The government should speed up domestic gas exploration to expand supply and reduce the country’s reliance on costly imports, according to economists, as the prolonged shortage hurts private investment, industrial output and export competitiveness.

The price of rice nearly doubles by the time it moves from the farmer or farm level to the retail or consumer level, according to a study by the Centre for Policy Dialogue.

The CPD said it conducted the research to trace the supply chains of selected essential food commodities from retail markets back to producers

Bangladesh needs urgent policy reforms to prepare its workforce for the technological and structural changes that will reshape jobs over the next decade, experts said at a global webinar organised by the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD).

Quantifying job creation, displacement and labour substitution by technology was key to guiding policy

The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) yesterday said while the proposed budget for fiscal year 2026-27 is larger than previous ones, its success will depend on the government’s ability to implement it at a time when the economy is attempting to recover.

Bangladesh’s haor regions suffered rice losses of around 3.39 lakh tonnes, approximately 1.25 lakh tonnes higher than the estimate of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE), according to a report by the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD).

More than 76 percent of voters see development as building new roads, bridges and culverts, according to a survey, even as major political parties increasingly speak of sustainable development.

CPD said Bangladesh is at a ‘critical juncture of its journey'

Findings reveal firms crippled by bribery, complex tax laws

The country’s business climate is weighed down by a deep shadow of uncertainty, economist Hossain Zillur Rahman said yesterday, warning that the stagnation is slowing economic progress.

Citing media reports, she said the move is expected to increase public expenditure by nearly Tk 7,000 crore

Progress in women empowerment is plateauing or reversing in key areas, found a recent analysis by the Centre for Policy Dialogue.

CPD estimated that around 50 percent of this amount has been lost to corporate tax evasion.

Restoring macroeconomic stability should be the top priority for policymakers amid a challenging environment for the interim government, the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) wrote in its budget recommendations yesterday.

The caution comes as consumer prices, despite easing in the last two months, have stayed over 9 percent for the 24th month in a row

“Steps taken by the government so far failed to bring down prices of essential commodities,” said CPD Executive Director Fahmida Khatun

All the reform commissions that have been set up might not be able to rid the country of crony capitalism without wholesale structural reforms, said Rehman Sobhan, chairman of the Centre for Policy Dialogue.

More than 16 percent of Bangladeshi businesses identified corruption as the biggest obstacle to their operations, according to a survey conducted between April and July of this year.

Around 17% of businesses identified corruption as biggest challenge, according to a CPD survey