In a few years, Bangladesh will celebrate its 50 years of independence. When Bangladesh was born in 1971 as a new nation, there was

Discussions on the proposed national budget for the FY2017-18 need to be placed in the current context of six major economic challenges in Bangladesh.

Smoke and mirrors” is an idiom based on illusions created by magicians, where they make objects appear or disappear by extending or retracting mirrors amid a distracting burst of smoke.

Bangladesh has made remarkable progress toward ending poverty and sharing prosperity with more of its people. As recently as 2000,

Most economists view Brexit as something seriously negative for the economy of the UK. Although negotiations for leaving the EU are yet to begin...

The 2017-18 budget of the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) increases taxes on bank deposits by 60 percent, much to the dismay of savers and many economists.

Bangladesh, as one of the participating countries will obviously benefit from this initiative. China will provide assistance worth 60 billion yuan in the coming three years to developing countries and international organisations participating in the Belt and Road initiative.

John Madeley, in his book Trade and the Poor, argues that the current system of international trade is biased in favour of wealthy northern nations.

In the 2016 budget, the Bangladesh government made the highest ever allocation to the education and science sector.

How do we substantially increase the manufacturing value-added share in GDP and thus promote manufacturing led economic growth in South Asia?

Bangladesh is running out of breath as it tries to reach the USD 50 billion garments export target for 2021 set by the industry in 2014.

In 2014, 14 percent of the globally unemployed were young people (aged between 15 and 24). However, the situation was not uniform

Bangladesh has been on a path of drastic economic development, characterised by a consistent GDP growth rate hovering above 6 percent in the last decade or so.

It is only when the poor and other excluded sections of the population are sitting in the representative institutions of the state, in local elective bodies as well as in Parliament, that they will be able to ensure that their particular concerns are mainstreamed within the policymaking process.

With the UK Prime Minister triggering Article 50(2) of the Lisbon Treaty on March 29, UK has taken the first formal step leading to her departure from the EU.

Of the 27 conventions, Bangladesh is yet to ratify the ILO convention concerning “Minimum Age for Admission to Employment”, and has often failed to provide timely reporting on the implementation of the ones it already ratified.

Bangladesh economy's impressive growth performance over the past two and half decades has raised hopes about the country's

The contracted price for the 2,400 MWe Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant, consisting of two Russian VVER-1200 reactors, is USD 12.65 billion.

The Government of Bangladesh (GOB) has just approved setting up a sovereign wealth fund (SWF) to channel government funds into projects considered vital for the country.

All indications are that the world economy will experience robust growth in the coming months barring any oil shocks, outbreak of open hostilities in the Far East, collapse of the British economy following Article 50 notification, and a financial crisis akin to the Greek economic crisis of yesteryears.