We Are the City
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Why focusing on ‘rural development’ is a must
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How digitisation is changing the global economic landscape
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Blue economy and growth: Modelling a brighter future
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Digitising our ports, embracing innovation
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Has the banking sector become an obstacle to growth?
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Three ways the insurance industry can thrive
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Editor's Note
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‘We’re at the bottom of the industrialisation ladder’
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Digital revolution and faster economic growth
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We Are the City
I dream of a city where turning the corner of an alley, in front of a shop of curios and old books, I decide what I want to do for the rest of my life.
15 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Why focusing on ‘rural development’ is a must
Post-WWII, Bangladesh, along with countries which had been freed from the shackles of colonisation and had gained their independence, embarked upon the journey of “development”.
15 February 2020, 18:00 PM
How digitisation is changing the global economic landscape
There can be no doubt that the process of digitalisation is affecting almost all aspects of the world economy. This all-encompassing transformation, mostly in the realm of activities around digital communication and digital media, has brought about a wide-range of changes in our economic and social universe.
15 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Blue economy and growth: Modelling a brighter future
The water sector of Bangladesh offers a great deal of challenges as well as opportunities.
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Digitising our ports, embracing innovation
Bangladesh is a country of immense potential and possibilities. But the maritime sphere of the country has long been neglected and unexplored, despite the fact that Bangladesh is a maritime nation with a rich history of maritime trade.
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Has the banking sector become an obstacle to growth?
In its Spring 2019 edition of the “Bangladesh Development Update”, the World Bank said that success of Bangladesh’s development hinges on increased private investment and innovation.
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Three ways the insurance industry can thrive
population. The economy’s growth rate in 2020 has been projected to be 8 percent.
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Editor's Note
This issue, titled “Reimagining Growth in the Digital Age”, is the third instalment of our 200-page special supplement series on the occasion of The Daily Star’s 29th anniversary.
15 February 2020, 18:00 PM
‘We’re at the bottom of the industrialisation ladder’
Since the 1990s, Bangladesh has done well in terms of increasing growth. It is apparent that the modest growth that we had during the seventies and eighties has been overtaken by recent growth, especially during the last few decades. Even though the growth is sustainable, it cannot be taken for granted.
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Digital revolution and faster economic growth
One very interesting observation of the last decade is how drastically the image of an entrepreneur has changed.
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Unleashing our true growth potential
As we step into a new decade, Bangladesh’s economy is also entering new terrains. Since independence, the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) has been on the rise.
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Bangladesh RMG and the brave, new digital world
I want to look at the concept of digitisation in the context of the Bangladesh RMG industry. Particularly, I will argue that digitisation—taking none-digital formats of information and putting them into a digital format—should not be an end goal in itself.
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