Income inequality in Bangladesh

Are individual districts falling behind, while Bangladesh develops as a whole?

Overall progress can conceal significant details regarding regional variations in development

The global conspiracy – against women

Clearly, deep-rooted biases and stereotypes are at play.

Rise of inequality, drumbeat of development

Rising economic inequality in Bangladesh is not an inevitable phenomenon.

Income inequality in Bangladesh keeps deepening

Income inequality in Bangladesh has deepened in the past six years, according to data from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).

Bangladesh must invest in health justice

A 2016 research study published in the Oxford University Journal analysed health inequality in Bangladesh, which found that income variance is the prime factor behind health disparities.

The stock market-real economy ‘disconnect’

The biggest factor behind the disconnect is that the largest companies with stable profitability refuse to come to the market.

Post-Covid challenges for our labour market

Specific policy incentives are needed to stimulate the economy and revive the labour market.

The unjust and discriminatory face of corruption

The cost of grand corruption in Bangladesh is only continuing to go up.

‘There’s a disconnect between the proposed budget and reality’

Dr Hossain Zillur Rahman, executive chairman of the Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC), discusses the proposed national budget for the 2022-23 fiscal year with Eresh Omar Jamal of The Daily Star.

July 16, 2023
July 16, 2023

Are individual districts falling behind, while Bangladesh develops as a whole?

Overall progress can conceal significant details regarding regional variations in development

June 23, 2023
June 23, 2023

The global conspiracy – against women

Clearly, deep-rooted biases and stereotypes are at play.

May 25, 2023
May 25, 2023

Rise of inequality, drumbeat of development

Rising economic inequality in Bangladesh is not an inevitable phenomenon.

April 12, 2023
April 12, 2023

Income inequality in Bangladesh keeps deepening

Income inequality in Bangladesh has deepened in the past six years, according to data from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).

January 31, 2023
January 31, 2023

Bangladesh must invest in health justice

A 2016 research study published in the Oxford University Journal analysed health inequality in Bangladesh, which found that income variance is the prime factor behind health disparities.

January 25, 2023
January 25, 2023

The stock market-real economy ‘disconnect’

The biggest factor behind the disconnect is that the largest companies with stable profitability refuse to come to the market.

September 14, 2022
September 14, 2022

Post-Covid challenges for our labour market

Specific policy incentives are needed to stimulate the economy and revive the labour market.

September 11, 2022
September 11, 2022

The unjust and discriminatory face of corruption

The cost of grand corruption in Bangladesh is only continuing to go up.

June 12, 2022
June 12, 2022

‘There’s a disconnect between the proposed budget and reality’

Dr Hossain Zillur Rahman, executive chairman of the Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC), discusses the proposed national budget for the 2022-23 fiscal year with Eresh Omar Jamal of The Daily Star.

December 9, 2017
December 9, 2017

Inequality gap on the rise

A recent study by a think-tank has exposed the underbelly of the development scenario in Bangladesh in which rising GDP growth and rising income and wealth inequalities walk hand in hand.