A sense of uncertainty centring Bangladesh's economic situation has been persisting for months. Policymakers and economists alike are now burning midnight oil to craft suitable measures to stabilise and revive a faltering economy. After assuming power, the interim government has initiated several
Creating a business-friendly environment in Bangladesh has been a persistent challenge for decades. One does not need to be an expert to recognise the barriers, starting from pervasive corruption to bureaucratic inefficiencies, entrepreneurs face. Despite repeated promises made by successive govern
The biggest demand that emerged out of the July uprising was the demand for jobs. For decades, the education system in this country has been blamed for producing graduates with sub-par skills. Indeed, this issue has been the subject matter of a survey carried out by the Center for Policy Dialogue (
Solar energy stands as the planet's most abundant energy resource, offering an endless supply of renewable power to humanity. Of all renewable energy sources, the inexhaustible solar one is the most dispersed form of energy that can be captured and transformed into heat or electricity. The techno
The days are not far off when people will talk about Buriganga river in the past tense. There is still a stretch of narrow water body called Buriganga which was 45 kilometres long when the Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) measured it in 2005. But it became shorter by 26 km when BWDB again
It was my first morning in London. I had a long flight of over eighteen hours from Dhaka. I was residing in a hall of residence of the university. The breakfast hours were fixed. I got up and made my way to the queue. I was served an egg with slices of ham on top. The other items were to be picked
Politics, finance, commerce, market volatility and various protesting workers' unions or professional bodies along with major accidents mostly hog news headlines because those issues concern the entire nation and even others well beyond the border. But the news carried on the inside pages, much as
In a time when the interim government is working with the objective of building a discrimination-free Bangladesh, it is deeply concerning that children with special needs and their caregivers are left in a state of uncertainty. According to recent reports, services at 35 Child Development Centers (
At least 2,606 Bangladeshi citizens have surrendered the country's citizenship formally in the last eight years. Most of them availed of citizenship in Germany during the period under review. This is quite intriguing. What prompted these people to leave the citizenship of their birthplace? We
A serious lack of coordination has surfaced between the government and the leaders of anti-discrimination student movement. Nobel Peace Laureate Prof Yunus and his cabinet colleagues came to power through the student-spearheaded anti-quota and subsequent anti-Awami League government movement, which
It is good to see that the current government is sticking to its promise of moving away from multiple mega projects involving billions of dollars in foreign loans. The previous government had the grand plan of setting up nearly 100 Special Economic Zones (SEZs). Indeed, the industrial zoning scheme
A one-of-its-kind political changeover in Bangladesh offers an opportunity to anatomize the policies of the fallen Awami League (AL) government, which governed the country for 15 years until imploded. Some scholars argue political stability is a prerequisite for developing countries to achieve ec
There is little doubt that Sheikh Hasina and her government have done harm to the national economy by recklessly borrowing money from overseas to invest in low productivity projects. She had increased the national external debt more than five-fold during her reign (from about US$20 billion to $10
