Md. Rizwanul Islam

It is not improbable that the investigation on exports from Bangladesh and Nepal has been triggered not by unfair trade practices of exporters but by their ability to compete efficiently.

The postponement of the Australian national cricket team's tour to Bangladesh has dealt a blow to the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB)

Possibly most people with some degree of familiarity with the state of education in primary schools in Bangladesh would acknowledge

Many laypersons may not be aware that what is typically touted as a 'FTA' has often much less to do with free trade and more to do with preferential trade.

Clearly, astute politicians can feel the vibes of the people and what would win votes for them. They know that many of us are very keen on instant gratification of the desire for justice. As long as a 'wrong' is punished, many of us are too eager to be oblivious to the trivial nuances of the modes or forms of punishment or the identity or motive of the punisher.

GSP is always riddled with the subjectivity of the benefit granting countries. Indeed, trade analysts would recognise that this element of subjectivity is one of the fundamental problems with the GSP regimes.

The move to ban the right to use all types of three-wheelers on highways is, over the longer term, a quite sensible and optimum one.

Section 41(1) of the Artha Rin Adalat Ain, 2003 (ARAA) provides that either party to a suit filed under the ARAA who may be aggrieved

Following the worldwide pattern of a limited role of government in industrial and commercial activities and divesting of government owned enterprises into private hands; Bangladesh too has been doing this for decades.

Treaties signed between two or more states create rights and obligations for sovereign states and in the process also have impact on citizens who pay their allegiance to those states.