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Cause for alarm?

Dhaka, March 29 -- In April 2022, soon after the government of Sri Lanka unilaterally defaulted on its debt for the first time, triggering the worst economic crisis in its history, Bangladesh Prime Mi... Read More


Combat Mode in Shapla Chattor

Dhaka, March 15 -- The leak of a secret Bangladesh Bank report on the overall health of each bank operating in the country seems to have set the cat among the pigeons in the industry, precipitating a ... Read More


Playing with fire

Dhaka, March 8 -- On the night of February 29, a Thursday, one of Dhaka's most storied streets, Bailey Road, was bustling. It was the start of the weekend, and the date signifying a leap year had been... Read More


Consumers left in the lurch

Dhaka, March 1 -- The government is set to hike electricity and energy prices from the first week of March in its efforts to reduce subsidy bills from the state coffer, State Minister for Power, Energ... Read More


The Bay is back in play

Dhaka, Feb. 23 -- Industries in Dhaka, Gazipur and Narayanganj continue to be afflicted by an acute gas crisis, even though Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company, the state-owned distributor... Read More


From scarcity to glut: How success came back to bite the power sector

Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- The Awami League government's most visible and perhaps most important achievement, at least over the first two terms it governed after cantering to power in 2009, would have to be the... Read More


Playing out a foregone conclusion

Dhaka, Jan. 12 -- Despite threats from a section of the opposition, January 7 came and went, and Bangladesh did have its 12th parliamentary election, in line with the schedule announced by its Electio... Read More