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Volume 1, Issue 2

A note from the Executive Editor

Volume 4, Issue 3 of Global Bangladesh includes 10 articles which explore a diverse set of issues. Sadequl Islam underscores the importance of social capital in inclusive economic development. Based on the insights of leading scholars such as Putnam, Coleman, and Bourdieu, Islam explores different...

Promoting social capital in Bangladesh amid rising inequality

In March 2026, I participated virtually in the First International Conference on Social Capital, organized by the International Social Capital Association held in Dubai. This write-up draws on my paper, “The Role of Social Capital in Intergenerational Mobility in an Age of Rising Inequality of...

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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 3 of Global Bangladesh includes 10 articles which explore a diverse...

Promoting social capital in Bangladesh amid rising inequality

In March 2026, I participated virtually in the First International Conference on Social Capital,...

Bangladesh’s job crisis – The government’s policy package and the Interim Government’s alternative initiative

On 16 September, the government unveiled a sweeping list of economic, energy, welfare and...

Reassess the economics of Bangladesh’s global influence

Does Bangladesh need a wider diplomatic footprint when a permanent policy platform at home...