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Kallol Mustafa

Kallol Mustafa is an engineer and writer who focuses on power, energy, environment and development economics. He can be reached at kallol_mustafa@yahoo.com

enforced disappearances investigation in Bangladesh

Enforced disappearances must be investigated independently

13 August 2026
After experiencing the tragedy of enforced disappearances, many countries have undertaken various legal and institutional reforms to prevent such crimes from recurring.
13 August 2026
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Think again before opening up fuel imports to private companies

10 August 2026
The BNP-led government is reportedly moving to privatise the import and marketing of refined petroleum products.
10 August 2026
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Why changing Rab's name or repackaging it is not enough

4 August 2026
In 1829, blue uniforms were chosen for the first British metropolitan police, established by Sir Robert Peel, to distinguish them from the British military, whose uniforms were red.
4 August 2026
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Why privatising electricity distribution could be a mistake

1 August 2026
A 2024 study on India’s electricity distribution system challenges the claim that private electricity distribution is inherently more efficient than public management.
1 August 2026
Bangladesh law and order situation 2026

Is the government losing its grip on law and order?

5 July 2026
After years of widespread human rights abuses under the Awami League government, the July uprising in 2024 created hopes for a new beginning.
5 July 2026
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The human cost of wasting Rohingya aid funds

1 July 2026
The Rohingya refugee crisis remains one of the world’s largest and most protracted humanitarian emergencies.
1 July 2026
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How the proposed budget reinforces an unequal tax structure

15 June 2026
One of the most serious weaknesses in Bangladesh’s economy is that its tax collection, relative to the economy size, remains among the lowest in the world; the country ranks only slightly above war-ravaged Yemen and Sudan.
15 June 2026
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Electricity price hikes: Why is BNP reverting to failed power policies?

5 June 2026
The BNP, in its election manifesto, pledged to build an affordable, reliable, and environmentally sustainable power and energy system.
5 June 2026
Gold-covered jilapi, rising inequality, and the drumbeat of development

Rise of inequality, drumbeat of development

Rising economic inequality in Bangladesh is not an inevitable phenomenon.
25 May 2023
Why are Bangladeshi youth migrating outside the country?

Desperate migration of the youth amidst ‘development’

If there is no decent job opportunity within the country, young people will always strive to get it even if they need to risk their lives.
13 May 2023
Water safety in Bangladesh

Why is safe drinking water so hard to get?

Instead of making safe water accessible by reducing the price in the coastal areas, it seems the government is working to increase the price of water in the urban areas.
25 April 2023
Expensive development in Bangladesh,

The price of expensive development

This unusually high construction costs of various megaprojects in Bangladesh are fuelled by irregularities, corruption, and problems with project planning.
12 April 2023
The illusion of food self-sufficiency

The illusion of food self-sufficiency

If Bangladesh is self-sufficient in food, price hikes in the international market should not affect the domestic prices.
2 April 2023
Lessons from Pakistan’s economic crisis

Lessons from Pakistan’s economic crisis

The country is in such a state because its forex expenditure is higher than its earnings.
22 March 2023
Teesta

The Name of a Plundered River

West Bengal is planning to dig two new canals to divert more water from the Teesta River for irrigation, and set up two hydropower projects on its tributary.
13 March 2023
Development propaganda used by authoritarian regimes

Role of developmental propaganda in politics

Because of the importance given to debt-funded infrastructure-based development, the country’s economy is being burdened by increasing unsustainable foreign debt and import dependence.
4 March 2023
Polluted development: Profits for few, losses for all

Polluted development: Profits for few, losses for all

Staying silent against environmental pollution is serving the interests of the elite who are making profits from pollution.
23 February 2023
Bank scams galore in Bangladesh

The ‘mega serial’ of bank scams

By investing only Tk 400 crore to establish a bank, the bank owners are able to control the deposits of thousands of crores of taka, decide where to invest it, and who to lend it to.
14 February 2023
Modi's patronisation of Adani and its cost for Bangladesh

Modi's patronisation of Adani and its cost for Bangladesh

The 25-year power import deal with Adani "is hardly favourable for Bangladesh."
1 February 2023
Gas price hike in Bangladesh

Can increased gas prices fix anything?

If the gas crisis could be solved by merely increasing gas prices, why has no impact been visible after previous gas price hikes?
29 January 2023
power price to go up four times a year

Who really benefits from higher electricity prices?

Public money is being used to shore up PDB's losses and pay profiteering private companies
21 January 2023
Sundarbans robber gangs surrendered

Declaring war against the Sundarbans?

The GoB has given its go-ahead to 320 polluting industrial projects adjacent to the Sundarbans.
17 August 2017
Banshkhali Coal Power Plant

Banshkhali Coal Power Plant Propaganda and Reality

I had the opportunity to visit Gondamara of Banskhali upazila as part of a fact finding mission organised by the National Committee to Protect Oil-Gas-Mineral Resources...
12 April 2016
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