Selim Jahan

Sri Lanka has recently elected Anura Kumara Dissanayaka as its new president.

Issues of fundamental human rights violations, the destruction of social justice, and unjust biases remain central to inequalities and discrimination.

What needs to be done in today’s Bangladesh, as the country is trying to move forward?

Inequalities occur not only in income, but also in non-income dimensions

According to latest reports, the Labour Party has won a landslide victory with 412 seats.

In general, five issues need to be borne in mind when it comes to bank mergers in Bangladesh.

People are the real wealth of a nation. The fundamental objective of development is to create an enabling environment for people to enjoy a long, healthy, and creative life. Human development is simply defined as a process of enlarging choices and creating opportunities for everyone.

Dr Selim Jahan lays out all the facts about Bangladesh's debt financing situation.

Debt servicing has become a rising concern for developing countries in recent times.

“Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber, and as deadly as a hitman”—these were the words of Ronald Reagan during his campaign for the US presidency at the beginning of 1980s.

Analytically speaking, if economic growth is to be inclusive, it must fulfil three mutually synergetic criteria: it must be sustained and pro-poor; it must ensure equity in resource availability, access to basic social services and income distribution; and it must be accompanied by productive employment.

It was a bright sunny morning in Vientiane, where I was visiting during the first week of December 2017.

The Taliban have taken over Afghanistan—that is yesterday’s news. That thousands of distressed Afghans were crowding Kabul Airport to try and escape the country has also become an old fact.

Afghanistan is now under the reins of the Taliban. No, they have not come to power through the ballot box, rather they have accomplished it by implementing the famous saying of Mao Zedong: “political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.” Afghanistan is now a Shariah-based Islamic state.

From the beginning of human civilisation, people have loved to argue and debate. They argue on topics, trivial or important, and they debate on issues

Addressing the human development challenges of Bangladesh—whether lingering, deepening or emerging challenges—require both policy options and institutional reforms. An objective assessment and recognition of problems, strong political will and an honest implementation of strategies are preconditions for the success of policies and strategies.

As Bangladesh looks forward to its next 50 years, there remain significant human development challenges for the country.

Over the past 50 years, Bangladesh has undoubtedly made impressive progress in overall human development as well as on specific human development fronts.

This year, Bangladesh marks the Golden Jubilee of its independence. The whole nation is celebrating this milestone with joy and pride. In 1971,

When we were growing up in the sixties during the time of the Cold War between the USA and the then Soviet Union, we would often hear about a possible