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Tarique outlines post-Hasina vision for Bangladesh

Bangladesh's exiled opposition leader, Tarique Rahman, has announced his intention to return to his country to contest the upcoming national elections, expressing confidence that his party, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), will secure a decisive majority following the fall of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina last year.

Highlights:

  • “Bangladesh before all” foreign policy
  • BNP confident of majority win
  • Plan to diversify Bangladesh’s economy
  • Allies wit...

Political reforms on track for elections: Dr Ali Riaz

Professor Dr Ali Riaz, Vice-Chairman of the National Consensus Commission, has expressed optimism about holding national elections in December this year, given the commitment of political parties to the reform process. "I am optimistic that significant reforms can be achieved. It is not impossible, and my confidence stems from the commitment shown by political parties," Riaz stated in an exclusive interview with BSS in Dhaka. Riaz, who also chaired the Constitution Reforms Commission under the interim government,...

Rizwana and the Rebirth of Bangladesh

Justice for all those who died and suffered injuries during the recent student-led quota reform movement in Bangladesh and reforms to the systems to ensure that this justice takes place are not negotiable, an adviser to the Bangladesh interim government, Syeda Rizwana Hasan, told IPS in an exclusive interview “The interim government has decided to ensure justice and it will be very transparent. Justice will be ensured not only for those who were killed and injured but it will accurately bring the perpetrators to justice so that innocent people are not affected.” Hasan was sworn in as an advisor to Nobel laureate economist

‘My appointment was met with opposition’: Rubana

By Joe Wallen, Dhaka

One of Bangladesh’s foremost female business leaders has vowed to transform job opportunities for women. Rubana Huq – managing director of one of the country’s largest conglomerates – became the first female president of Bangladesh’s national garment workers’ association earlier this month.

Despite fierce resistance to her appointment from men in the industry, the pioneering 55-year-old has revealed ambitious plans to tackle female empowerment in the workplace.

There are about 4,400 garment factories in Bangladesh, producing clothes for British high street retailers...

BCIM Economic Corridor to bolster BD’s development

The Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar (BCIM) Economic Corridor will promote trade, transport, tourism and investment for Bangladesh due to its strategic location between India and China, said an economist. MS Siddiqui, an economist and a professor, made the comments in a recent interview with Xinhua. China raised the proposal of building the BCIM Economic Corridor in 2013 to deepen friendly cooperation and connecting East Asia and South Asia. Siddiqui, a regional representative of the World Mediation Organization (WMO), a Berlin-based international network of scholars and bcim

Funding isn’t the key challenge..

Bangladesh has always been portrayed as a country of poverty, disasters and dysfunctional politics by the global media. The recent killing of four secular bloggers has added to this belief. These incidents have definitely cast a shadow over the thriving startup ecosystem in the country. Although it is many years behind that of Silicon Valley or India, the startup scene is currently at a tipping point, with many global VCs already flocking to the country to invest in startling Minhaz1early-stage ventures. Founder Institute, a global tech incubator wit...
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