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Volume 4, Issue 3

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...
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, 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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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...
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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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Return without rights: The Rohingya repatriation crisis and Bangladesh’s diplomatic dilemma

A Failed repatriation framework Nine years after the mass expulsion of Rohingya from Myanmar’s Rakhine...
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Hawkers: Livelihoods, not merely encroachments

The government has recently drawn up a guideline to regulate street vendors in the...
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A Tale of Two City Corporations in Dhaka: North and South

Dhaka is one of the world’s fastest-growing megacities. As the political, economic, and administrative...
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Bangladesh’s urban weak spots in a warming world

On September 3, 2026, The New York Times published a sobering investigative report titled...
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Burning through billions: The unsustainable burden of untargeted fuel subsidies

The Middle East ceasefire agreement in early April offered a tantalizing glimpse of relief...
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A tribute to Professor Dr. Anisur Rahman

A Life Devoted to Knowledge, Liberation and Human-Centred Development Batch ’49 | Economist | Freedom...
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Book Review -Birth of Bangladesh as Canada Walks a Diplomatic Tightrope

Birth of Bangladesh as Canada Walks a Diplomatic Tightrope, Vols. 1–2 by Mustafa Chowdhury...

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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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