The proposed national budget for the 2025–26 financial year lacked the structural boldness and holistic approach needed to bring Bangladesh out of its current economic distress, said the Centre for Policy Dialogue, a local think tank, on Tuesday.
Most political parties in a meeting with chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday demanded an election road map without further delay while the Bangladesh Nationalist Party said that there was no reason to hold national election beyond December.
MACROECONOMIC performance, despite some improvements in the past nine months of the interim government, has still remained a cause for concern. A lack of political stability and the absence of necessary institutional reforms are believed to be hindering largely sustained macroeconomic progress. The Centre for Policy Dialogue in its third interim review of the...
The Centre for Policy Dialogue on Tuesday said that the partial reforms being pursued by the interim government over the past nine months were less effective in bringing about economic stability...
Centre for Policy Dialogue executive director Fahmida Khatun on Tuesday said that the interim government of Bangladesh should announce a specific date regarding the next general elections...
The National Consensus Commission on Monday said that the first round of dialogues with political parties concluded with unanimous support for some reform proposals, while some proposals received support from most parties but disagreement remained about many key reform issues.
The Centre for Policy Dialogue laid emphasis on providing young people with the tools to participate in the digital world for mitigating unemployment, fostering innovation, driving economic growth, and promoting social inclusion...
The Communist Party of Bangladesh on Tuesday expressed its suspicion about reaching a national charter, criticising the interim government for risking the consensus building by overstepping its state reform mandate...
At a dialogue hosted by the National Consensus Commission on Saturday, the United People’s Democratic Front said that the failure to recognise the country’s ethnic diversity in the 1972 constitution led to a decades-long conflict in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.
A Gana Adhikar Parishad delegation on Monday recommended that all the reform proposals discussed be implemented during the tenure of the present interim government.
Investment in Bangladesh could face obstacles if the upcoming national election is not held within the promised timeframe, warned Professor Mustafizur Rahman, distinguished fellow at the Centre for Policy Dialogue...
The amount in tax evasion by the taxpayers reached approximately Tk 226,236 crore in 2023, according to a study by the Centre for Policy Dialogue...
Leaders of the Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal–Jasad on Saturday proposed the formation of a dialogue framework under the national parliament to facilitate continued discussions on reform proposals to be left unimplemented during the interim government’s tenure.
Executive director of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) Fahmida Khatun on Saturday said the high tariff policy of the US is a ‘wakeup’ call for Bangladesh since the country would not get more duty facility beyond LDC graduation.
The Liberal Democratic Party on Thursday said that the reform proposals related to the Election Commission were weak.
The Centre for Policy Dialogue on Sunday urged the government to increase tax-free income threshold for personal income to Taka 4 lakh in the upcoming fiscal year 2025-26 (FY26) budget given the prevailing high inflationary situation...
In an effort to create a safer digital environment for the youth of Bangladesh, the JAAGO Foundation and the TikTok jointly organised a roundtable discussion titled National Dialogue on Youth and Online Safety at the Platinum Grand of Banani in Dhaka on Thursday...
Dr Fahmida Khatun expressed her disappointment over the decision to increase the Value Added Tax (VAT) rate and impose additional supplementary duties on more than 100 products by the interim government, just six months after it assumed power following the fall of the Awami League regime, which crumbled like ninepins in the face of a mass uprising in August last year...
The Centre for Policy Dialogue on Wednesday suggested closing down the private commercial banks which are now under life support and the finance ministry’s Financial Institutions Division for the division’s ‘dubious’ role in the financial sector...
Speakers, including politicians, academics, and members of civil society, at a dialogue on Saturday emphasised the need for quick reforms and holding timely elections....
Debapriya Bhattacharya, distinguished fellow of the Centre for Policy Dialogue and convener of the Citizen’s Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh, observed that interim government has introduced greater transparency in the current economic situation, offering a lesson for upcoming governments.
Labour sector experts at a dialogue on Sunday said that Bangladesh’s labour sector was in a bad shape and it needed reforms...
Speakers at a policy dialogue on Tuesday emphasised restructuring of the public administration to free civil service from inefficiency, corruption and politicisation.
A dialogue held on Saturday focusing on law and order in the country emphasised the crucial role of political will in addressing systemic challenges within the country’s law enforcement agencies, particularly in the Bangladesh police.
Experts on Tuesday emphasised introducing digital literacy and science, technology, engineering and mathematics training to equip young women for the job market...
The 11th bilateral defence dialogue between Bangladesh and the United States will be held from December 11.
Bureaucrats, who assume multiple roles as administrators, politicians and businesspeople, pose a significant challenge to ensuring good governance, observed Debapriya Bhattacharya, convenor of Citizen’s Platform and distinguished fellow of the Centre for Policy Dialogue...
Centre for Policy Dialogue chairman professor Rehman Sobhan on Saturday said that over the last decade, crony capitalism had spread from the parliament to the district, upazila and...
Major political parties on Wednesday suggested that the interim government should strongly address the Indian campaigns against Bangladesh...
Centre for Policy Dialogue chairman Rehman Sobhan on Sunday said that one of the biggest problems in the country was failure to implement policies...
