View: India is staring at a crisis of jobs that needs tackling ASAPHere, we are hamstrung by the fact that we have not had a nationwide census since 2011 - a shame for a country that has never missed a dece...
22 May, 2023, 12.22 AM IST
Microfin lenders mull dedicated special-purpose funding bodyMicrofinance lenders in India are considering setting up a dedicated funding institution to provide a consistent stream of long-term financ...
13 May, 2023, 01.14 AM IST
Indian microfinance sector seeks a dedicated funding institution in line with Bangladesh modelThe small and medium-sized microfinance lenders more than often struggle to mobilise funds while banks are generally more liberal in openin...
12 May, 2023, 05.14 PM IST
16 killed, over 100 injured as explosion rocks seven-storey building in DhakaThe injured were taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, said DMCH police outpost Inspector Bacchu Miah. He added that all of them were re...
07 Mar, 2023, 08.42 PM IST
From India to Kazakhstan, suddenly everyone is hunting for alternatives to the US DollarSeveral economies are chipping away at dollar use as a by-product of efforts to build new payment networks — a campaign that pre-dates the ...
26 Dec, 2022, 09.34 AM IST
Bandhan Bank to grow retail only when its field force learns the trick of the tradeInvestors have backed his strategy generously. Its Rs 4,473-crore public offer was subscribed 14.62 times, braving all odds in a jittery ma...
03 Apr, 2018, 08.57 AM IST
From bicycle to a Land Rover: How Chandra Shekhar Ghosh of Bandhan Bank rose from poverty to richesBandhan on Tuesday made a dream market debut. The scrip got listed at Rs 499 on the NSE, a 33 per cent premium to the issue price of Rs 375.
28 Mar, 2018, 10.49 AM IST
Bandhan Bank MD Chandra Shekhar Ghosh shares flip side of his lifeI have learnt to wear dhoti from a Maharaj at Ramakrishna Mission during my college days. I am pretty good at it today, said Bandhan Bank M...
18 Oct, 2017, 12.45 AM IST
One of these women may win the struggle to run a Wall Street firmEven among the women who stick it out, fewer advance to the senior level, a condition that's worsened since the financial crisis.
29 Jun, 2015, 10.30 AM IST
Bandhan founder Chandra Shekhar Ghosh: From sweet shop to bank ownerFor Chandra Shekhar Ghosh, it has been a long journey from working in his father’s small sweet shop in Agartala to emerge as one of the two...
04 Apr, 2014, 05.15 AM IST
- BRAC Bank ties up with Remit2Home to offer online money transfers to non resident Bangladeshis
BRAC Bank has partnered with Remit2Home to offer expatriate Bangladeshis an easy and secure way to transfer money back home.
10 Jul, 2012, 06.17 PM IST
- Hillary Clinton backs Grameen Bank founder Muhammad Yunus
Hillary Clinton asked Bangladesh not to "undermine & interfere" in the effectiveness of the micro-lender Grameen Bank.
06 May, 2012, 02.53 PM IST
- Derbyshire: Idyllic delights of village life
Britons do not talk much about a walk in the great countryside and the idyllic delights of village life of Derbyshire.
24 Jun, 2010, 07.32 AM IST
- Priyanka Gandhi on Bangladesh trip from Feb 3
Priyanka Vadra, the daughter of Congress President Sonia Gandhi, will visit Bangladesh from tomorrow to see the non-formal schooling system...
02 Feb, 2009, 04.35 PM IST
- Rahul Gandhi ends Bangladesh tour
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi wrapped up his five-day Bangladesh visit today during which he examined the micro-credit projects run by the G...
05 Aug, 2008, 11.00 AM IST
- Rahul leaves for Bangladesh on five-day visit
Rahul Gandhi's keen interest in rural development models took him to Bangladesh where he will get first-hand knowledge of the activities of...
01 Aug, 2008, 02.55 PM IST
- Apna London
Crowds late into the night were clearly a summer feature: a couple of days later we saw more of them as we headed for Leicester Square afte...
29 Jun, 2006, 12.19 AM IST