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BANGLADESH’S CHANGING NARRATIVE

Development economics is not just about academic theory, and Dr. Atiur Rahman, Bangladesh’s central bank governor, is proof that it is possible to put theory into practice. With an established reputation as a pro-poor economist – with a Ph.D. thesis on ‘peasants and classes’ – the former university professor is now practicing what he has […]

“মধ্য আয়ের দেশে পরিণত হওয়ার ব্যাপক সম্ভাবনা বাংলাদেশের রয়েছে”: বাংলাদেশ ব্যাংক গভর্নর

“মধ্য আয়ের দেশে পরিণত হওয়ার ব্যাপক সম্ভাবনা বাংলাদেশের রয়েছে। এই সম্ভাবনাকে সফল করতে উৎপাদন সক্ষমতা ও দক্ষতা, দেশী-বিদেশী বিনিয়োগ, পর্যাপ্ত অবকাঠামো এবং স্থিতিশীল রাজনৈতিক পরিবেশ নিশ্চিত করতে হবে। তরুণ প্রজন্মকে দক্ষতাসম্পন্ন করে গড়ে তুলতে শিক্ষার কোনো বিকল্প নেই। এজন্যে দরকার সকলের আন্তরিক সহযোগিতা ও অংশগ্রহণ। অনেক মানুষ জোট বেঁধে কর্মে ঝাঁপিয়ে পড়লেই মানুষের দুঃখ-দুর্দশা-দারিদ্র্য দূর […]

My journey to help the poor and build a more equitable world

By Muhammad Yunus, (CNN) — When I started my initiative that led to the creation of Grameen Bank, my ambition was small and simple — to help the poor people in Jobra, a village in Bangladesh. I thought if I could give them access to a small amount of money, maybe their lives could change […]

Bangladesh Bank pursuing instilling responsible business ethos in financial sector institutions

By Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr. Atiur Rahman, In recent years Bangladesh Bank (BB) has been pursuing instilling of socially responsible business ethos in our financial sector institutions by mainstreaming of CSR in their corporate goals and objectives, guiding them into in-house and community based CSR engagements; encouraging fostering of inclusive, equitable and sustainable socioeconomic growth […]

Bangladesh must lay the ghosts of its past to rest

Bangladesh, that most beautiful and tragic of countries, today risks tearing itself apart in renewed vicious squabbles over its violent creation. It is as if the tormented ghosts of the country’s bloody past are rising to seek revenge. It is time for Bangladeshi and international leaders to set up a truth and reconciliation commission to […]

Commentary: China on new starting point of reform after key meeting

The just finished key meeting of the Communist Party of China (CPC) ended with an array of new reform ideas, which puts the country at a new starting point of development for the next few years. According to a communique issued after the Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee, which took place […]

China: Better Friends with Bloomberg News than Reuters

China has better relationships with some news organizations than others, because the restrictive country doesn’t hesitate to toss out the ones that defy it. For example, Bloomberg recently killed two stories for fear of getting evicted, and a Reuters journalist was denied a visa over his past misgivings. So things go in China. The New York […]

Bangladesh’s landmark law banning torture

On 24 October, Bangladesh’s Parliament passed a law that criminalizes custodial torture and death. While there is scope for the law to be more closely aligned with the Torture Convention, it is a step forward in the fight against torture in Bangladesh where police torture and deaths in custody are rife. Saber Hossain Chowdhury is an […]

Bangladesh plays key role in China’s rebalancing in Southeast Asia

By Dan Steinbock Recently, Bangladesh’s foreign minister Dipu Moni met her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing to push forward the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar economic corridor. The initiative follows China’s intensified co-operation with Pakistan in South Asia and recent Asian summits in which both President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang have been promoting a new […]