S M Saif Kader Rubab

Image: AI Generated The FY2026-27 national budget points to an important shift in how we think about the economy in Bangladesh. Since the birth of the independent Bangladesh, national economic planning has revolved around manufacturing, infrastructure, agriculture and the ready-made garments. While these industries remain indispensable, the latest budget introduces a different idea altogether, as …

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Image: AI Generated The image is by now familiar, a fragile boat in the Mediterranean, young men packed shoulder to shoulder, somewhere between Libya and Italy. Increasingly and shockingly enough, many of them are Bangladeshi. Over the past decade, Bangladesh has emerged as a significant source of irregular migration to Europe. This is not a …

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