Munir Quddus

Good ideas can emerge from anywhere and anyone. Confident political leaders search for the best ideas and embrace those. Politics should not get in the way.

Dr Yunus's recent appointment as the head of Bangladesh’s interim government has led to an outpouring of support and renewed hope for a nation suffering years of tyranny.

Finding himself at the epicentre of the disaster, Abed realised that a large number of deaths (an estimated 500,000) in the “world’s deadliest known tropical cyclone” were not necessarily caused by the natural disaster.

By all accounts, Bangladesh has done exceptionally well over the past two decades. This is true for both economic and social progress...

This book is the story of Professor Nurul Islam, arguably Bangladesh's most famous living economist. The narrative begins with his