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Volume 4, 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...
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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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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 2

A note from the Executive Editor

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

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...
Volume 4, Issue 2

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...
Volume 4, Issue 2

From liberation to renewal: Rethinking Bangladesh’s state, identity, and future after July 2024

The mass uprising of July 2024 produced one of the sharpest debates that Bangladesh...

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