Imperfect competition, subsidies and bailouts: Where is the policy balance
Competition law is not an end in itself and to use it, we need to have a good understanding of how markets work.
Who can help utilise our development budget?
It has been observed that monitoring & evaluation functions within ministries and their departments are poorly understood, under-funded, and underutilised.
Bangladesh needs to do better for its elderly
Globally, the older people are called senior citizens and they receive various support and benefits.
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.
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
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
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.
February 27, 2022
How many revisions does a development project need?
Despite the higher authorities’ public expression of dissatisfaction with frequent revisions of government projects, the practice of taking projects to ECNEC meetings to be granted deadline extensions, design changes, expansion of scope and budget enhancements has continued unabated.
February 19, 2022
The costs and risks associated with rapid, unplanned urbanisation
A better understanding about the increasing economic importance of urban centres in national development is needed to shift the policy rhetoric towards increased urban investment.
January 6, 2022
The curse of dowry still haunts the poor
I was shocked to know recently that my housemaid, who is a widow, had to pay for Tk 2 lakh worth of furniture and clothing for her daughter’s
December 5, 2021
Develop Chattogram’s drainage system before more lives are lost
Chattogram, the country’s second largest city and home to its main sea port, with an estimated population of 52 lakh people, has been suffering from serious water-logging and drainage issues for a long time.
November 4, 2021
For effective town planning, we must learn from past mistakes
Town planning is both a science and an art of designing and developing urban areas.
October 4, 2021
The flip side of megaprojects
A megaproject is a large-scale, costly and complex venture, and its implementation usually takes several years.
September 28, 2021
There’s still time to save Gazipur
The Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) area has seen a fast population growth over the last two decades.
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