
Anu Muhammad
The writer is member secretary of the National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports.
The writer is member secretary of the National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports.
Bangladesh is currently going through a grave economic crisis.
Even basic democracy seems to be missing in Bangladesh
It is a matter of great misfortune, as well as of disappointment and uncertainty, that democracy in Bangladesh is practically absent now.
What are the government’s plans with this huge population segment that is our youth, who are supposed to take the reins of our country in the future?
How does the government plan on utilising this significant chunk of the population?
There is a lack of clarity and transparency when it comes to how much subsidy is being provided to the power sector, why the government is providing it, and in fact, who they are subsidising.
Speaking to us about this issue is Anu Muhammad, professor of economics at Jahangirnagar University.
The rise in fuel prices is an illogical decision that will only harm ordinary citizens and fail to deal with the root causes of the crisis that Bangladesh is currently facing.
Annual GDP refers to the financial value of all the products and services produced in a country in a given year. This means as a country’s financial transactions increase, so does GDP.
In 1886, three years after the death of Karl Marx, the May Day movement took place. Earlier, in his book Das Kapital, Marx analysed the simultaneous rise of capitalism and the development of the working class.