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Volume 1, Issue 2

A note from the Executive Editor

Volume 4, Issue 2 contains 11 articles, mostly focused on structural issues confronting Bangladesh. A special feature of this issue is articles by university students and young writers as part of Global Bangladesh’s mission to encourage and mentor emerging authors and researchers – a...

Diversifying the export base: Bangladesh would benefit from a smart industrial Policy

Introduction Bangladesh’s development story is both a qualified success and a cautionary tale. From the ravages of post-independence famine, the country emerged as the world’s second-largest apparel exporter, sustaining growth rates many of its neighbours envied. That engine—built on low-cost labour, preferential market access, and...

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Challenging State of the Banking Sector in Bangladesh

Courtesy: The Daily Star (Dhaka). 29 November, 2022 The focus of this writeup is banks,...

Mal-economics in Bangladesh

Economic crisis has emerged in recent times in Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh and a...

In conversation with Dr Jamal Uddin

Dr. Jamal Uddin, now a well-established physician in Canada, was involved in the 1952...

একুশের কবিতা

তখন আকাশের উঁচু আলিসায়ঝড়ে ভেজা এক কাকের মতপ্রহর ঝিমোয়।সেদিনের কথা ভুলি নি, কি করে...

Growing up in Australia

My mother Mrs. Rabia Khan with all of her children from left: Mehfuz Khan,...

An Uneasy Transition in the Bangladeshi Diaspora in Canada

Dr. Shariff (sitting at the far right) with the Bangladeshi student community and the...

What Eid means to me as a second-generation migrant – and how I got my friends to understand it

My Christmas doesn’t come on December 25th. It doesn’t involve a Christmas tree, stories...

Earthquake (2008)

Heart of the earth ripped apart this senseless tectonic rage skin ruptured bleeding last breath lingers blends...

বৈরুতের ভয়

আমি ২০০৬ সালে গিয়েছিলাম তিউনিসিয়ার ‘ইউনিভার্সিটি অফ টিউনিস-এলমানার’-এ। সে বার তিউনিস থেকে ফেরার পথে...

A book review

Manzoor, Sohana. Our Many Longings: Contemporary Short Fiction from Bangladesh. Odisha, India: Dhauli Books,...

A Profile  of Prof. A.T.M. Nurul Amin

By the courtesy of Mukto Akash.

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A note from the Executive Editor

Volume 4, Issue 2 contains 11 articles, mostly focused on structural issues confronting Bangladesh....

Diversifying the export base: Bangladesh would benefit from a smart industrial Policy

Introduction Bangladesh’s development story is both a qualified success and a cautionary tale. From the...

Bangladesh’s energy crisis: Costly external dependence and limited alternatives

Nature of the crisis Bangladesh’s energy crisis stems from three closely connected problems. First, the...

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