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Bangladesh Investment Summit 2025: Big Promises Amid Fragile Realities
- Sudeepto Roy
- Apr 30, 2025
Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) and the Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) jointly organized the Bangladesh Investment Summit 2025, held from April 7–10 in Dhaka. In an unstable political climate, the summit marked a significant effort by the interim government to place [....]
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Reforming Public Expenditure in Bangladesh: From Inefficiency to Impact
- Eshrat Sharmin, Sudeepto Roy
- Sep 2, 2024
The effectiveness of public expenditure is particularly crucial for a developing country like Bangladesh, where resources are limited, and the needs are vast. Despite the significant allocation of resources over the years, the efficiency of public expenditure in Bangladesh has often fallen short [....]
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An Analytical Narrative of the Governance Failures in the Banking Sector
- Eshrat Sharmin, Lubaba Mahjabin Prima, Sayema Haque Bidisha
- Sep 2, 2024
Though Bangladesh has made notable advancements in certain banking indicators, such as access and the depth of the banking system, poor governance, political meddling, and corruption in this sector has created increasing concern in recent years as for the past two decades [....]
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আগের মতোই গতানুগতিক বাজেট
- Sayema Haque Bidisha
- Jul 7, 2024
প্রস্তাবিত বাজেটের সঙ্গে পাস হওয়া বাজেটের তেমন পরিবর্তন নেই। দুই-এক জায়গায় সামান্য পরিবর্তন হয়েছে। এবারের বাজেট আগের বছরের বাজেটগুলোরই ধারাবাহিকতা বা গতানুগতিক। কিছু কিছু পরিবর্তনের ক্ষেত্রে সাধারণ মানুষের মধ্যে আশা ছিল, কিন্তু চূড়ান্ত বাজেটে সেগুলো আমরা দেখিনি [....]
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Some Insights from the Labour Force Survey 2022
- Sayema Haque Bidisha
- Jul 3, 2024
In the context of Bangladesh, despite impressive progresses in terms of different socioeconomic indicators, there remain challenges in some areas and the labor market is argued to be one of those. Besides, especially in the context of high inflationary pressure and contractionary [....]
