Hossain Zillur Rahman
The writer is executive chairman of Power and Participation Research Centre and former adviser to the caretaker government.
The writer is executive chairman of Power and Participation Research Centre and former adviser to the caretaker government.
No matter how tight the budget is, the social safety net sector has to be given its due importance.
The latest official data paints an alarming picture of 41.6 percent of girls married under 18 and 8.2 percent married under the lower age of 15.
How much can declared policy intentions be taken at face value when simultaneous administrative and political steps signal different intentions?
The current political uncertainties work out, the road to a fair election appears neither certain nor easy.
Bangladesh has always battled and progressed through crises. But what future awaits us?
“New rural” will be a critical player in the next chapter of Bangladesh’s transformation.
A political economy lens is needed to understand the current situation of Bangladesh.
No matter how tight the budget is, the social safety net sector has to be given its due importance.
The latest official data paints an alarming picture of 41.6 percent of girls married under 18 and 8.2 percent married under the lower age of 15.
How much can declared policy intentions be taken at face value when simultaneous administrative and political steps signal different intentions?
The current political uncertainties work out, the road to a fair election appears neither certain nor easy.
Bangladesh has always battled and progressed through crises. But what future awaits us?
“New rural” will be a critical player in the next chapter of Bangladesh’s transformation.
A political economy lens is needed to understand the current situation of Bangladesh.
His death is a loss for the nation.
Fifty years ago, the dominant concern of citizens and observers alike was about the economic future of newly independent Bangladesh.
We have all become accustomed to the economic story of China, its astonishing success in reducing poverty, its emergence as the economic powerhouse of the 21st century and its infrastructural ambitions expressed through the Belt and Road Initiative.