Bangladesh must shift from investment promotion to facilitation
Despite substantial spending, many digitisation initiatives have turned into opportunities for rent-seeking rather than reform.
21 October 2025, 03:00 AM
Will an Upper House solve Bangladesh’s governance woes?
Bicameralism and proportional representation are not the panacea to solve all our problems of abuse of power.
3 October 2025, 02:00 AM
Limiting majority power requires a watchdog, not bicameralism
Bicameralism is unlikely to succeed without independent enforcement.
26 September 2025, 02:00 AM
How Bangladesh must navigate the US-led trade shift
It is apprehended that the US’s high tariffs on major global exporters of agricultural products, raw materials, intermediate products and finished goods, such as Brazil, Canada, China and India, would make those products available at lower prices in non-US markets.
16 July 2025, 03:00 AM
Bangladesh's export dilemma post-transshipment ban
Khondaker Golam Moazzem, research director at the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), talks with Naznin Tithi of The Daily Star about India’s decision to revoke transshipment facility for Bangladesh and its implications.
9 May 2025, 02:00 AM
CPD’s budget recommendations / How the power and energy sector can come out of constant financial crunch
The sector has faced prolonged financial losses, rising public debt, and increasing fiscal burdens.
29 April 2025, 07:03 AM
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty / Poverty reduction requires long-term solutions
Governments tend to focus on immediate needs, but we also need to ensure that long-term poverty reduction efforts are being developed parallelly.
17 October 2024, 02:00 AM
2023 Integrated Energy & Power Master Plan: The numbers don’t add up
In late November 2023, the Ministry of Power, Energy, and Mineral Resources unveiled the IEPMP.
19 September 2024, 02:00 AM
Bangladesh must shift from investment promotion to facilitation
Despite substantial spending, many digitisation initiatives have turned into opportunities for rent-seeking rather than reform.
21 October 2025, 03:00 AM
Will an Upper House solve Bangladesh’s governance woes?
Bicameralism and proportional representation are not the panacea to solve all our problems of abuse of power.
3 October 2025, 02:00 AM
Limiting majority power requires a watchdog, not bicameralism
Bicameralism is unlikely to succeed without independent enforcement.
26 September 2025, 02:00 AM
How Bangladesh must navigate the US-led trade shift
It is apprehended that the US’s high tariffs on major global exporters of agricultural products, raw materials, intermediate products and finished goods, such as Brazil, Canada, China and India, would make those products available at lower prices in non-US markets.
16 July 2025, 03:00 AM
Bangladesh's export dilemma post-transshipment ban
Khondaker Golam Moazzem, research director at the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), talks with Naznin Tithi of The Daily Star about India’s decision to revoke transshipment facility for Bangladesh and its implications.
9 May 2025, 02:00 AM
How the power and energy sector can come out of constant financial crunch
The sector has faced prolonged financial losses, rising public debt, and increasing fiscal burdens.
29 April 2025, 07:03 AM
Poverty reduction requires long-term solutions
Governments tend to focus on immediate needs, but we also need to ensure that long-term poverty reduction efforts are being developed parallelly.
17 October 2024, 02:00 AM
2023 Integrated Energy & Power Master Plan: The numbers don’t add up
In late November 2023, the Ministry of Power, Energy, and Mineral Resources unveiled the IEPMP.
19 September 2024, 02:00 AM
Renewable energy needs proactive financial boost
Recent observations reveal a concerning trend of underfunding in renewable energy projects.
1 April 2024, 02:00 AM
Bangladesh's Energy Backtrack
Through advanced coal-intensive technologies, the government is trying to keep coal alive and further expand the domestic use of imported LNG.
6 March 2024, 02:00 AM
Pathway for Bangladesh’s energy transition
The energy and power sector of Bangladesh can be said to have entered its third phase of development.
21 September 2023, 02:00 AM
Will BPDB become a 'white elephant'?
The weak financial state of the BPDB is partly due to the high per unit price of electricity
10 August 2023, 03:00 AM
How far can the IMF loan promote clean energy?
A set of parallel initiatives need to be undertaken targeting the structural weaknesses of the gas sector and power sector development to ensure energy transition.
23 March 2023, 03:00 AM
How global energy market volatility impacted inflation in Bangladesh
Bangladesh has been facing persistent high inflation over the last one year
13 March 2023, 03:00 AM
How do LNG subsidies affect public spending?
Immediate subsidy reform is needed to streamline spending for the energy sector.
31 January 2023, 16:00 PM
More power, but at what cost?
The latest energy master plan does not align with Bangladesh's clean energy targets
16 January 2023, 20:00 PM
Crisis and measures: past and present
Bangladesh has been confronting a major economic crisis for several months.
6 August 2022, 18:00 PM
Feasible options for cross-border power trade with Nepal
On April 26, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid met with a Nepali delegation led by Pampha Bhusal, the energy, water resources and irrigation minister of the country.
25 May 2022, 05:30 AM
Time to pull the plug on power, energy subsidies
On February 22, 2022, during a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Council (Ecnec), the prime minister instructed the relevant government agencies to gradually cut down on subsidies supporting economic activities of the country.
3 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Private sector’s engagement in COP26
The private sector took part in the COP26 and made commitments and initiatives with a view to contributing to reducing carbon emission, thereby achieving net zero emission by 2050.
16 November 2021, 18:00 PM