What ails financial liberalisation in Bangladesh

After thirty years of financial liberalisation, it seems, it is about time to say in Bangladesh, "Goodbye, financial liberalisation". During the past thirty years, we have witnessed some major transformation in the banking sector: deregulation of both deposit and lending interest rates, development and acceleration of private banks, privatisation of...

Turkey enters a new presidential era

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has been reelected on June 24 elections. More than 56 million voters were eligible to cast their ballots in the elections, brought forward by more than 18 months by the AK Party-controlled parliament in April. The voters cast their ballots simultaneously in the presidential and parliamentary...