Russia-Ukraine war

Polarisation, de-dollarisation, and the emerging world order

About 10.5 million lives, 100 million displaced people, and 32.5 million refugees since 1945 should indicate the inadequacy of the UN system.

Major targets of current budget still unmet

The government is far away from achieving the major targets set for the current fiscal year when the national budget was unveiled in June last year, owing to its failures to assess the global scenario before fixing the goals, experts said.    

Taka keeps falling, forex reserves slip below $31b

The taka has lost its value further against the US dollar after the Bangladesh Bank sold the greenback at Tk 104.5 as the foreign exchange reserves keep falling.

Lessons learned from disruptions caused by Covid-19, war

The business sector in Bangladesh has been going through severe challenges for the past four years, which, for many, have been the toughest period in decades, with the coronavirus pandemic being the dominant factor in the early part before the Russia-Ukraine war broke out. Today, we are running the last report of a series and it focuses on the lessons for the businesses from the two unprecedented shocks.

Amongst so many global crises, the very concept of development requires rethinking

Challenges that are fundamentally transnational or global in nature are driving the biggest shifts in development policy.

The poor deserve a fighting chance

Mess residents’ struggle highlights vulnerability to high food prices

How lenders faring amid slowdown / Interest cap, NPLs did more damage than Covid, war

The business sector in Bangladesh has been going through severe challenges for the past four years, which, for many, have been the toughest period in decades, with the coronavirus pandemic being the dominant factor in the early part before the Russia-Ukraine war broke out. Today, we are running the second report of a series to present how various sectors fared in the face of the two unprecedented shocks. 

Bloomberg’s praise of PM’s timely steps

Economic uncertainty will keep us on our toes

RMG export orders fall up to 40%

The inflow of work orders from international clothing retailers and brands to Bangladesh has slowed because of the persistently higher cost of living in the western world and a pile-up of apparel stocks at stores.

May 21, 2023
May 21, 2023

Polarisation, de-dollarisation, and the emerging world order

About 10.5 million lives, 100 million displaced people, and 32.5 million refugees since 1945 should indicate the inadequacy of the UN system.

May 18, 2023
May 18, 2023

Major targets of current budget still unmet

The government is far away from achieving the major targets set for the current fiscal year when the national budget was unveiled in June last year, owing to its failures to assess the global scenario before fixing the goals, experts said.    

May 3, 2023
May 3, 2023

Taka keeps falling, forex reserves slip below $31b

The taka has lost its value further against the US dollar after the Bangladesh Bank sold the greenback at Tk 104.5 as the foreign exchange reserves keep falling.

April 18, 2023
April 18, 2023

Lessons learned from disruptions caused by Covid-19, war

The business sector in Bangladesh has been going through severe challenges for the past four years, which, for many, have been the toughest period in decades, with the coronavirus pandemic being the dominant factor in the early part before the Russia-Ukraine war broke out. Today, we are running the last report of a series and it focuses on the lessons for the businesses from the two unprecedented shocks.

April 15, 2023
April 15, 2023

Amongst so many global crises, the very concept of development requires rethinking

Challenges that are fundamentally transnational or global in nature are driving the biggest shifts in development policy.

April 11, 2023
April 11, 2023

The poor deserve a fighting chance

Mess residents’ struggle highlights vulnerability to high food prices

April 10, 2023
April 10, 2023

Interest cap, NPLs did more damage than Covid, war

The business sector in Bangladesh has been going through severe challenges for the past four years, which, for many, have been the toughest period in decades, with the coronavirus pandemic being the dominant factor in the early part before the Russia-Ukraine war broke out. Today, we are running the second report of a series to present how various sectors fared in the face of the two unprecedented shocks. 

April 2, 2023
April 2, 2023

Bloomberg’s praise of PM’s timely steps

Economic uncertainty will keep us on our toes

March 29, 2023
March 29, 2023

RMG export orders fall up to 40%

The inflow of work orders from international clothing retailers and brands to Bangladesh has slowed because of the persistently higher cost of living in the western world and a pile-up of apparel stocks at stores.

March 23, 2023
March 23, 2023

Price Manipulation: 3 laws there, but not much enforcement

There are at least three laws and as many government bodies to protect the consumers from price manipulation, but it goes on unabated due to lax enforcement of the laws and a lack of coordination among the government organisations, say commodity experts.