Corporate social responsibility (CSR) spending by Bangladesh’s banks nearly halved in the first half of 2025 amid rising bad loans, according to Bangladesh Bank’s (BB) half-yearly report on CSR activities of scheduled banks and non-bank financial institutions.

CSR Awards recognise firms, individuals for improving lives

Chinese ICT infrastructure giant Huawei recently inaugurated its flagship CSR program, ‘Seeds For The Future 2022, Bangladesh’ at Hotel Amari, Dhaka.

In big business and commercial parlance, one comes across the now familiar concept of 'Corporate Social Responsibility' (CSR) that, in real terms consists of promotional activities geared to improving the acceptability and image of an organisation.