Hope and history – rethinking the Rohingya response
Bangladesh has been generously hosting Rohingya refugees from Myanmar for decades, with more than 740,000 people fleeing Myanmar since August 2017. This exodus was...
Hope for reparations? Bangladesh learns justice with Birangona
Bangladesh is built from the blood, sweat and tears of ordinary people, particularly women and girls. From the streets to the highest offices of...
How Bangladesh can approach constitutional equality
In 1972, Bangladesh enacted its constitution. The country was newly liberated and war-ravaged from the previous year. Its constitution was designed with socio-political and...
Can inflationary policy violate human rights?
Why could families before live on one income but can now barely scrape by on two? Monetary economist Edin Mujagić poses this question at...
Lessons Bangladesh can learn from others about blockchain regulation
Governments around the world have begun to express a keen interest in the various applications of blockchain. In countries of the Global South, this...
To innovate, Bangladesh takes inspiration from its founding days
Throughout history, any process of innovation has not been readily accepted. The target can first appear overly ambitious and out of reach. Indeed, the...
Will Account Aggregator be Bangladesh’s solution to CMSME lending problem?
Up until recently, Bangladesh’s economy was growing at a rate of 8.2 %. A reduction in poverty took place at a staggering rate. The...
Mobile money in the time of covid-19
No other phenomenon in our lifetime has changed the world as momentously as covid-19. Beyond affecting the health of populations, it has impacted the...
On behalf of rights and political cohesion in a ’newly’ liberated Bangladesh
In this era of covid-19, it is proving difficult to make sensible predictions of the future trajectory of events and trends in Bangladesh, as...
Local innovations to restore the primacy of Bangladeshi waterways
Many noteworthy civilisations through the pages of history have used waterways as the lifeline to prosperity. Both the broader Bengal region and subsequently Bangladesh...