Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal, one of the most beleaguered people in Bangladesh as a last desperate measure has asked for names from the Opposition of money launderers. This is not the first time that the authorities in Bangladesh have sought the help of the Opposition and can be read
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Reduce inefficiency for better functional admin
Bangladesh has lagged behind two steps in Transparency International’s (TI) Corruption Perceptions 2020 index. Among the South Asian countries, Bangladesh is in a better position than Afghanistan. On the global list, Bangladesh ranks 12th from the bottom. According to the index (from better to worse), Bangladesh’s position has not changed
Concern over Indian Delta variant
About 80 per cent of the Covid infections in the country are now caused by the Indian Delta variant. This strain’s infection capacity is higher than that of the United Kingdom and South Africa previously identified in Bangladesh. The government’s Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) and the
Why just black money, why not ‘black crime’?
Population policy of Bangladesh
It barely needs research to prove that Bangladesh, among the three most populous nations in the subcontinent – Bangladesh, India and Pakistan, has shown consistent success in population control. When Bangladesh gained independence in 1971, its population was 7.5 crore. Pakistan's population, on the other hand, was 6.5 crore. After
A survival budget and an inefficient system
Bangladesh along with the world needs massive vaccination –around 70-80%- to be safe to carry on with other activities including economic ones. Whether that is a realistic objective one isn’t sure but that fact remains. The world is actually going through a massive human ecological change as the vulnerable are
Dhaka’s plight for pure water
Dhaka is the largest and fastest-growing urban centre in Bangladesh with a population density of 44,500 square kilometres. One-tenth of the country’s population and a third of its urban population live in this city. According to the Dhaka Structural Plan 2016-2035, its population will reach 22.79 million by 2035. Ensuring
The corona budget
Nobody was expecting anything new and the budget was not disappointing that way. It’s a budget of convenience and beyond the numbers is about Bangladesh trying to cope with an emergency. People have stopped looking at budgetary allocations and it's probably only economists and politicians who bother. And they bother
