The Financial Express

Rationalising the Protection Regime

In 21st century Bangladesh citizens can really be proud of a lot of stellar achievements in human and material progress. Sadly, a dynamic and modern trade policy is not one of them. That is because we are still beholden to...

Stimulating pvt investment to boost growth momentum

The weakness in financial sector and infrastructure deficit are the...

The finer side to wastage

London's Jermyn Street is as unostentatious as any other, at...

Market-based pricing policy is preferable

The owners of compressed natural gas (CNG) filling stations have,...

The in-between factor

As it attempts to balance the budget, it would appear...

The distant prerequisites

The Financial Express in the first week of the current...

Cricket unplugged

For all the magnificence of music, unplugged versions never ever...

The changing political landscape in Myanmar

The world has carefully been watching the gradual evolution of...

Can the growth rate be sustained?

After posting a year-on-year growth rate around 6.5 per cent...

Land quality and access to technologies

Not all land is of the same quality. Land at...

What surveys won\'t tell you

It may have taken a while to comprehend Mark Twain’s...

US presidential election- 2016: The Donald factor

This leap year, 2016, like other leap years, is unravelling...

Assad: Look at me! I saved Christian relics and ancient Palmyra, too!

When I went into Old Homs just days after Bashar...

Outwitting dirty players in stocks

Investors, by and large, want a burgeoning stock market, but...

Towards co-management of forests

There is a proverbial story that once a woodcutter went...

Competition Commission: The task ahead

Finally, there is something on the proposed Competition Commission. News...

Determinants of hunger

Famine, hunger, malnutrition, etc. are often used interchangeably which should...

Desire and reality mismatch

The headline of the lead story of yesterday's issue of...

How costly should Dhaka City be?

In a year marked by volatility of commodity prices, Dhaka...

Central bank\'s limits to containing of inflation

There was no bank in the old past nor was...

Dedicated industrial zone for light engineering

The decision to set up a specialised industrial zone for...

When growth drives poverty down

Bangladesh has a solid history of poverty reduction which it...

The surging economy

The other day this writer was asking one of his...

Bangladesh as a business destination — Japanese perspective

Bangladesh has been found to be an attractive business destination...

Rationalising the Protection Regime

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