Bangladesh, South Asia’s second-largest economy and one of the world’s fastest-growing garment exporters, has spent much of the past two years trying to tame inflation […]
Author: Faisal Mahmud
Bangladesh’s fuel crunch is largely the government’s fault
Bangladesh’s current fuel crisis is being described by parts of the government as a problem of panic buying or syndicates. Those factors exist. But they […]
BNP reform betrayal brewing in Bangladesh
The deliberate lapse of major reform ordinances in Bangladesh may be packaged as procedural housekeeping, but what is unfolding under the newly elected Bangladesh Nationalist […]
Bangladesh: ‘Hasina question’ haunts and nettles new PM Rahman
The letter landed within Dhaka’s already charged political atmosphere. Writing from abroad, ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina made her first formal appeal to Bangladesh’s International […]
Bangladesh’s missing billions as trade misinvoicing bleeds it dry
During the tenure of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh’s external accounts reflected a dual reality. On the surface was the official narrative of export-driven […]