The Financial Express

Budget 2019-20: An appraisal

The proposed budget 2019-20 now under debate in the national parliament provides a positive continuation of the growth-development success story of the decade 2009-2018. The gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate of 8.2 per cent and the projected inflation rate...

Views

Paying for the welfare state without raising taxes

The current value of the US government's unfunded pension and...

Amusement parks for deprived children

Dhaka Shishu Park (Chidren's amusement park) has been officially barred...

Understanding youths in social context

"Praise youth and it will prosper." — Irish proverb Youth...

Strengthening corporate governance with forensic accounting

In recent times the term corporate governance has become a...

Toward people-centred growth

Industry and trade under the fourth industrial revolution

Proposed Budget 2019-20: How will revenue-GDP ratio increase?

Asia-Pacific region falters on UN development goals

THE AFGHANISTAN CONUNDRUM

Coping with rising protectionism in developed countries

Columns

Gender diversity for higher productivity

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has been making a case...

Redeveloping Old Dhaka

Knowing true colour of the money

Nation braces for biggest ever gas price hike

Poverty eradication

Classroom teaching more important than GPA index

Sport for Development and Peace

Opinions

Export diversification demands urgent attention

Bangladesh is one of the fastest growing economies in the...

Can Bangladesh win its war on drugs?

Today, June 26, is the international commemorative day against "Drug...

How soon will you get e-passports?

Bangladeshi travellers have been eagerly waiting for the distribution process...

US-China trade war escalating international tension

Analysts have started questioning as to who is losing out...

Saving the country's canals

Budget pays inadequate attention to public transport

Rising population trends threaten SDGs in Asia & Africa

Not the perfect shot in the arm

Combustible continentalism: Trade as low-grade tool

Africa's gig opportunity

Reviews

Trumponomics: Policy blunders of epic proportion

Blinded by a surging stock market and a 50-year low in the unemployment rate, few dare to challenge the wisdom of US economic policy. Instant gratification has compromised the rigour of objective and disciplined analysis. Big mistake. The toxic combination of ill-timed fiscal stimulus, aggressive imposition of tariffs, and unprecedented...