An ill-timed arrest?
Conversely, the media speeches of numerous other party leaders exhibit a more aggressive stance than this kind of nonviolent agitation. Removing Fakhrul from the scene in this scenario raises the likelihood of a conflict
31 October 2023, 14:12 PM
31 October 2023, 14:12 PM
Book Excerpt / A memoir that helps understand development
Perhaps the most important contribution of the book lies in providing intimate insights into how NGOs work in Bangladesh.
16 March 2023, 09:13 AM
16 March 2023, 09:13 AM
Bangladesh Economy: What got you here won’t get you there
Over the years, Bangladesh has achieved considerable economic progress despite many odds. The economy, however, has now reached a point where continued progress will require course corrections, as alluded by the title of this write up, which is also the subtitle of a bestselling business book.
17 May 2022, 06:25 AM
17 May 2022, 06:25 AM
Perils of global capitalism: What’s next?
In my recently published book, “Markets, Morals and Development” (Routledge, UK), I discussed the discontent with the contemporary global economic order that is prey to the excesses of market supremacy and beholden to private corporate interest.
26 November 2021, 18:00 PM
26 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Coming out of LDC, a welcome move from all sides
Bangladesh’s graduation from the list of least-developed countries (LDCs) is long overdue but the good news is that the country will graduate having met all three criteria.
27 February 2021, 18:00 PM
27 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Assessing economic development: An unconventional approach
Economic development can be viewed from different perspectives, but the overriding theme is one of improving human well-being.
15 February 2021, 18:00 PM
15 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Why do people resist Covid-19 hygiene?
Bangladesh followed other countries in its effort to contain the Covid-19 pandemic with the initial countrywide lockdown and measures for revamping the health infrastructure.
20 July 2020, 18:00 PM
20 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Blindsided by Covid-19
There is hardly any precedence of preparing a national budget under such extraordinary hard times and with so much uncertainties and dilemmas.
11 June 2020, 18:00 PM
11 June 2020, 18:00 PM
The Great Lockdown
The social distancing measures to contain the spread of the Covid-19 infection have been appropriately called the Great Lockdown, in remembrance of the Great Recession of the 1930s.
6 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Reclaiming a Moral Economy
Bangladesh currently ranks among the fastest growing major economies in the world, notwithstanding some doubts about the growth estimates.
25 December 2019, 18:00 PM
How democracies die and economies grow
There are two prominent themes of contemporary development discourses, both lacking a consensus, as reflected in academic research and in their popular versions in bestseller books.
10 June 2018, 18:00 PM
A matter of definition?
In 2015, we welcomed the good news that Bangladesh had graduated from the low-income to low-middle-income status in the World Bank's classification of countries.
14 May 2018, 18:00 PM
In memory of Simeen Mahmud
It is both difficult and painful to write an obituary of a spouse, particularly if the death is an untimely one. Yet many friends and academic colleagues of Simeen, my wife who has recently died at a Harvard hospital within hours of being rushed to the emergency room, have requested me to do so since they think that she was both my “intellectual and life's partner”.
6 April 2018, 18:00 PM
Ambitious, populist with eye on polls
If the past record of budget implementation is any guide, the proposed budget definitely looks ambitious in terms of both revenue
1 June 2017, 18:00 PM