Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury recently told parliament that the government has prepared an action plan to build a trillion-dollar economy by 2034. The plan covers investment, employment, exports, remittances, skills development and macroeconomic stability. But the trillion-dollar ta

For many years, financial progress in Bangladesh was measured by counting the number of new bank branches opened. When a branch appeared in a rural bazaar, people took it as proof that development had arrived. This way of thinking shaped policy for decades. State banks expanded into rural areas, pr

In fast-moving crises, early signals create strong impressions but weak understanding. For countries like Bangladesh, which feel wars mainly through prices and trade rather than battlefields, misreading the timing can be costlier than the shock itself. The following rules help read events while the

A recent analysis by economist Dr Zahid Hussain in an English Daily (TBS, January 31, 2026) offers a useful perspective on Bangladesh's inflation dynamics. He argues that food inflation largely operates independently of monetary policy, yet contributes to persistence in headline inflation. He furth

A new OECD report gives us a useful opportunity to look more closely at the extent of skilled-worker migration from Bangladesh to advanced economies. The report, International Migration Outlook 2025, compiles comparable data on international migration across Organization of Economic Cooperation and

In 2025, Bangladesh's interim government issued 78 ordinances covering labour rights, judicial procedures, digital security, and constitutional governance. These ordinances carry economic consequences. As economic activity is ultimately governed by law, changes in rules and institutions directly af

Whenever we go grocery shopping, prices, particularly food prices feel much more than the single-digit inflation figure suggests. Economic statistics can often obscure lived experience, and our daily reality often tells a different story, the one of steadily eroding purchasing power over years and

Not so long ago, just over a year, Bangladesh Bank (BB) was criticised for failing to meet the rising demand for US dollars. Foreign exchange reserves had fallen from a peak of about $48 billion to less than $20 billion, and panic about dollar shortages dominated headlines. In a striking reversal,