THE age of frictionless globalisation has run its course. For three decades, nations built prosperity on the idea that markets, not politics, would guide the world鈥檚 future. That illusion has faded. What鈥檚 taking shape now is a far more complicated order 鈥� one defined not by efficiency or shared gain but by leverage, competition, and strategic restraint. Beneath it all lies...
The Nobel prize in economics was awarded on Monday to American-Israeli Joel Mokyr, France鈥檚 Philippe Aghion and Canada鈥檚 Peter Howitt for work on how technology drives and affects growth.
EARLIER this month, scholars working at the London School of Economics argued, 鈥業t鈥檚 time to face up to power in the debate about wealth inequality.鈥� The authors note that of the various ways we could frame the problem of inequality, the framing that has most resonance with people 鈥榝ocuses on the problem of Unfair Influence. That is, it places the emphasis on...
Bangladesh鈥檚 new rooftop solar programme to increase the generation to about 3,000 megawatts from current 245MW is challenging for factors like limited capacity and maintenance issues, said the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, a US-based organisation, on Monday...
In its latest monthly economic update, the General Economics Division (GED) of the Bangladesh Planning Commission has projected cautious optimism for the country鈥檚 economic trajectory in FY2026, highlighting both the encouraging trends and persistent structural challenges...
In a stunning development that shook North American trade diplomacy, President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that the United States is 鈥榯erminating ALL discussions on trade with Canada鈥� in retaliation for Ottawa鈥檚 implementation of a digital services tax, DST, targeting US tech firms. Trump, known for his aggressive trade posturing, condemned Canada鈥檚...
IN BANGLADESH鈥橲 parched boro fields, water is not just a resource; it is the currency of food security and rural prosperity. With over 80 per cent of the country鈥檚 cropland now irrigated, primarily during the dry season, irrigation has doubled rice yields since the 1970s and propelled near self-sufficiency in staple foods. Yet this achievement carries hidden economic and...
A PERSISTENT high rate of child poverty and a widening gap between child poverty rates between rural and urban areas and different parts of the country are concerning. A General Economics Division study, The urban-rural dichotomy: a comparative analysis of child poverty in Bangladesh, says that the national average child poverty rate is 16.49 per cent, with an...
General Economics Division member Monzur Hossain on Wednesday said that they did not support a more flexible exchange rate policy as suggested by the International Monetary Fund under its current $4.7 billion loan programme...
As women in Bangladesh keep pushing their spaces in society through economic contribution, Naila Kabeer, a professor at the United Kingdom-based London School of Economics and Political Science, expects that the country will not backtrack amid the new political scenario...
The Integrated Power Master Plan is economically non-viable, speakers said at an energy conference on Wednesday...
The Asia Pacific region鈥檚 growth in the forthcoming year will remain at 2024 levels, according to Mastercard Economics Institute鈥檚 recently published economic outlook for the year 2025, which also forecasted that inflation and interest rates would ease offering relief to consumers and households...
Bangladesh can reduce its subsidy burden by Tk聽138 billion by making four power sector reforms, said a report released on Wednesday by the US-based Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis...
Turkish-American Daron Acemoglu and British-Americans Simon Johnson and James Robinson won Nobel prize in economics on Monday to for research into wealth inequality between nations.
The two-day energy finance conference of the US-based Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis began in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday with a call on the governments of Asian countries to accelerate energy transition to get rid of costly and unreliable fossil fuels...
Six students of the Bangladesh National Economics Olympiad are competing in International Economics Olympiad 2024 under way in Hong Kong...
Global research and advisory group Mastercard Economics Institute found that Bangladeshi consumers were forced to spend double for essential commodities than they did in the pre-pandemic period due to price hikes, resulting in reduced discretionary spending....
Bangladesh could save $460 million a year by increasing efficiency of its gas-fired captive power generation plants, revealed a report released on Monday by the US-based Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis...
The School of Business and Economics of United International University organised a series programme titled 鈥楾he Bangladesh Constitution and its Governance Framework鈥� as a part of Bangladesh Corpus: Public Lecture Series-2024 at UIU Campus on Madani Avenue in Dhaka...
