Locking China out of the dollar system

The recently announced "phase one" agreement between the United States and China has been touted as an important step toward a comprehensive deal that ends the trade war that has raged for over a year. But if you think that US President Donald Trump is ready to abandon his antagonistic...

Poverty eradication: New challenges

Former Finance Minister A M A Muhith didn't recognise the empowerment that organisations such as BRAC and PKSF are believed to have created in lifting people out of the vicious cycle of poverty. According to him these agencies had essentially failed. Government statistics suggest that overall poverty now afflicts roughly...