Former adviser Bashir used public office for business interests
Sheikh Bashir Uddin, while serving as an adviser to the interim government, was involved in several...
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25 Jun 2026
Diversification improves resilience
Bangladesh’s banking sector is undergoing a flight to quality, driven by confidence as depositors become more...
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24 Jun 2026
Islami Bank crisis exposes a self-inflicted banking wound
Just months after emerging as one of the few recovery stories in the country’s troubled banking...
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16 Jun 2026
What survived the manifesto
Six months ago, the BNP promised economic recovery, job creation, banking reform, stronger social protection and...
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12 Jun 2026
Budget FY27: Jobs promise lacks clear roadmap
Across 178 pages, the FY2026-27 budget speech Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury presented in writing...
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12 Jun 2026
Budget picks its winners and losers
Every budget creates winners and losers. The proposed FY2026-27 budget is no exception. An analysis of...
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11 Jun 2026
Can the budget really make life cheaper?
For millions of families struggling with the cost of daily life, the most important budget question...
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11 Jun 2026
Debt servicing: Today’s budget, tomorrow’s bill
One of the largest expenditure items in Bangladesh’s proposed FY2026-27 budget is neither a mega-bridge, a...
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11 Jun 2026
Budget tests ‘no black money’ pledge
The government’s “no black money” pledge is facing an early reality check from a sneaky new...
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11 Jun 2026
Budget tests government’s new social contract
A budget is a financial document in form. In practice, it is a political declaration written...
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11 Jun 2026