Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC)

Elections belong to the people, not the politicians

An election that reflects people’s choices and an elected government that carries out their mandate will show whether the hope created by the uprising will be turned into meaningful change.

Rising poverty needs proper responses

As per the PPRC study, borrowing is largely being used for essentials, such as food, healthcare, and basic survival, not asset-building.

‘Will the budget be made to satisfy the people or the vested groups?’

Dr Hossain Zillur Rahman, executive chairman of the Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC), discusses the upcoming national budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year with Eresh Omar Jamal of The Daily Star.

August 29, 2025
August 29, 2025

Elections belong to the people, not the politicians

An election that reflects people’s choices and an elected government that carries out their mandate will show whether the hope created by the uprising will be turned into meaningful change.

August 27, 2025
August 27, 2025

Rising poverty needs proper responses

As per the PPRC study, borrowing is largely being used for essentials, such as food, healthcare, and basic survival, not asset-building.

May 22, 2023
May 22, 2023

‘Will the budget be made to satisfy the people or the vested groups?’

Dr Hossain Zillur Rahman, executive chairman of the Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC), discusses the upcoming national budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year with Eresh Omar Jamal of The Daily Star.