After experiencing many ups and downs over the last four plus decades, the economy of Bangladesh has transformed into a promising one on many accounts.

The impassioned descriptions all collide against, but dissolve into each other – the past, present and future, stories of pain, aspiration, fear and anger compete against each other to be heard.

First the good news: two of the largest Indian conglomerates have pledged to invest US$11.2 billion in Bangladesh in power, energy and infrastructure sectors.

Recently, in Davos at the World Economic Forum, the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, Raghuram Rajan sent a strong message to the Indian businessmen who default thousands of crores of bank money...

Our economic activity is growing rapidly. Back in 1970, the size of GDP was only US$6.2 billion and in 2015, the GDP grew to $205.3 billion taking Bangladesh to the 44th position in the world economy.

If we want to achieve the targets established by the Global Goals for maternal health, child health, and infectious disease, we will have to double R&D funding by 2020.

As people's economic behaviour varies at different stages of life, changes in a country's age structure can have substantial effects on its economic performance.

Two reports appeared on the same day. Sal forests in Gazipur are heavily degraded. They have reduced by 79 percent within a decade.

Dr Mahabub Hossain dedicated his life to understand and explain the dynamics of the agricultural economy of Bangladesh.

Most farmers in this country are cash-strapped but they are not by any means unsuccessful or less civilised than the rest of the community.

There was great hope that having tackled the immediate crisis, the government will put the energy sector on a robust track to achieve sustainability. But, it appears that it has been derailed. True, there is no load shedding, and the government will be able to meet increasing demands in the next two to three years, but many issues of the energy sector will plague us for a long time to come.

Over the last one year, since December 2014, Bangladesh's 12-month average inflation fell by 11 percent and came down to 6.2 percent in November 2015. However, India's inflation fell by 28 percent and came down to 4.8 percent, Pakistan's inflation dropped by 62 percent to reach below 3 percent.

The year 2015 is ending with some positive notes for the Bangladesh economy, though challenges continue to accompany them.

It is perhaps true that unhealthy habits are more concentrated among poor Americans, a disproportionate number of whom are black. But these habits themselves are a consequence of economic conditions, not to mention the stresses of racism.

Bangladesh hasn't ratified the Domestic Workers Act itself, making it difficult for the government to require the same of destination countries.

The recent announcement of Silicon Valley's power couple - Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his doctor wife Priscilla Chan...

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have stressed the importance of TVET under Goal 4, which aims to substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant technical and vocational skills..

The recent five-day banking mela (fair), held at the Bangla Academy premises, was the first of its kind in Bangladesh's history.

RURAL Bangladesh is changing its face. Both physically and structurally. With the rise of various new and emerging activities

Discarded end-of-life electronic and electrical devices, or e-waste, are the fastest growing waste stream in the world.