Benefits of Bangladesh joining BRICS: We need to honestly assess whether our state institutions have matured enough to be able to negotiate and absorb any economic and financial benefits Bangladesh could get from being a part of BRICS. Given our poor track record of negotiating favourable deals in our national interests with foreign countries – instead, our political class
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National Budget 2023-24: The finance minister on Thursday presented the country's 52nd budget of Tk 7,61,785 crore, which is 12.34 percent more than the previous budget of Tk 678,064 crore. It has been portrayed as expansionary and future-oriented.
State of inequality in Bangladesh: In an interview a few days ago, Planning Minister MA Mannan said sustaining development and curbing inequality were key major challenges facing the economy. In that case, clearly the government should increase its budgetary allocation for social safety net programmes. But that alone will not suffice because of the rampant corruption involved
Reforming Bangladesh's banking sector: The government, which has adamantly refused to reform the banking sector, is now under quite a lot of pressure, including from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which, having granted us a $4.7 billion loan package, has expressed serious concerns about the continuing growth of bad debts and asked the government to implement various