Fahmida Khatun

We now face the real risk of massive hunger and famine.

High inflation and low export and remittance earnings are a major cause for concern at the moment.

BIMSTEC countries have the potential for benefiting mutually and contributing to the global economy.

Given the nature of climate-induced problems faced by the countries in South Asia, policymakers should undertake both adaptation and mitigation measures.

The Bangladesh-India relationship covers a wide range of sectors

Mismanagement, system loss and a weak supply chain of the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) have become a perennial problem.

The world is feeling the scorching heat this summer, with heat waves sweeping across several countries in Europe and Asia.

Soaring oil and commodity prices have hit Bangladesh’s foreign exchange reserves significantly.

The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has revealed its Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) for the period of July-December 2022 at a time when the country, and the world, is going through tough economic challenges.

The 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) finally took place during June 12-16, 2022 after being cancelled twice due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The MC12 was held at a time of unprecedented global economic downturn.

An analysis of the national budget 2022-23 for Bangladesh, amidst Covid recovery and the Ukraine-Russia war.

If one looks at the inflationary measures that are proposed in the FY2022-23 budget, there are ample reasons to be frustrated.

The finance minister of Bangladesh is scheduled to place the national budget for 2022-23 fiscal year at parliament on June 9.

Exchange rate management is an important task for the central bank. In Bangladesh, though the central bank follows a floating exchange rate, it manages the foreign exchange market through intervention.

Bangladesh has been feeling this inflationary pressure since June 2020.

The prices of essentials continue to rise at a fast pace. Bangladesh has been feeling this inflationary pressure since June 2020, which recently became unbearable for the poor and fixed income groups in the country.

Quality education is urgently needed in Bangladesh as the country is progressing at a fast pace.

Right now, Sri Lanka is going through its worst economic crisis since independence in 1948.

The world is facing an unprecedented time as countries desperately try to recover from the fallouts caused by two years of Covid, followed by the newly raised geopolitical tensions due to the Russia-Ukraine war.

Since the war between Russia and Ukraine began on February 24, 2022, the global economy has entered a new terrain of uncertainty.