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Volume 4, Issue 3

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...
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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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Bangladesh’s external debt management: Some emerging concerns

Context and backdrop A country’s external debts obligations include debts incurred by the government, including...
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Golden Bengal: Myth or reality

The National Anthem of Bangladesh, a poem by the Nobel Laureate Poet Rabindranath Tagore,...
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Bangladesh’s Role in the BIMSTEC

The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) was formed...
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Reflections on initiating computer literacy in Pirkhain

I am an expatriate Bangladeshi living abroad for many years. I visit Bangladesh from...
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Join us in Bangladesh’s development journey

Bangladesh has already shown a tremendous development track record since 1971. For a brief...
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Empowering Bangladesh’s working women: A long way to go

Financial independence of working women is a crucial element in societal progress, fostering empowerment...
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Threatened amphibians of Bangladesh

Amphibians are small cold-blooded vertebrates (vertebrates have backbones) that do not have scales. They...
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Lest we forget Dr. Abdul Haq

Dr. Abdul Haq was one of a kind who dedicated all his life in...
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Life of a Bangladeshi in Rome

Millions of Bangladeshis migrate to different parts of the world and work in different...
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2024 Boishakhi Melas, Dallas, Texas

“এসো হে বৈশাখ, এসো, এসো” – With this song of Kabiguru Rabindranath Tagore, Bengalis...
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A visit to Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare’s birthplace

In August 2023, I traveled to William Shakespeare’s birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon (henceforth called Stratford), England,...

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Volume 4, Issue 3

A note from the Executive Editor

Volume 4, Issue 3 of Global Bangladesh includes 10 articles which explore a diverse...
Volume 4, Issue 3

Promoting social capital in Bangladesh amid rising inequality

In March 2026, I participated virtually in the First International Conference on Social Capital,...
Volume 4, Issue 3

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...
Volume 4, Issue 3

Reassess the economics of Bangladesh’s global influence

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

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