Making the LPG market cartel-free
The ongoing liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) crisis in the country appears to be less of a problem of supply and more of a consequence of weak regulatory oversight, which has allowed market distortion through cartelisation. Despite imports exceeding domestic consumption needs during the July-December 2025 period, consumers across the country...
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People use polythene knowing full well it is harmful
In a country as small as Bangladesh with an area of 147,570 square kilometres and a population size of 180 million, 8th largest in the world, the per capita use of nine kilogram plastic unfolds a terribly tragic vista the country is heading for. An update of this 2020 estimate...
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Doctors we produce, patients we lose
Bangladeshi citizens spend an estimated US$5.0 billion every year on medical treatment abroad, primarily in India and Thailand, a staggering outflow of foreign currency. Many middle-class families travel to India and affluent families fly to Thailand and Singapore to receive healthcare with China emerging as an attractive new destination for...
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Leaders live on loans, citizens die by prices
The surge in commodity prices in Bangladesh is no longer an economic theory, it is a political reality. While political leaders treat bank loans as survival tools, ordinary citizens bear the cost daily at the market. The price of political borrowing is embedded in the cost of rice, cooking oil,...
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Stop bribery in land offices
The Land Office is one of the most important public institutions for ordinary citizens, as a large portion of the population relies on land-related services. People visit land offices for mutation of land ownership, correction of records, collection of land records (porcha), and payment of land revenue (dakhila). Unfortunately, this...
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