚 chief executive officer pledged a $1.7 billion investment in artificial intelligence and cloud computing to help develop Indonesia鈥檚 AI infrastructure after a meeting with the archipelago鈥檚 president on Tuesday...
Democratic transformation of society and state must for integrated development
Professor Muhammad Yunus (1940-), founder of the micro-finance famed Grameen Bank and a Peace Nobel Laureate, who is controversial at home and hailed abroad, now facing corruption charges brought up by a visibly hostile government, explains in an exclusive interview with 抖阴精品, the contentious issues relating to the allegations