Dhaka stock market started functioning in 1956. Sixty years have passed since then. But the Bangladesh stock market remained immature and failed to be an important force in shaping the economy of the country.

Those who say that the Bangladesh capital market has already had enough reforms and also the policy support, they are mainly outsiders; they did not have any stake in the market directly.

IT is with great pleasure that we present to you a three-part special supplement series beginning today to mark the 24th founding anniversary of The Daily Star.

Following the worldwide pattern of a limited role of government in industrial and commercial activities and divesting of government owned enterprises into private hands; Bangladesh too has been doing this for decades.

SERVING the citizens through electronic governance or “eGovernance”, is more essential for the developing countries than forthe developed and less populousones.

The export structure of Bangladesh looks like a 'tadpole'- an early phase of a frog's life cycle where a big upper part of the body is linked with a shallow middle part and a long tail in the lower part. A limited number of 'dynamic' export products at the upper part dominate Bangladesh's export basket.

The US Secretary of State in the 70s, Dr Henry Kissinger, after the birth of our nation, infamously dubbed Bangladesh as a 'bottomless basket' because it was considered to be a country with no hope.

Bangladesh’s garment exports increased from USD 6.8 billion in 2005 to USD 19.9 billion in 2012, recording a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16.6 percent.

Acombination of rapid proliferation of mobile technologies coupled with improved connectivity has opened up innovative possibilities for ICTs in last-mile service delivery like never before.

Prompted by the Rana Plaza disaster that killed about 1137 workers in April 2013, the US government suspended duty-free privileges it had granted under the GSP programme to products exported from Bangladesh.

On January 12, 2014, the present government has elapsed one more year towards the destination of Digital Bangladesh.

Bangladesh has all the potentials to become a new paradigm for global generic medicines. With a population of 156.66 million, the country's social development indicators are very promising.

This part of the world, particularly Bangladesh, has always been fortunate in making great starts.

Bangladesh’s effort to emerge as a major leather products exporting nation is not getting momentum due to long dilly-dallying over the relocation of polluting tanneries from the capital to Savar.

Depending on the operation, responsibility and relationship(s) among MFS SolutionProvider and customers mainly two types of mobile financial services (Bank-led and Non-Bank-led) are followed worldwide.

Bangladesh will be a role model for Mobile Financial Services globally if the present trend of growth continues, said Bangladesh Bank Governor Atiur Rahman.

bKash, a subsidiary of BRAC Bank, provides safe, convenient and easy ways to make payments and money transfer services via mobile phones to both the unbanked and the banked people of Bangladesh.

There are a number of systemic challenges in the mobile banking sector in Bangladesh that exist today. In this article, I will enumerate what I think are the top-5 systemic challenges. To be sure, there are more than five systemic challenges in this sector. But, the five challenges I identify here may be considered binding constraints – overcoming these will pave the path forward for addressing many of the other challenges.

Like any fast moving consumer goods (FMCG), two key critical factors can “make or break” your business dream in mobile financial services. First is the Product Development & Marketing and the second but equally important is building a “Quality Distribution/Agent Network”. Today, I'll touch upon building a “Sustainable Quality Agent Network” for effective and compliant mobile financial service delivery.

Bangladesh has garnered attention as one of the most favored destination for investment and economic growth across the world. Numerous economic and financial publications have stated the immense potential of Bangladesh, given the highly adaptive, low-cost and educated workforce the country has to offer.