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IMF Wants Tight Money and Broader Reform. Can Bangladesh Deliver Both?
News Analysis

IMF Wants Tight Money and Broader Reform. Can Bangladesh Deliver Both?

Event Watch: PPRC’s ‘State of the Real Economy’ Launch Calls for a ‘Transition Compact’
Events & Media

Event Watch: PPRC’s ‘State of the Real Economy’ Launch Calls for a ‘Transition Compact’

Event Watch: What Bangladesh Took to the IMF–World Bank Annual Meetings in Bangkok
Events & Media

Event Watch: What Bangladesh Took to the IMF–World Bank Annual Meetings in Bangkok

Bangladesh Monitor: China Exim Bank Talks Put Payra Expansion and Grid Upgrades Back on the Table
Bangladesh Monitor

Bangladesh Monitor: China Exim Bank Talks Put Payra Expansion and Grid Upgrades Back on the Table

IMF Wants Tight Money and Broader Reform. Can Bangladesh Deliver Both?
News Analysis

IMF Wants Tight Money and Broader Reform. Can Bangladesh Deliver Both?

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News Analysis

Bangladesh Is Rewriting Its School Curriculum Around AI. Can Implementation Keep Up?

What's happening: Starting next academic year, Bangladesh…

News Analysis

Bus Fare Hikes Follow Fuel Price Shock: What Commuters and Transport Policy Now Face

What's happening: The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority…

News Analysis

Fuel Price Hike Ripples Through the Economy: Inflation, Transport and Farm Costs

Diesel, octane, petrol and kerosene prices rose…

Event Watch: What Bangladesh Took to the IMF–World Bank Annual Meetings in Bangkok
Events & Media

Event Watch: What Bangladesh Took to the IMF–World Bank Annual Meetings in Bangkok

Event Watch: PPRC’s ‘State of the Real Economy’ Launch Calls for a ‘Transition Compact’

Event Watch: PPRC’s ‘State of the Real Economy’ Launch Calls for a ‘Transition Compact’

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Events & Media

Event Watch: FactFest 2026 Confronts a Funding Crisis in Bangladesh’s Fact-Checking Ecosystem

What happened: FactFest 2026, organized by Digitally…

Events & Media

Event Watch: AI Safety and Great-Power Diplomacy Converge at This Year’s UN General Assembly

This year's UN General Assembly session in…

Bangladesh Monitor: China Exim Bank Talks Put Payra Expansion and Grid Upgrades Back on the Table
Bangladesh Monitor

Bangladesh Monitor: China Exim Bank Talks Put Payra Expansion and Grid Upgrades Back on the Table

What we're tracking: On October 15, a China Exim Bank delegation led by its president, Wang Chunying, met Power, Energy…

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Bangladesh Monitor

Bangladesh Monitor: What the Central Bank’s First-Ever Quarterly Policy Signals

Bangladesh Monitor

Bangladesh Monitor: Inside the Prime Minister’s UNGA Agenda This Week

Bangladesh Monitor

Bangladesh Monitor: A New Property Law Amendment and What It Means for Land Security

EU–Gulf Summit in Riyadh Postponed as Houthi Attacks on Saudi Arabia Mount
Global Watch

EU–Gulf Summit in Riyadh Postponed as Houthi Attacks on Saudi Arabia Mount

Hormuz Disruption Is Now Reaching Farm Fields, UN Agency Warns
Global Watch

Hormuz Disruption Is Now Reaching Farm Fields, UN Agency Warns

Global Watch

France Deploys Defense Systems to Saudi Oil Terminal as Houthi Attacks Escalate

Smoke and flames rising near King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Global Watch

Smoke and Flames Seen Near Riyadh Airport Following Saudi Security Alert

Policy Perspectives: What the Finance Minister Said After Meeting the IMF and World Bank in Bangkok
Interviews

Policy Perspectives: What the Finance Minister Said After Meeting the IMF and World Bank in Bangkok

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Interviews

Policy Perspectives: What Bangladesh Is Actually Asking Google For

The context: A Bangladesh government delegation met…

Interviews

Policy Perspectives: What Bangladesh Wants From This Year’s UN General Assembly

The context: Bangladesh's Prime Minister arrived in…

Interviews

Policy Perspectives: Preparing Bangladeshi Migrant Workers for Skilled Jobs in the Gulf

Remittances from Bangladeshi workers abroad — the…

Opinion: Trade Deals Won’t Protect Bangladesh’s Exports Without Reform at Home
Opinion

Opinion: Trade Deals Won’t Protect Bangladesh’s Exports Without Reform at Home

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Opinion

Opinion: Bangladesh Keeps Talking About AI Readiness. The Google Meeting Is a Test of Whether It Means It

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Opinion

Opinion: Bangladesh’s Rising Juvenile Crime Needs a Policy Response, Not Just Alarm

Opinion

Opinion: Losing Old Dhaka’s Neighbourhoods Is a Policy Failure, Not Just Nostalgia

IMF Wants Tight Money and Broader Reform. Can Bangladesh Deliver Both?
News Analysis

IMF Wants Tight Money and Broader Reform. Can Bangladesh Deliver Both?

Bangladesh’s Pre-LDC Trade Push: Where Each Deal Stands
Policy Briefs

Bangladesh’s Pre-LDC Trade Push: Where Each Deal Stands

The Idea Behind a ‘Structural Trap’: Why the Slowdown May Not Fix Itself
Breaking the Ideas

The Idea Behind a ‘Structural Trap’: Why the Slowdown May Not Fix Itself

Bangladesh Monitor

Bangladesh Monitor: What the Central Bank’s First-Ever Quarterly Policy Signals

The Hormuz Fertilizer Squeeze: What It Means for Bangladesh’s Farms and Food Prices
Policy Briefs

The Hormuz Fertilizer Squeeze: What It Means for Bangladesh’s Farms and Food Prices

Bangladesh’s Pre-LDC Trade Push: Where Each Deal Stands

Bangladesh’s Pre-LDC Trade Push: Where Each Deal Stands

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Policy Briefs

Bangladesh’s $500 Million Plug and Play Opportunity: What the Numbers Actually Promise

The announcement: Bangladesh's government signed a cooperation…

Policy Briefs

Bangladesh’s Educated Youth Unemployment Problem: What the Numbers Show

The problem: A new IMF analysis, reported…

The Idea Behind a ‘Structural Trap’: Why the Slowdown May Not Fix Itself
Breaking the Ideas

The Idea Behind a ‘Structural Trap’: Why the Slowdown May Not Fix Itself

The claim: At the October 17 launch of PPRC's State of the Real Economy, Hossain Zillur Rahman said Bangladesh's economy…

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Breaking the Ideas

The Idea Behind Bangladesh’s $1 Billion Sovereign Bond: Confidence Signal, or Necessity?

Breaking the Ideas

The Idea Behind Sonali Bank’s 193% Profit Jump: Treasury Gains, Not Core Strength

Breaking the Ideas

The Idea Behind Regulatory Capture: How a Fund Manager Used the Courts to Delay Accountability

Explainer: What Happens When Bangladesh Graduates From LDC Status on November 24
Explainers

Explainer: What Happens When Bangladesh Graduates From LDC Status on November 24

Explainers

Explainer: What a Sovereign Dollar Bond Actually Is, and Why Bangladesh Wants One Now

Explainers

Explainer: Why Bangladesh’s Telecom Towers Keep Losing Cables and Batteries to Theft

Explainers

Explainer: Why Tk90,800 Crore in Tax Disputes Is Stuck in Bangladesh’s Courts

Executive Summary: Raising Bangladesh’s Revenue From 7% of GDP — Options and Trade-offs
Policy Papers

Executive Summary: Raising Bangladesh’s Revenue From 7% of GDP — Options and Trade-offs

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Policy Papers

Executive Summary: Bangladesh’s Multi-Currency Bond Strategy, Explained

The paper's core question: As Bangladesh prepares…

Policy Papers

Executive Summary: Why LDC Graduation Should Strengthen, Not Constrain, Bangladesh’s Development

The paper's core question: As Bangladesh moves…

Policy Papers

Executive Summary: Financing Pathways Toward Universal Health Coverage in Bangladesh

The paper's core question: How can Bangladesh…

Podcast Preview: Why the IMF Expects Inflation in Bangladesh to Climb Again
Policy Podcast

Podcast Preview: Why the IMF Expects Inflation in Bangladesh to Climb Again

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Policy Podcast

Podcast Preview: Why a Saudi Oil Terminal Matters to Bangladesh’s Fuel Bill

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Policy Podcast

Podcast Preview: What Greenland’s New US Military Bases Reveal About Small-State Sovereignty

Policy Podcast

Podcast Preview: What Australia’s Ageing Population Warning Means for Bangladesh’s Demographic Window

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