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AN OPEN DIALOGUE

Abdullah Shibli

AN OPEN DIALOGUE

Dr Abdullah Shibli is an Economist, and IT consultant. He previously worked for Harvard University and the World Bank.

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Is the Trump administration committing war crimes in Venezuela?

2 January 2026, 07:00 AM
Since September last year, the Trump administration has taken a hard line against Venezuela.
2 January 2026, 07:00 AM
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Uncertain politics, unsettling economy

7 December 2025, 07:00 AM
Bangladesh's much-anticipated parliamentary elections are scheduled for next February. And they could not have come at a more fraught time for the country. More than 16 months have passed since the interim administration took office, and unofficial estimates indicate a downward trend in the government's approval ratings.
7 December 2025, 07:00 AM
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Can Mamdani deliver on the issues that secured his win?

10 November 2025, 05:00 AM
This was the first election since Trump took office in January that provided an opportunity to gauge voters' current political mood.
10 November 2025, 05:00 AM
Migrant workers

Japan has opened its door for Bangladesh, let’s not ruin it

25 October 2025, 04:00 AM
Bangladesh plans to send one lakh people to Japan over the next five years.
25 October 2025, 04:00 AM
Bangladesh-India relations

Will the upcoming election stabilise Bangladesh-India relations?

14 October 2025, 04:00 AM
There are several areas where Bangladesh and India can collaborate.
14 October 2025, 04:00 AM
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Remembering Salahuddin Ahmed, a mentor and friend

28 September 2025, 06:39 AM
Salahuddin Ahmed had a career that only a few can imagine.
28 September 2025, 06:39 AM
Ukraine’s peace lies in compromise

AN OPEN DIALOGUE / Ukraine’s peace lies in compromise

25 August 2025, 05:00 AM
Before Biden, various US presidents had respected an unwritten understanding between Russia and the West that Ukraine would not be invited to join NATO.
25 August 2025, 05:00 AM
Why opinion polls still matter

AN OPEN DIALOGUE / Why opinion polls still matter

10 August 2025, 04:00 AM
Opinion polls are, in a sense, a necessary evil. They can often incur the wrath of those in power, or of individuals whose views are not corroborated by, or match, the information provided by a survey.
10 August 2025, 04:00 AM
Making RMG growth lasting

Making RMG growth lasting

Bangladesh's garments industry, for good or worse, has been on the radar screen of policy regulators, North American and European trade union movements, international lenders, as well as global activists promoting sustainable and equitable growth.
7 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Can we have full disclosure, please

Can we have full disclosure, please?

Bangladesh is well-known around the globe for its many achievements. Rapid economic progress, exceptional exports growth, universal primary education, elimination of poverty and bold strides in addressing income inequality.
27 September 2016, 18:00 PM
Why aren't the leaders smiling?

Why aren't the leaders smiling?

There has been no respite for the major world economies from weak economic growth, a pushback against globalisation in the form of trade pacts such as TTIP and TPP, and spiralling commodities prices.
16 September 2016, 18:00 PM
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THE CHALLENGES AHEAD

The ink has hardly dried on the Paris climate agreement (PA) document, and it appears that global attention has moved on to other urgent matters: terrorism, election politics, Brexit, and what have you.
16 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Brexit

“Brexit” and Bangladesh

Bangladesh is not about to face a doomsday scenario when Britain finally leaves the European Union in 2019 as expected.
3 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Brexit

Britain can benefit from Brexit

The British voters' decision to leave the European Union (EU), or “Brexit”, has triggered a major reshuffling of global political and economic alignments.
29 July 2016, 18:00 PM
Donald Trump

Trump's campaign slogan, “It's the Economy, Stupid” is a risky one

Economic times in the US are not bad in comparison with the uncertainty and volatility that has gripped the rest of the world following Brexit...
15 July 2016, 18:00 PM

The tyranny of cost-benefit analysis

When economists hand over their findings from a cost-benifit analysis to politicians, it is important to be upfront about the “ifs and buts” of the analysis, and to caution the user of the dangers of making sweeping statements about the superiority of alternative technologies or policy options.
12 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Brexit and its economic fallout

The United Kingdom is now in the midst of a Shakespearean dilemma, “to stay or not to stay”. Voters will decide in a referendum on June 23...
14 June 2016, 18:00 PM
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Will US elections sound the death knell for TPP?

He US presidential election campaign is a fascinating case study on how politics overwhelms better judgment. The case in
28 May 2016, 18:00 PM
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Going forward - Balance between convenience and security

If we stay attuned to the experts and practitioners working in the financial and banking sectors worldwide, new threats and methods used by the crooks can be neutralised before any damage is done to our own emerging system.
25 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh Bank heist

The Immediate Tasks at Hand

More than three months have passed since the Bangladesh Bank (BB) heist, and in the interim much water has flown down the Padma, Meghna,
16 May 2016, 18:00 PM
LABOUR UNIONS

What can be done?

I hear from union leaders, labour law advocates and “garments owners”. Unfortunately, I heard different versions of what's going on in the field.
11 May 2016, 18:00 PM
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Carbon Tax?

Bangladesh Government Proposes a Tk. 15 Carbon Tax”. This headline would have been unthinkable even a decade ago. However, it
23 April 2016, 18:00 PM
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Is economic uncertainty the latest norm?

What is happening in the world today? An apt manner to describe the current economic situation and future prospects is to paraphrase
9 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Child labour

Do We Need to Worry?

Labour practices and the right to organise by workers have recently received a lot of attention in Western media, triggered by terrible industry accidents in India, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
3 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Blue Afternoon

Blue Afternoon

Sarah has not seen Naeema since then. She had heard from her other sons that Naeema is teaching in a school and staying with her mother.
1 April 2016, 18:00 PM
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Blue Afternoon

The call to prayer wakes Sarah up every morning. There are at least three mosques surrounding her apartment and each of them take
18 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh Bank

Need for better systems and protocols

The news that foreign hackers attempted to off $101 million from Bangladesh Bank's account with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York need not be viewed as a catastrophic failure...
13 March 2016, 18:10 PM

Petroleum price: Reduce price and add a green tax

BANGLADESH is now poised at a historically opportune moment to initiate a “green tax” on carbon-emitting fuels. International oil
2 March 2016, 18:00 PM

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