A wrong signal is being sent by offering tax amnesty
Bank defaulters or tax evaders receive a number of amnesty and benefits for whitening black money.
1w ago
Time for a cautious approach to managing Bangladesh's external debt
A key factor driving the rising debt-servicing obligations of Bangladesh originates from the country’s middle-income graduation.
1m ago
Reducing income inequality: An agenda in search of actions
Reducing income inequality by taking concrete steps is morally fair and economically justified.
2m ago
Intra-RMG diversification: The next frontier
The highly impressive track record of Bangladesh’s export-oriented readymade garments (e-o RMG) sector is well-known and well-appreciated.
3m ago
The urgent task of restrategising domestic resource mobilisation
Steps must be taken against those who have shifted money and wealth out of the country illegally.
1y ago
Lessons for Bangladesh as a graduating LDC
As per the decision of the UN General Assembly held in November 2021, Bangladesh is set to graduate out of the group of least developed countries (LDCs) on November 24, 2026, about 50 years after it first became a member of this cohort of developing countries in December 1975.
1y ago
How can we maintain imports while reducing pressure on our forex reserve?
Would it be possible to import fuel from Russia?
1y ago
Getting a grip on the Bangladesh development narrative
The celebration of 50 years of Bangladesh’s independence has been a welcome opportunity to revisit and put on the spotlight Bangladesh’s developmental experience over the past five decades,
1y ago
February 20, 2018
Graduating out of LDC group with momentum
Bangladesh is well-poised to be considered for graduation from the LDC group at the next review of the UN's Committee for Development Policy (CDP) in March 2018.
December 10, 2017
Bangladesh's offensive and defensive interests
The 11th Ministerial Conference of the WTO (WTO MC11) is going to take place in Buenos Aires, Argentina between December 10-13.
March 31, 2017
How will we fare after Brexit?
With the UK Prime Minister triggering Article 50(2) of the Lisbon Treaty on March 29, UK has taken the first formal step leading to her departure from the EU.
June 14, 2016
Time to Walk the Talk
The FY2017 budget has been announced in the backdrop of the manifold challenges carried over from the past years, but also
February 5, 2016
Reflections on the WTO Ministerial
Backdrop of MC-10: There is no denying the fact that the World Trade Organisation (WTO), as the global body en-tasked to regulate and reform the
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