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Durreen Shahnaz

'We have proven that finance for the 99% is not simply a matter of altruism; it is financially sustainable'

In an interview with The Business Standard, Bangladeshi-American entrepreneur and author Durreen Shahnaz delves into the driving forces behind her life-long persistence to make financial markets...

Photo: Olid Ebna Shah

Bashundhara supplied 95% cement used in Dhaka Elevated Expressway

An aerial view of Dhaka Elevated Expressway on 1 September 2023. Photo: Olid Ebna Shah

Next target is to supply materials to megaprojects abroad

Naimul Baten. Sketch: TBS

DBH tries to ensure that clients can comfortably and regularly repay loan instalments

Managing Director and CEO of DBH Finance PLC Nasimul Baten. TBS Sketch

‘DBH predominantly provides home loans to middle-class clients’

Four projects, crores of taka, eight years and a submerged Chattogram 

Four projects, crores of taka, eight years and a submerged Chattogram 

Bangladesh is a big market for automation providers, thanks to the manufacturing sector

Bangladesh is a big market for automation providers, thanks to the manufacturing sector

Head of Small and Microfinance at City Bank Limited Kamrul Mehedi. Photo: Courtesy

'Unregistered SMEs need to be brought under umbrella of banking'

Deputy Managing Director and Head of Retail and SME Banking at Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) M Khorshed Anowar

EBL aims to be a market leader in SME lending

Mohammed Mizanur Rahman – the Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner (RRRC). Illustration: TBS

'Rohingyas fleeing camps in search of food and jobs'

Photo: Collected

'Kamala only has race a card', Andrew Tate in interview with Tucker Carlson

All animals must be under a double fence to keep the animals calm in their private area and to prevent anybody from reaching the animal barrier fence. Photo: TBS

'Solitary confinement of animals is the same as solitary confinement of humans'

Awut Deng Acuil. Illustration: TBS

'When we invest in girls' education, we invest in a nation': S Sudan education minister