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Grameen Bank ( Bengali: গ্রামীণ ব্যাংক) is a microfinance specialized community development bank founded in Bangladesh. [ 4][ 5] It provides small loans (known as microcredit or "grameencredit") [ 6] to the impoverished without requiring collateral . Grameen Bank is a statutory public authority. It is originated in ...
Bangladesh Bank ( Bengali: বাংলাদেশ ব্যাংক) is the central bank of Bangladesh and is a member of the Asian Clearing Union. It is fully owned by the Government of Bangladesh . The bank is active in developing green banking. [ 3] and financial inclusion policy and is an important member of the Alliance for Financial ...
Grameen Bank. Microcredit. Social business. Muhammad Yunus[ a] (born 28 June 1940) is a Bangladeshi entrepreneur, banker, economist, politician, and civil society leader who has been serving as the Chief Adviser of the interim government of Bangladesh since 8 August 2024. [ 1] Yunus was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for founding the ...
Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, founder of BRAC. Known formerly as the Bangladesh Rehabilitation Assistance Committee, then as the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, and later as Building Resources Across Communities, [11] BRAC was initiated in 1972 by Sir Fazle Hasan Abed at Shallah Upazillah in the district of Sunamganj as a large scale relief and rehabilitation project to help returning war ...
Sheikh Hasina Wazed[ a] (born 28 September 1947) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the tenth prime minister of Bangladesh from June 1996 to July 2001 and again from January 2009 to August 2024. [ 3][ 4] She is the daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father and first president of Bangladesh. Having served for a combined total ...
Fazle Kabir (born July 4, 1955) is a Bangladeshi bureaucrat, economist, and central banker. [ 1][ 2][ 3] He served as the 11th Governor of Bangladesh Bank, the central bank of Bangladesh. [ 4] Prior to this position, he served as the Finance Secretary to the government and chairman of the state-owned Sonali Bank. [ 4]
Alma mater. University of Dhaka. Asian University. Nurun Nahar is a banker. She was the acting governor of Bangladesh Bank since Abdur Rouf Talukder resigned from the position. [ 1] She is replaced by Ahsan H. Mansur. [ 2] Before that she was the deputy governor of the bank. [ 3][ 4]
Rahman was tasked by the prime minister to improve Bangladesh's standing on the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business index. [31] Rahman's initiatives led the country climb seven places up in 2020. [ 32 ] [ 33 ] Additionally, he spearheaded efforts to implement projects under the public–private partnership (PPP) method though a fast-track program.