The CPD in partnership with WEF concluded the survey on 71 executives

CPD Chairman Prof Rehman Sobhan says

Authorities must take better care of rural students

India's Ananta Aspen Centre are jointly organising the event with CPD

CPD Distinguished Fellow Debapriya Bhattacharya says

Mess residents’ struggle highlights vulnerability to high food prices

It is unacceptable that the government has failed to deliver to Bangladeshi consumers the benefits of a fall in the prices of food items on the international market

What happened to the government's zero-tolerance policy against corruption?

Government must adapt to new reality and go for long-term measures

The government must reconsider its fuel price hike decision

There is no budgetary measure to protect the limited disposable income of the middle-class which is being depleted due to high food inflation, said Debapriya Bhattacharya, distinguished fellow of the Centre for Policy Dialogue.

Bangladesh and other graduating least-developed countries (LDCs) might not have received a clear-cut extension of the current duty-free trade benefit at the ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) that concluded today (June 17, 2022), but their demand was recognised at the declaration.

Only 8 percent of the country's employed workforce has so far benefitted from the stimulus packages linked to the coronavirus pandemic, said the Centre for Policy Dialogue today, as it called for widening the support schemes.

The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has said today that Bangladesh’s GDP growth will be no more than 2.5 percent this fiscal year, and that poverty will soar by 35 percent.

The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) today said the government should provide cash aid to 1.9 crore poor households across the country to help them cope with the ongoing coronavirus crisis and the subsequent blow to the economy.

Centre for Policy Dialogue Chairman Prof Rehman Sobhan says free media and strong civil society can partially compensate for a weak political opposition.

Bangladesh has slipped two notches to 105th in economic competitiveness ranking in 2019, according to Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) 2019 released by World Economic Forum.

Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) says the national budget for the 2019-20 was not placed in light of the real situation on the ground.

Bangladesh’s economy is now under stress for the first time in the last 10 years, the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) says.

The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) questions the current year's growth estimate of 8.13 percent citing incoherency in various indicators of the economy.