The country's achievements so far are the outcomes of efforts and hard works by private sector players and of policy supports from the public sector, i.e. the government. Bangladesh is on a transformational growth path attaining per capita gross domestic product of US$1909 and targets of Millennium

The issue of trade facilitation has come to the fore since the inception of World Trade Organisation (WTO) to promote freer trade globally. As it reduces costs of trade including export and import, and thus enhances socio-economic benefits such as job creation and raising standard of life, Banglade

The wave of global free market crated in the 1990s is near death now. Hopes for free trade were raised by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) through the agreements struck as part of multilateral trade negotiations. Several rounds of WTO talks showed some light for free movement of goods and service

In a country like Bangladesh, where there is no dearth of manpower, policymakers and entrepreneurs need to focus on the national strength while setting up industries or initiating a business venture. That strength could be the enterprises that ensure maximum national welfare including creation of j

According to the latest labour force survey, at least 4.31 per cent population of Bangladesh are currently unemployed. Such unemployment is challenging our economic growth and sustainability of economic development from every dimension. Government should work out strategies through which demand-dri

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal, along with the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, proposed the national budget for fiscal year 2019-2020 in the Jatiya Sangsad on June 13, 2019. The proposed budget, amounting to Tk 5,231.90 billion, is the largest-ever in the history of Bangladesh. This budget will

The ease of doing business index/ranking is probably one of the World Bank's most powerful reports as it has gained the attention of most of the governments around the world. Based on the findings of the annual report, private sectors of different countries pressure their respective governments to

Most economies from the Asian and the Pacific regions maintained six per cent growth in 2018 (other than the high-growth nations). Intraregional cooperation between the Asian nations is moving toward a positive trend despite the threat of a US-China Trade War. Asia's international trade growth was