Volatile international petroleum market signals troubles for Bangladesh

The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) raised power tariff by 5.3 per cent or Tk 0.35 per kilowatt-hour (per unit) on an average on November 23, 2017. The increased power tariff has become effective from December 01, 2017. The last power tariff adjustment was made (2.9 per cent increases) on...

Rise of plurilateralism

The just concluded ministerial conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has at least one important outcome. It is the push for plurilateral trade negotiations. While multilateral trade negotiation could not produce any deal in Buenos Aires, around half of the member countries have agreed to move ahead with plurilateral...