The fatal flaw of Central Europe's illiberal democracies
Street protests in Budapest against new legislation governing overtime work - quickly dubbed the "slave law" - highlight the vulnerability of the illiberal democracies that have emerged in Central Europe. The law, introduced without any consultation, seeks to limit labour costs and mobility in order to keep foreign direct investment...
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The revenue conundrum
With a slow second quarter of the fiscal it is now certain that the National Board of Revenue (NBR) will be behind its targets of collections. The Annual Development Programme (ADP) will follow suit what with the elections, new ministers and most important, time having lapsed in between. The Bridges...
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The imperative of annual economic scorecard
During childhood, school-going kids usually dread the day their parents are handed over the annual report card. Children would do anything to hide bad performance to be in the good books of their parents. Doesn't the government of Bangladesh owe its citizens timely information on the country's economic progress? An...
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Menu for 2019: From venture capital to adventure (& back)
As one of the leading countries (nay, laboratories) of non-governmental organisations (NGOs), in fact, boasting the world's largest in the BRAC outfit, it is only appropriate for Bangladesh to ask a number of increasingly pertinent questions: What might become the next NGO frontier to probe and cross? Does the NGO...
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