Rise of inequality, drumbeat of development
Rising economic inequality in Bangladesh is not an inevitable phenomenon.
25 May 2023
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
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
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
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
The country is in such a state because its forex expenditure is higher than its earnings.
22 March 2023
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
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
Staying silent against environmental pollution is serving the interests of the elite who are making profits from pollution.
23 February 2023
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
The 25-year power import deal with Adani "is hardly favourable for Bangladesh."
1 February 2023
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
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
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 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