ICCB and UNICEF Partner to Support SDGs

Bangladesh suffers an annual economic loss of nearly $300 crore due to extreme climate events such as floods, droughts, storms, and heatwaves, impacting over 6.3 million people, according to the Climate Risk Index 2025 by Germanwatch. In 2022 alone, the country lost over $299 crore to natural disasters.

Bangladesh's overseas migration dropped by 27.4% in 2024, with migrant numbers falling to 10,09,146 from 13,90,811 in 2023, according to Ami Probashi's Annual Report 2024. The sharp decline, particularly between May and September, was attributed to political and economic instabilities.

Standard Chartered Bangladesh and Ispahani Islamia Eye Institute & Hospital (IIEI&H) have partnered to establish 71 Eye Health Camps for adults and 1,667 Student Sight Testing Programmes (SSTP) for school children, according to UNB. This initiative will benefit 10,000 adults in Dhaka and 250,000 students across Naogaon, Jamalpur, Barishal, Borguna, and Moulvibazar.

Midland Bank PLC has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with "Easy to Europe" and "TripZik Limited" at the bank’s head office. Under this agreement, both organizations will utilize Midland Bank’s advanced online Cash Management solution, Midland Cash Management (MCM), to streamline their daily business banking and cash management activities across the country.

Trust Bank PLC has signed a strategic agreement with bKash Limited to offer payroll banking services for bKash employees. The agreement was signed by Mahboob Hossain, senior executive vice-president of Trust Bank, and Mohammed Ferdous Yusuf, chief human resources officer of bKash, at the bank’s head office in Dhaka, according to a press release.

Guardian Life Insurance Limited and Reliance Insurance Limited have formed a strategic partnership to provide comprehensive life and general insurance services in Bangladesh. CEOs Sheikh Rakibul Karim of Guardian Life and Md Khaled Mamun of Reliance Insurance recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).