Mahir A Rahman
Mahir A Rahman is a research associate at Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS)..
Roger Federer: The legend, the person
3 October 2022
Federer the person was even more important to me than Federer the tennis player.
3 October 2022
Economists and their predictions: What lies beneath the illusion of simplicity?
7 August 2022
One of the most common shortcomings of the general art of prediction among economists is that the information we rely on draws on a theoretical framework based on past data and future expectations.
7 August 2022
Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka: A Comparative Anatomy
26 April 2022
South Asia has been one of the fastest growing regions in the modern world, driven mostly by India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan.
26 April 2022
Ramadan, consumers and just pricing
18 April 2022
Price hikes of essential goods during Ramadan has become a regular occurrence in Bangladesh. It is justified, from an economic point of
18 April 2022
Morality in the age of social media
21 March 2022
The evolution of morality and ethics in the 21st century has taken a whole new direction, owing to the mass awareness and participation made possible by the ubiquity of social media.
21 March 2022
Is our generation ready for future challenges?
16 January 2022
History is filled with the tales of struggles against oppressors, and to a neutral observer, Bangladesh’s momentous victory against Pakistan in 1971 may be viewed with no particular proclivity.
16 January 2022