Sales of lifestyle items, groceries, electronics and many other goods typically skyrocket during this festive season, particularly 15-days prior to Eid as people buy all manner of food and gifts as a part of the celebration.
Dhaka Bank Ltd recently signed an agreement with Canadian University of Bangladesh (CUB) to provide banking facilities to the students of the university.
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Even after the government and private sectors’ continuous efforts to bring children to schools and improve education quality, about 2.5 million school-aged children remain out of educational institutions.
Sensible credit card use offers perks
The consumption behaviour of Bangladesh s growing middle class has made credit cards popular in recent years with a number of banks offering a wide range of discounts and cashback facilities on purchases.
The plastic cards have been synced with a large number of shops, enabling payments for different goods and services to be made in the form of equated monthly instalments (EMI).
An EMI is a fixed amount of money paid by a borrower to a lender at a specified date each calendar month. This means a credit cardholder can avail a fridge or television whenever required in a much easier manner than through other modes of payment.