Funding

Funding

Only 17 startups apply for govt’s sandbox scheme to avail tax benefits

Only 17 startups apply for govt’s sandbox scheme to avail tax benefits

Some 300 to 500 startup companies were eligible, most unaware of the scheme

Student protesters stage a pro-Palestinian rally at Sciences Po university in Paris. Photo: JULIEN DE ROSA/AFP

Top French university loses funding over pro-Palestinian protests

Participants during the ‘Budgetary Allocation to Combat NCDs: Bangladesh Perspective’ webinar on Saturday. Photo: Courtesy

Boost funding to combat NCD deaths: Experts

FILE PHOTO: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi meets with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the Ittihadiya presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, November 18, 2023. The Egyptian Presidency/Handout via REUTERS

EU to bolster Egypt ties with billions of euros in funding

IDF's recent allegation, accusing UNRWA staff of involvement in the October 7 terrorist attacks, led UNRWA donors, including the United States, to announce a freeze in funding. Photo: Collected

Defunding Gaza's lifeline: How the West is taking part in collective punishment

A truck, marked with United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) logo, crosses into Egypt from Gaza, at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, during a temporary truce between Hamas and Israel, in Rafah, Egypt, November 27, 2023. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/File Photo

France says halting funding to UN Palestinian refugee agency

A truck, marked with United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) logo, crosses into Egypt from Gaza, at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, during a temporary truce between Hamas and Israel, in Rafah, Egypt, November 27, 2023. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/File Photo

UK, Italy join US, Canada in pausing funding to UN refugee agency in Gaza

Beza aimed big, now loan repayment becomes a headache for it

Beza aimed big, now loan repayment becomes a headache for it

FILE PHOTO: Halime Adam Moussa, a Sudanese refugee who is seeking refuge in Chad for a second time, waits with other refugees to receive a food portion from World Food Programme (WFP), near the border between Sudan and Chad in Koufroun, Chad, May 9, 2023. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo

UN refugee agency chief 'extremely worried' about funding

ADB capital management reforms unlock $100b in new funding over next decade to support Asia, Pacific

ADB capital management reforms unlock $100b in new funding over next decade to support Asia, Pacific

Muhammad Saeedul Alam and Shabab Shahriar Khan. Sketch: TBS

Biniyog.io: How an investment platform is bridging the SME funding gap

People crowd to get food rations from a charity kitchen in Sanaa, Yemen on 20 July 2020. File Photo: Reuters/Khaled Abdullah

WFP warns cuts could push 24m people to brink of famine

Illustration: TBS

Why is foreign VC investment running out for Bangladesh's startups?