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Reflection on Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2022
- Md. Abdul Aahad
- Jul 3, 2024
The Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) 2022, conducted by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, is a nationally representative survey providing detailed data on income, expenditure, and consumption. This survey is crucial as it forms the basis for official statistics [....]
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Potential risks and vulnerabilities associated with heavy reliance on LNG import and strategies to reduce them
- Md Tuhin Ahmed, Md. Abdul Aahad
- Oct 22, 2023
In recent years, the landscape of the energy sector in Bangladesh has witnessed significant changes. The rising demand for natural gas, coupled with the difficulties in gas exploration and production, has resulted in a reliance on the imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG). Notably, the price [....]
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Can BIMSTEC rise to meet the new challenges?
- Achyut Bhandari, Dr Selim Raihan, Ganeshan Wignaraja, Nihal Pitigala, Posh Raj Pandey, Prabir De, Watcharas Leelawath
- Apr 10, 2022
The 5th summit of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) ended on March 30, 2022, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The summit adopted a charter for the first time since its inception in 1997 and signed three memorandums [....]
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Next challenges of Bangladesh’s RMG
- Sunera Saba Khan
- Mar 16, 2020
The growth of the country’s readymade garments (RMG) sector has been rather insignificant during 2016-17 and 2017-18 fiscal years as it grew by 0.2 percent and 8.7 percent respectively. However, the growth rate picked up the following year, thanks to a depreciating currency [....]
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Trade logistics: A South Asian perspective
- Farhan Khan, Md Tuhin Ahmed
- Mar 16, 2020
Trade logistics is often considered a fundamental building block of trade and economic development. The term trade logistics usually encompasses a cluster of vital activities for trade including transportation, warehousing, cargo consolidation, border management [....]
