Mamun Rashid

Mamun Rashid, an economic analyst, is chairman at Financial Excellence Ltd and founding managing partner of PwC Bangladesh.

Internal audit: from back office to backbone

In today’s fast-changing environment, internal audit is no longer a back office function. It is central to how organisations manage risk, protect value and sustain growth.

10h ago

Bangladesh in an identity crisis

When we hear the word engineering, Germany naturally comes to mind. Mention technology, and Japan emerges. Talk about innovation and Silicon Valley in the United States takes centre stage.

1w ago

Will the next govt deliver real reform?

A half-built flyover cuts across the sky in Dhaka, its concrete pillars reaching upward with an unfinished span. It was meant to connect, to ease traffic, move people, and signal progress.

2w ago

Micromanaging should not be Bangladesh Bank’s job

BB must change its identity from an enforcer to an ecosystem architect.

3w ago

Strengthening the central bank

With nudges from the International Monetary Fund and backing from the World Bank and Asian Development Bank, Bangladesh has embarked on a long-overdue three-year reform plan for its ailing banking sector.

3w ago

Did tight monetary policy help?

With support from the World Bank and more importantly the IMF, the Bangladesh Bank (BB) has largely improved its policy analysis capability. The regulator has been announcing the half-yearly monetary policy statement (MPS) since 2007.

4w ago

Tariff talks alone will not fix the economy

The pricing issues caused by new trade restrictions are raising growing concern across Bangladesh’s export sector. And this concern comes not from problems within the country, but from sudden changes in the international trade system.

1m ago

Who is sponsoring bribery in Bangladesh?

Why do people offer bribes in the first place?

1m ago
August 17, 2025
August 17, 2025

Internal audit: from back office to backbone

In today’s fast-changing environment, internal audit is no longer a back office function. It is central to how organisations manage risk, protect value and sustain growth.

August 10, 2025
August 10, 2025

Bangladesh in an identity crisis

When we hear the word engineering, Germany naturally comes to mind. Mention technology, and Japan emerges. Talk about innovation and Silicon Valley in the United States takes centre stage.

August 3, 2025
August 3, 2025

Will the next govt deliver real reform?

A half-built flyover cuts across the sky in Dhaka, its concrete pillars reaching upward with an unfinished span. It was meant to connect, to ease traffic, move people, and signal progress.

July 27, 2025
July 27, 2025

Micromanaging should not be Bangladesh Bank’s job

BB must change its identity from an enforcer to an ecosystem architect.

July 27, 2025
July 27, 2025

Strengthening the central bank

With nudges from the International Monetary Fund and backing from the World Bank and Asian Development Bank, Bangladesh has embarked on a long-overdue three-year reform plan for its ailing banking sector.

July 20, 2025
July 20, 2025

Did tight monetary policy help?

With support from the World Bank and more importantly the IMF, the Bangladesh Bank (BB) has largely improved its policy analysis capability. The regulator has been announcing the half-yearly monetary policy statement (MPS) since 2007.

July 13, 2025
July 13, 2025

Tariff talks alone will not fix the economy

The pricing issues caused by new trade restrictions are raising growing concern across Bangladesh’s export sector. And this concern comes not from problems within the country, but from sudden changes in the international trade system.

July 8, 2025
July 8, 2025

Who is sponsoring bribery in Bangladesh?

Why do people offer bribes in the first place?

July 6, 2025
July 6, 2025

Default loans: How do we reverse the trend?

The stability of Bangladesh’s banking sector is under serious threat, and it’s no longer an abstract issue confined to industry insiders or economists.

June 29, 2025
June 29, 2025

Can the local tea industry recover?

Due to my long association with the tea industry, friends often ask me: if tea gardens are not profitable, why do so many people want to own them? More importantly, who skims the milk in our tea value chain?