While a privileged minority, sitting in their high castles, continue to enjoy a larger and larger share of the fruits of “development,” it is becoming obvious that the vast majority are increasingly struggling.
With inflation edging towards double digits and quarterly GDP growth nearly halving year on year, pressure on consumers is mounting and experts are pointing at even darker clouds.
Like the refuse of the fish, the working class is also a refuse of the capitalist economy.
If AL’s victory in the 2014 election was a hollow one, the 2024 victory in the making is nothing short of a Pyrrhic one—a victory which inflicts so much damage that it cannot be considered worthwhile.
Enterprises running small-scale operations in Bangladesh are suffering from a significant fall in sales at a time when inflationary pressure has pushed up production costs
Noted economist Wahiduddin Mahmud yesterday urged the Bangladesh Bank to stop pumping fresh money into the economy in order to rein in runaway inflation and tackle the current economic crisis.
At least 43 listed companies and mutual funds fell to losses in July to December of the ongoing financial year after reporting profits in the identical half a year ago.
IMF loan cannot be the only factor behind much-needed structural changes
We are told that taka is available, and then it’s not there anymore.
While a privileged minority, sitting in their high castles, continue to enjoy a larger and larger share of the fruits of “development,” it is becoming obvious that the vast majority are increasingly struggling.
With inflation edging towards double digits and quarterly GDP growth nearly halving year on year, pressure on consumers is mounting and experts are pointing at even darker clouds.
Like the refuse of the fish, the working class is also a refuse of the capitalist economy.
If AL’s victory in the 2014 election was a hollow one, the 2024 victory in the making is nothing short of a Pyrrhic one—a victory which inflicts so much damage that it cannot be considered worthwhile.
Enterprises running small-scale operations in Bangladesh are suffering from a significant fall in sales at a time when inflationary pressure has pushed up production costs
Noted economist Wahiduddin Mahmud yesterday urged the Bangladesh Bank to stop pumping fresh money into the economy in order to rein in runaway inflation and tackle the current economic crisis.
At least 43 listed companies and mutual funds fell to losses in July to December of the ongoing financial year after reporting profits in the identical half a year ago.
IMF loan cannot be the only factor behind much-needed structural changes
We are told that taka is available, and then it’s not there anymore.
Let’s think of some out-of-the-box ways to tackle even the most formidable of problems.
