Hossain Zillur Rahman

The evolution of poverty research in Bangladesh has been an intellectual adventure.

Exploring alternatives to SWAp in Bangladesh’s health sector is a pressing discussion.

No matter how tight the budget is, the social safety net sector has to be given its due importance.

The latest official data paints an alarming picture of 41.6 percent of girls married under 18 and 8.2 percent married under the lower age of 15.

How much can declared policy intentions be taken at face value when simultaneous administrative and political steps signal different intentions?

The current political uncertainties work out, the road to a fair election appears neither certain nor easy.

Bangladesh has always battled and progressed through crises. But what future awaits us?

“New rural” will be a critical player in the next chapter of Bangladesh’s transformation.

A political economy lens is needed to understand the current situation of Bangladesh.

His death is a loss for the nation.

Fifty years ago, the dominant concern of citizens and observers alike was about the economic future of newly independent Bangladesh.

We have all become accustomed to the economic story of China, its astonishing success in reducing poverty, its emergence as the economic powerhouse of the 21st century and its infrastructural ambitions expressed through the Belt and Road Initiative.

My friend Fouzul Kabir Khan’s recent book, “Win: How Public Entrepreneurship Can Transform the Developing World”, has brought back an issue critical to the development discourse in these pandemic times.

The economy of Bangladesh has come a long way in the past 50 years. The enduring image of Bangladesh earlier was that of a disaster victim.

It is 58 days since the first Covid-19 infection was recorded in Bangladesh. February now feels like a distant memory, even early March.

First there was Mexico City in 1984. Then there was Cairo in 1994. Now there is Nairobi in November 2019. The global community has dealt with the issue of population in these mega-conclaves.

When Bangladesh gained independence nearly five decades ago, poverty was the default condition for over 80 percent of the population.

The recently-concluded budget season had to play second fiddle to the cricket season. And why not? Cricket is about passion, budget rarely so. The new finance minister has a foot in both of these worlds holding, as he does, the Comilla Victorians franchise. Mr Mustafa Kamal

Accelera-ting urbanisation is the defining story of contemporary Bangladesh. Projections show that by 2050 urban population will overtake rural population. As Bangladesh hurtles towards its urban future, what a storyline of contradictory hues is unfolding!

In its 48th year, Bangladesh faces a new existential question to ponder. What now passes as “normal”?