THE government task force identifying external and political interference and aid dependency as reasons for the poor performance of the Bureau of Statistics corroborates what independent experts have for long said. The national statistical office has largely failed to live up to its mandate for being plagued by interference. The task force, formed in April 2025 against the...
THE statement of the Bangladesh Bank governor that no efforts for reforms in the banking sector will be effective unless political interference is completely eliminated entails a couple of points to ponder. Although the statement is something that many experts have repeatedly made, still the statement coming from the governor once again, especially in the changed...
Inspector general of police Baharul Alam on Wednesday observed that the proposal of police reform commission downplayed the core issues of governance, including keeping police free from political interference and undue process...
