Hossain Zillur Rahman

The writer is executive chairman of Power and Participation Research Centre and former adviser to the caretaker government.

The evolution of poverty research in Bangladesh

The evolution of poverty research in Bangladesh has been an intellectual adventure.

1w ago

SWAp’s effectiveness for Bangladesh’s health sector

Exploring alternatives to SWAp in Bangladesh’s health sector is a pressing discussion.

4m ago

Don’t shrink social safety net even during austerity

No matter how tight the budget is, the social safety net sector has to be given its due importance.

10m ago

The fight against child marriage needs a new narrative

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.

11m ago

The contradiction between economic policy and practices

How much can declared policy intentions be taken at face value when simultaneous administrative and political steps signal different intentions?

1y ago

All about fair and unfair elections

The current political uncertainties work out, the road to a fair election appears neither certain nor easy.

1y ago

Is Bangladesh at a triple crossroad?

Bangladesh has always battled and progressed through crises. But what future awaits us?

1y ago

How much do we know about our emerging ‘new rural’?

“New rural” will be a critical player in the next chapter of Bangladesh’s transformation.

2y ago
August 12, 2018
August 12, 2018

The Crisis is Impunity

Howsoever one tries to explain it, the death of Dia and Rajib, the two students of Shaheed Ramiz Uddin Cantonment College, on the Airport Road ten or so fateful days ago, can never be called an “accident”.

December 13, 2017
December 13, 2017

Middle-income Bangladesh has to be a healthy Bangladesh

Economic progress is meaningless if the people are not healthy enough to enjoy the progress. As Bangladesh pursues its dream of becoming a middle-income country, this dream must also be one of a Healthy Bangladesh.

December 12, 2016
December 12, 2016

Health challenges are more complex than ever

Though billed as a successor to the widely-known Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the new global goals — SDGs or Sustainable Development Goals — push humanity's ambitions much further and much wider.

July 8, 2015
July 8, 2015

REPORT CARD ON MR. MUHITH

AL'S affable finance minister is a lucky man having done the national budget more number of times than any other finance minister.

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