Salvaging Dhaka: Administrative decentralisation, eastward expansion

At 964 per square kilometre, the population density in Bangladesh is one of the highest in the world. Population density in the urban areas, on the other hand, is 1800 per square kilometre, which is more than double the density in rural areas. As for megacity Dhaka which accounts for...

Enigma and reality about inward remittances

An auspicious macro-economic note was struck in the second half of the last calendar year! During July-December, 2017, our expatriate workers sent in $6.93 billion as compared with $6.17 billion in the corresponding period of the previous calendar year. Bangladesh Bank was elated claiming that vigorous drive by overseas bank...