Nawshad Ahmed

What do Dhaka and Bangkok have in common?

Unplanned transport infrastructure.

Community-based approach needed for environmental management in cities

Urban environmental management challenges are quite serious in Bangladesh due to unplanned urbanisation, and with no national policy to regulate it.

The non-mystery behind Khulna city's declining population

Khulna, the third largest city of Bangladesh, with a current population of approximately 950,000 and land area spanning 40.8 square kilometres, is the only city in the country which has been experiencing a negative population growth over the last two decades.

How do we overcome spatial inequality in Bangladesh?

Geographic inequalities can bring political tensions between local government leaders and national level policymakers and politicians.

How to make roads more durable in Bangladesh

The paved road network in Bangladesh has increased dramatically from 600 km in 1947, to 3,600 km in 1971, to the current figure of 375,000 km.

How to better connect Padma Bridge with south, southwestern Bangladesh

Improving road and railway connectivity is crucial for reaping the benefits of Padma Bridge.

What should be Bangladesh’s food security strategy?

The rapid increase in global food prices in recent months have put many countries including Bangladesh in a crisis.

Social protection needs more in next budget

The social protection allocation in the annual budget has consistently increased over the last 14 years. In FY 2008-09, a total of Tk 13,845 crore was allocated for social protection programmes.

August 17, 2023
August 17, 2023

What do Dhaka and Bangkok have in common?

Unplanned transport infrastructure.

May 24, 2023
May 24, 2023

Community-based approach needed for environmental management in cities

Urban environmental management challenges are quite serious in Bangladesh due to unplanned urbanisation, and with no national policy to regulate it.

January 6, 2023
January 6, 2023

The non-mystery behind Khulna city's declining population

Khulna, the third largest city of Bangladesh, with a current population of approximately 950,000 and land area spanning 40.8 square kilometres, is the only city in the country which has been experiencing a negative population growth over the last two decades.

December 20, 2022
December 20, 2022

How do we overcome spatial inequality in Bangladesh?

Geographic inequalities can bring political tensions between local government leaders and national level policymakers and politicians.

November 23, 2022
November 23, 2022

How to make roads more durable in Bangladesh

The paved road network in Bangladesh has increased dramatically from 600 km in 1947, to 3,600 km in 1971, to the current figure of 375,000 km.

August 28, 2022
August 28, 2022

How to better connect Padma Bridge with south, southwestern Bangladesh

Improving road and railway connectivity is crucial for reaping the benefits of Padma Bridge.

July 18, 2022
July 18, 2022

What should be Bangladesh’s food security strategy?

The rapid increase in global food prices in recent months have put many countries including Bangladesh in a crisis.

June 5, 2022
June 5, 2022

Social protection needs more in next budget

The social protection allocation in the annual budget has consistently increased over the last 14 years. In FY 2008-09, a total of Tk 13,845 crore was allocated for social protection programmes.

April 29, 2022
April 29, 2022

Time to conduct the next household survey

The Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES), last conducted in 2016, is a comprehensive national survey in Bangladesh.

March 27, 2022
March 27, 2022

A town with no plastic bottles or polythene bags

Recently, while visiting a small town in the south called Raozan, I was impressed to see how there were no empty plastic bottles or used polythene lying around.