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The Next $100 Billion Matters More Than the Last $100 Billion

June 18, 2026June 18, 2026 editor No Comments

For years, successive governments in Bangladesh have showcased their commitment to preventing capital flight and money laundering, yet the results suggest otherwise. Bangladesh has strengthened anti-money laundering laws, joined international conventions, established the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit, and pledged compliance with Financial Action Task Force (FATF) standards. Despite these efforts, illicit financial outflows remain substantial,…

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Rewiring Bangladesh’s Skills Economy: From Mismatch to Momentum

June 18, 2026June 18, 2026 editor No Comments

A Silent Constraint on Growth Bangladesh’s development story is often told through its export success, demographic dividend, and steady poverty reduction. Yet beneath this progress lies a quieter, structural challenge, one that risks constraining the country’s future trajectory. Each year, more than two million young people enter the labour market, but only a fraction (roughly…

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From Ambition to Efficiency: Policy Lessons from Teesta and Padma Barrages

June 13, 2026June 13, 2026 editor No Comments

Dr. Naima Parvin Coventry University, UK Introduction: Rivers, Economics, and State Strategy In Bangladesh, rivers are far more than natural waterways, they are the very foundation of the country’s economic survival. Agriculture, which employs a large share of the population, depends directly on river systems for irrigation, sediment replenishment, and ecological balance. Consequently, any major…

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Budget 2026 – Some Important Questions

June 13, 2026June 13, 2026 editor No Comments

Desk Report Oniket Research Group Bangladesh is currently at a critical juncture in the course of its economic development. As the nation delves into the media-published specifics of the FY2026-27 national budget, it is poised to establish the foundation for a productive, inclusive, and globally competitive economy. This budget is not a mere routine fiscal…

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Growth Isn’t Enough: Gender, Education, and Climate in Bangladesh’s Development Journey

June 7, 2026June 12, 2026 editor No Comments

Bangladesh’s economic transformation over recent decades has drawn considerable attention in development economics. Sustained growth, export expansion, and notable human development gains have repositioned the country as a lower-middle-income economy. Yet contemporary research increasingly emphasizes a transition from growth-led development to inclusion-led development, where gender equity, particularly through education policy, becomes central to long-term prosperity….

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The Price of Leaving: Counting the True Cost of Migration from Bangladesh

June 6, 2026June 6, 2026 editor No Comments

Annually, a significant number of Bangladeshis, numbering in hundreds of thousands, depart from their country to engage in labor abroad. The aggregate remittance figure, which exceeded thirty billion US dollars in the 2025 financial year, is frequently presented as evidence of migration’s economic success. Politicians celebrate it. Economists frequently cite it in their research. The…

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Slow Bureaucracy, Big Barrier: Bangladesh Confronts the Investment Climate Challenge

June 6, 2026June 6, 2026 editor No Comments

The slow pace of government agencies is one of the biggest obstacles to foreign investment in Bangladesh, according to Local Government Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir (as reported in the Daily Star). After attending “The Compass Dialogue” at a Banani hotel in Dhaka, the minister spoke to journalists. The event was organized by the Institute…

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Defensive in Arithmetic, Ambitious in Reform: Rethinking Bangladesh’s FY2026-27 Budget

May 30, 2026May 31, 2026 editor No Comments

Relief versus Ambition: Reframing the Budget Debate The debate around Bangladesh’s FY2026-27 budget has been framed around a difficult question: should the next budget focus on relief rather than ambition? In the present context, this is not a conservative argument. It reflects an economy facing inflation, fragile confidence, weak revenue mobilisation, financial-sector stress, energy uncertainty…

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Second Chance: Jute’s Present Crisis and Future Promise in Bangladesh

May 30, 2026May 30, 2026 editor No Comments

For most of the twentieth century, jute was Bangladesh’s identity crop. The golden fibre built the foreign exchange reserves of undivided Bengal, financed the Pakistani state’s infrastructure ambitions, and gave the new nation of Bangladesh whatever economic foundation it inherited in 1971. That era of dominance is long past. Synthetic substitutes, changing global packaging markets,…

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Government Pay Scales, Corruption, and the Case for Reform in Bangladesh

May 30, 2026May 30, 2026 editor No Comments

Every Bangladeshi who has registered a land deed, filed a tax return, cleared goods through customs, or sought a routine service at an upazila office knows the unspoken arithmetic: the official fee is what the form says; the actual cost includes additional payments to people who will otherwise find reasons to delay, misplace, or complicate….

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