Bangladesh improves its HDI reading
Bangladesh's ascendancy to 136th position from 139th in the global Human Development Index (HDI) may not be considered a giant leap but it still is indicative of significant progress for the country. A similar move up by three notches in 2015 is indicative of its unwavering journey on the road...
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After restructuring, now what?
When the guidelines on loan restructuring were issued three years back, its issuer and relevant policymakers were, possibly, aware of the ultimate fate of the move. They knew the borrowers concerned were up to buy time through the loan restructuring facility and the latter would never repay their debt to...
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The rise of the ultra-wealthy
The world saw a surge of the ultra-wealthy by 12.9 per cent in 2017 with their combined wealth gaining at the proportion of 16.3 per cent. This would have been a cause for global celebration but for quite a few dampers. Isn't the world getting richer? If more people become...
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Uniform natural gas tariff is necessary
Till August 2018, the gas that Bangladesh was consuming was extracted from local gas fields. Petrobangla began to supply imported liquefied natural gas (LNG) in transmission gas lines from end of August 2018. It has been reported by local media that the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) will soon increase...
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Trump and his controversies
Recently, a US government official, who is also part of the administration of President Donald Trump, wrote an opinion piece in the New York Times. In the piece, he disclosed under a pen name, some of the problems in the Trump administration. In the article, the official also stated that...
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