Bangladesh’s FY2026-27 budget promises to wean the economy off bank borrowing. The pivot is real as a ratio — but it is mostly an accounting effect, and the deeper problem it skirts is revenue. Image: AI Generated Every June, Bangladesh unveils a budget bigger than the last, and every June the more revealing number is …
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Five decades after independence, local government remains fiscally starved and politically subordinated. The post-uprising BNP-rule is a chance to change that — if an elected Parliament chooses to use it. Image: AI Generated Local government in Bangladesh occupies a paradox at the heart of the country’s political life. The Constitution could not be clearer: Articles …
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National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam ┃ Photo: BSS “আমি চির-বিদ্রোহী বীর — বিশ্ব ছাড়ায়ে উঠিয়াছি একা চির-উন্নত শির!” “I am the eternal rebel hero — I have risen beyond this world, alone, with my head forever held high.” From the poem Bidrohi (“বিদ্রোহী”), Agnibeena, first published in 1922. There is something quietly tragic about how …