Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS)

Deep-seated injustice needs to end

There is a built-in element of injustice in many sectors, including environment, education, and governance, which needs to be addressed, said renowned economist Prof Rehman Sobhan yesterday.

'Amartya Sen puts emphasis on democracy along with economic dev'

Fellow economists say at a public lecture organised by the BIDS

'Definition of youth contradicts with age limit for BCS exam'

DU Professor Khorshed Alam says at BIDS seminar

Are we overlooking the new poor?

Latest BIDS survey on poverty deserves appropriate policy attention

Abandoned children deserve better care

Government must expand and improve services for children without parents

‘Aspiration without values can cause rent-seeking, hooliganism’

Aspiration can lead people to development, but this can also encourage them to go for rent-seeking and hooliganism if the aspiration is not associated with values, eminent economist Professor Wahiduddin Mahmud said today.

13pc people lost jobs due to Covid-19 pandemic: BIDS survey

About 13 percent people have become unemployed in the country due to Covid-19 pandemic, according to a survey of Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS).

Women entrepreneurs face less social barriers now: BIDS

Social barriers and a lack of access to finance, the two big obstacles for women to become entrepreneurs, have eased somewhat in the last 8-9 years, a recent study found.

Editorial / Burgeoning middle class

According to the study 'Size and growth of the middle class in Bangladesh: trends, profiles and drivers' unveiled recently by the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS)

February 1, 2024
February 1, 2024

Deep-seated injustice needs to end

There is a built-in element of injustice in many sectors, including environment, education, and governance, which needs to be addressed, said renowned economist Prof Rehman Sobhan yesterday.

November 2, 2023
November 2, 2023

'Amartya Sen puts emphasis on democracy along with economic dev'

Fellow economists say at a public lecture organised by the BIDS

August 20, 2023
August 20, 2023

'Definition of youth contradicts with age limit for BCS exam'

DU Professor Khorshed Alam says at BIDS seminar

May 19, 2023
May 19, 2023

Are we overlooking the new poor?

Latest BIDS survey on poverty deserves appropriate policy attention

December 28, 2022
December 28, 2022

Abandoned children deserve better care

Government must expand and improve services for children without parents

October 16, 2022
October 16, 2022

‘Aspiration without values can cause rent-seeking, hooliganism’

Aspiration can lead people to development, but this can also encourage them to go for rent-seeking and hooliganism if the aspiration is not associated with values, eminent economist Professor Wahiduddin Mahmud said today.

June 25, 2020
June 25, 2020

13pc people lost jobs due to Covid-19 pandemic: BIDS survey

About 13 percent people have become unemployed in the country due to Covid-19 pandemic, according to a survey of Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS).

November 12, 2018
November 12, 2018

Women entrepreneurs face less social barriers now: BIDS

Social barriers and a lack of access to finance, the two big obstacles for women to become entrepreneurs, have eased somewhat in the last 8-9 years, a recent study found.

November 7, 2015
November 7, 2015

Burgeoning middle class

According to the study 'Size and growth of the middle class in Bangladesh: trends, profiles and drivers' unveiled recently by the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS)

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