Towfiqul Islam Khan

Bangladesh has made significant progress in ensuring food security over the past two decades. Key indicators such as foodgrain production, cropping intensity, and overall availability have improved notably. Poverty levels have fallen, and access to food has widened.

This is the final instalment in a three-part series based on a foresight analysis centred on Bangladesh’s transition.

This is the second instalment of a three-part series based on a foresight analysis centred on Bangladesh’s transition.

This is the first instalment of a three-part series based on a foresight analysis centred on Bangladesh’s transition.

We hope for a return to normalcy in the system while discussions on reforms are conducted, articulated, agreed upon, and implemented.

Separating tax policy from tax collection has long been recommended. This idea was strongly proposed in a recent white paper on the economy. About four months ago, the National Board of Revenue’s (NBR) Advisory Committee, which is working on broader reforms for the NBR, submitted an interim report.

The global economy is experiencing a multitude of transitions in terms of economic and geopolitical rebalancing, ongoing technological change and emerging social and political risks. These transitions are expected to have far-reaching impacts on Bangladesh's economy, which is becoming increasingly integrated with the global and regional economies.