Mamun Rashid

Are our information systems secure enough?

Cyber-attacks are on the rise in Bangladesh, highlighting the need for robust security.

1w ago

Unlocking fiscal constraints for climate action

Climate change has emerged as a significant risk to sovereign debt sustainability, impacting fiscal stability and growth prospects.

2w ago

Economic recovery amid supply chain disruptions

Asia forms the backbone of the world economy, powering vital supply chains from electronics hubs in Taiwan and South Korea to garment factories in Bangladesh.

3w ago

Decoding transfer pricing

When two related entities enter a cross-border transaction, the price at which they undertake the transaction is the “transfer price.” Due to the special relationship between related entities, the transfer price may be different than the price that would have been agreed upon by unrelated parties. The price between unrelated parties in an uncontrolled condition is known as the “arm’s length price” (ALP).

1m ago

Importance of sustainability management

As the world faces pressing environmental and social issues while the business world continues to evolve, sustainability management has become an essential concept in modern business strategies.

1m ago

Addressing cyber risk in the financial sector

Despite various challenges, the financial sector in Bangladesh is undergoing a rapid digital transformation, driven by economic development and the increasing adoption of new technologies.

1m ago

Strong institutions a prerequisite for successful reforms

This year’s Nobel Prize in economics has been awarded to British-Americans Simon Johnson and James Robinson and Turkish-American Daron Acemoglu, whose work and research in economics have been to explain how some countries manage to stay ahead of the curve while others fail to do so.

2m ago

Key reforms needed to salvage the banking sector

The banking industry as a business is inherently risky.

2m ago
September 29, 2024
September 29, 2024

Loan restructuring and recovery

Classified loans in the banking sector have exceeded Tk 211,000 crore. Various agencies are talking of almost Tk 400,000 crores of stressed assets in the banking sector, almost 25 percent of the total loans.

September 27, 2024
September 27, 2024

Empowering women beyond protests

To ensure that contributions from individuals like Nusrat, Prapti, and Dipty are not isolated, we must take concrete steps to empower the next generation of women

September 22, 2024
September 22, 2024

Attracting higher FDI still a ways off

In order to narrow or meet the investment gap and more so, to abide by employment generation obligations, every country needs foreign direct investment (FDI).

September 15, 2024
September 15, 2024

Restoring trust in the banking sector

Lately, I have been receiving calls from friends and family asking which banks are safe or if they should withdraw their deposits from a particular bank.

September 8, 2024
September 8, 2024

Time for business schools to scale up

Thanks to our entrepreneurs, a few dynamic policy planners, mostly docile and hard-working workers, Bangladesh’s private sector has expanded rapidly and became a crucial driver of economic growth.

September 1, 2024
September 1, 2024

Can we recover our stolen assets?

Until mid-2010 I was not aware that the immediate past prime minister had a special assistant for stolen asset recovery.

August 25, 2024
August 25, 2024

A laundry list for BB governor

A new governor has joined the central bank of Bangladesh. As a leading macroeconomist, he has rightly identified inflation and the lack of discipline in the banking sector as the main culprits to be addressed. Both issues are very important, there’s no doubt about it.

August 18, 2024
August 18, 2024

Banking sector reform: where and how?

We have been talking about banking sector reforms since long as our banking sector is plagued with insider lending, bad loans, low capitalisation and risk coverage, weak governance, sub-optimal automation, a lack of expert manpower and non-availability of better products to serve the emerging clients and cater their shifting demands.

August 12, 2024
August 12, 2024

How do we increase inward remittance?

Bangladesh witnessed a threefold rise in human outflow over the past decade. Yet, remittance inflow has experienced relatively poor growth, rising from $15 billion to a maximum of $24 billion.

August 8, 2024
August 8, 2024

How do we clear this economic mess?

Decision makers need to be very cautious regarding who they put up to dispassionately clear the mess.