Bangladesh already in middle-income trap: Debapriya

Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya has said that Bangladesh is already caught in the middle-income trap due to the low productivity of its labour force across the industrial, agricultural and services sectors. He made the remarks during a roundtable titled 'Bangladesh's Aspiration to be a Middle-Income Country: Trajectory, Reality, and Perils', held at

Debapriya sees different faces of bureaucrats

Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya, Convenor of Citizen's Platform and Distinguished Fellow at CPD, on Monday said bureaucrats now appears before people in various identities, which has become a problem. "A person who is a bureaucrat today turns a politician tomorrow and then a businessman the next day. It has become a problem

White Paper prepared thru’ consultative process: Debapriya

Renowned economist Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya on Monday said that the White Paper has been prepared through an inclusive and consultative process, departing from the conventional research methodology. Though the draft report has been revealed, but the printed version of the report would be available within the next one and a half