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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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Why have banks failed SMEs?
- Samantha Rahman
- Nov 24, 2022
Even before the pandemic, CFOs of small businesses struggled to get the insights they needed to manage their finances effectively. Even though banks are willing to help, they are facing an increasing number of complex cases of SME clients. It can be stated that identifying the challenges [....]
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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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Why should Bangladesh integrate more with East and Southeast Asia?
- Dr Selim Raihan, Sunera Saba Khan
- Apr 1, 2016
The Bangladesh economy over the past two and half decades has been experiencing a steady rise in economic growth rate which has been accompanied by the country’s increasing trade-GDP ratio. The economy has become more and more trade-oriented. However, when it comes to integrating [....]
