What should be our game plan to tackle global volatility?
Mustafizur Rahman, distinguished fellow at the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), speaks to Ramisa Rob of The Daily Star about how Bangladesh can navigate the current challenges.
9 April 2025, 02:00 AM
Is it a ‘to be or not to be’ question? LDC graduation
The title of this write-up may appear somewhat misleading, but there are valid reasons to pose such a question, as there is context to it. Bangladesh is set to graduate from the group of least developed countries (LDCs) on November 24, 2026.
17 February 2025, 18:00 PM
Is deferment of LDC graduation a viable option for Bangladesh?
Bangladesh’s best course of action would be to prepare for smooth and sustainable graduation from the LDC group.
23 January 2025, 02:00 AM
A wrong signal is being sent by offering tax amnesty
Bank defaulters or tax evaders receive a number of amnesty and benefits for whitening black money.
7 June 2024, 09:00 AM
Time for a cautious approach to managing Bangladesh's external debt
A key factor driving the rising debt-servicing obligations of Bangladesh originates from the country’s middle-income graduation.
16 May 2024, 01:00 AM
Reducing income inequality: An agenda in search of actions
Reducing income inequality by taking concrete steps is morally fair and economically justified.
23 March 2024, 02:00 AM
Intra-RMG diversification: The next frontier
The highly impressive track record of Bangladesh’s export-oriented readymade garments (e-o RMG) sector is well-known and well-appreciated.
19 February 2024, 18:00 PM
The urgent task of restrategising domestic resource mobilisation
Steps must be taken against those who have shifted money and wealth out of the country illegally.
29 April 2023, 15:00 PM
Bangladesh’s LDC graduation and its repercussions for RMG
Bangladesh’s LDC graduation, to take effect from 2024, needs to be celebrated as a recognition of the country’s remarkable progress on many fronts over the past years. At the same time, there is no denying the fact that graduation will entail a number of new
19 September 2019, 18:00 PM
The emerging cracks in our external sector
The robust external sector performance has been a strong pillar on which Bangladesh’s impressive macroeconomic stability and growth of recent years was founded. The strong performance was underwritten by several factors.
11 June 2019, 18:00 PM
Mapping out a strategy
Bangladesh has become eligible for LDC graduation at the triennial review of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) held in March 2018 by meeting the thresholds for graduation: Gross National Income (GNI) per capita, the Human Assets Index (HAI) and the Economic Vulnerability Index (EVI). Bangladesh has been able to satisfy all the three graduation criteria and that also with significant comfort margins.
23 March 2018, 18:00 PM
Graduating out of LDC group with momentum
Bangladesh is well-poised to be considered for graduation from the LDC group at the next review of the UN's Committee for Development Policy (CDP) in March 2018.
19 February 2018, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh's offensive and defensive interests
The 11th Ministerial Conference of the WTO (WTO MC11) is going to take place in Buenos Aires, Argentina between December 10-13.
9 December 2017, 18:00 PM
How will we fare after Brexit?
With the UK Prime Minister triggering Article 50(2) of the Lisbon Treaty on March 29, UK has taken the first formal step leading to her departure from the EU.
30 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Time to Walk the Talk
The FY2017 budget has been announced in the backdrop of the manifold challenges carried over from the past years, but also
13 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Reflections on the WTO Ministerial
Backdrop of MC-10: There is no denying the fact that the World Trade Organisation (WTO), as the global body en-tasked to regulate and reform the
4 February 2016, 18:00 PM