While the desire to explore new places may be the same for all, is travelling throughout the country the same for everyone?

The year has brought about new global changes that our country must now face, which will in turn impact our personal and financial management.

The debt trap is a serious issue and has a lot of relevance to our current financial situation. Even after three or so tumultuous years, both in terms of COVID-19 and an economic slowdown, we feel it is not over yet.

Savings schemes are a semblance of hope for the future, especially amidst the uncertainty of 2023 and beyond.

Building a society ‘free from exploitation’ was one of the primary goals of the Constitution we founded in 1972.

Sexual abuse can be the most traumatising experience a child has to go through. The memory of how helpless they felt, to be too young to raise their voices haunts them for the rest of their lives;

The relationship between children’s mental health and their overall quality of life is heavily interconnected as it influences their academic performance, interpersonal relationships, and even physical health.

Palliative and hospice care were introduced in the western medical field decades ago. In Bangladesh, the concept is new, and lacks proper research and resources.

Every year, thousands of Bangladeshi patients travel abroad in search of better medical treatment despite the availability of similar services within the country.

Education is an ever-evolving pursuit. Both in terms of delivery and reception, the content and the mode of learning must continue to be re-imagined in order to fit the needs of the students.

Agriculture accounts for approximately 13.6 per cent of Bangladesh’s GDP and employs more than 40.6 per cent of the labour force. As technology advances, so do agricultural applications, ushering in a new era of industrial upheaval.

In recent years, the availability of exotic fruits and vegetables from local farms in Bangladesh has been on the rise.

If you ask someone from a country with a decent economy whether the central bank should be allowed to exercise independence in its policymaking, they will say that not giving independence to the central bank is like letting someone drive a car while keeping their hands tied behind their back. The question is not why, but how to give more independence to the institution.

The agriculture sector is one of the key economic pillars of Bangladesh. Just after liberation in 1971, its contribution to GDP was around 60 percent.

Fossil fuel and electricity subsidy is widely provided all over the world. A subsidy is a product of the political economy. Access to affordable energy is now a basic human right.

Like every year, our banking sector had been in the news in 2022, and mostly for the wrong reasons.

As we enter the third year of this decade, we have only seven more years until 2030 to tackle the major global problems of climate change and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

One significant dimension that has emerged in Bangladesh in recent decades is the expansion of small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

Economists and policymakers, influenced by economists, tend to look at education as a homogeneous and highly aggregated category.

As we head into 2023, there is a sense of trepidation in the business landscape. As 2022 drew to a close, it felt at times like many companies were limping towards the end of the year.