Economic Vision – The Reason for People’s Capacity Building & Country’s Overall Development

Rooting out its stigma of as ‘bottomless basket’, Bangladesh is now well-recognized as a developing country. Internationally, this rise has stunned many states as a surprise or miracle. But economists interpret it differently. They think that Bangladesh has changed due to the appropriate policy of the government, the continuation of ...

Progress and Prosperity: Bangladesh Economy in 2015

IntroductionWith the economy growing annually over 6%, living standards rising for most people and the country maintaining stability throughout 2015, Bangladesh has in recent times been dubbed a development role model having produced consistent progress in economic, social and human development indicators. In continuation of the profound transf...

A review of 2014: Bangladesh Braces for Progress and Prosperity

After taking oath of office in 2014, the Awami League led government devised numerous initiatives which yielded major uplifts in the progress of the nation. Rising GDP and economic miracles Economic expansion accelerated dramatically. Spectacularly, economic growth rate reached 6.2%, with a good possibility of the figure going up to 7.2%. In...

Bangladesh Making Significant Progress in Labour Standards

  Despite facing multi faceted challenges, Bangladesh, the third largest manufacturer and/or exporter of ready-made garments (RMG) in the world, has made significant progress in recent times to improve the working conditions of its labour force by taking a number of effective steps and/or actions. One such medium of reform has been the ena...

Social Progress Index 2014: Bangladesh bagged remarkable slot in South Asia

  According to the recent report by Washington-based non-profit organization Social Progress Imperative (SPI) Bangladesh produces another ‘development surprise’ in the SAARC region. Bangladesh ranked 99 among 132 countries and has scored higher than Pakistan (124), Nepal (101) and emerging economic power India (102), losing out only to Sri...