Birupaksha Paul

A single, sensible policy can make a motley of weird prescriptions totally redundant.

Under the Income Tax Act, 2023, the 'gain' tax on plots, flats and commercial establishments has doubled and redoubled.

The actual share of NPLs in total loans would have crossed 20 percent had BB not loosened the definition.

Recent trends seem to care too little about the wise art of deficit financing.

While the government’s latest monetary policy for the first half of fiscal year 2023-24 shows an attempt to be rational for the market, it lacks vigour to solve inflation and the dollar crisis.

If we choose only 10 commodities and measure inflation, the figure will land at no less than 20 percent.

Understanding the nation’s expectations in designing the budget for FY2024 is essential

The news of Bangladesh occupying the second-highest position in South Asia in terms of a bad loan ratio is no surprise.

The World Happiness Report 2023 has placed Bangladesh in the 118th position out of 137 countries.

What has led to bank failures in the US may look different from what Bangladeshi banks are living through now, but the bottom line is the same.

“Is Bangladesh a place of looters?” – this question was raised by the High Court last month.

If you ask someone from a country with a decent economy whether the central bank should be allowed to exercise independence in its policymaking, they will say that not giving independence to the central bank is like letting someone drive a car while keeping their hands tied behind their back. The question is not why, but how to give more independence to the institution.

Bangladesh’s economic leadership must devote its integrity to ensuring quality growth along with lower income inequality.

Bangladesh Bank has missed the train by caving in to the pressure of the finance ministry, which dictates policymaking at the central bank being driven by short-term political interests.

While the government is distracted by elections, the financial economy will suffer

The recent policy changes have been so enormous that they have already made the old monetary policy largely defunct.

The approach to address unemployment has remained faulty, superficial, bureaucratic, and substandard.

The rate of reserve depletion is alarming, and the IMF loan will not be enough to fend off the haemorrhage.

What Bangladeshi economists have been saying for a long time is pretty much what the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has told our central bank and the government.

The central bank’s deviation from the policy commitment is the main reason why hundi-makers mushroomed at home and abroad.