Meenakshi Ganguly:
On October 9, the Bangladesh authorities filed charges against 28 people for enforced disappearances, secret detention, and torture. It was a long time coming.
A “smear campaign,” the home minister had scoffed in 2017, after Human Rights Watch released a report on secret detentions and enforced disappearances in Bangladesh. When I had met with him, the minister, Asaduzzaman Khan, had been dis...
Large-scale transport infrastructure projects in Bangladesh are increasingly navigating complex social and cultural landscapes, as the relocation of graveyards, shrines, and other communal spaces becomes a central challenge in project implementation.
Key Issues
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- Early and Inclusive Community Engagement is Crucial
- Cultural and ...
Bangladesh is turning to renewable energy to chart a more secure and sustainable energy future as mounting import costs, rising tariffs, and heavy dependence on foreign fuels expose the country’s energy sector to growing risks.
Highlights
- Renewable Energy Push: 20% by 2030, 30% by 2040
- Heavy Dependence on Imports Strains Energy Security
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Bangladesh’s economy has shown signs of stabilising after a turbulent fiscal year, but deep-rooted structural weaknesses and political uncertainties continue to cast a long shadow over its growth prospects, according to the World Bank’s latest Bangladesh Development Update.
KEY OVERVIEW
- Real GDP Growth – 4.0pc in FY25
- Inflation – 10.0pc (FY25 average)
- Banking Sector Stress – NPLs at 24.1pc
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Machado has been a "key, unifying figure in a political oppositi...
