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When prices rise, the government often responds by sending magistrates to raid stores and warehouses, making arrests, and setting maximum price limits, all under the scrutiny of TV cameras. Photo Rajib Dhar

Panorama

How not to manage the market

Sketch: TBS

Thoughts

Holding government accountable: What can the youth do?

A quiet end to a vocal life

Thoughts

A quiet end to a vocal life

Adopting a formula-based price adjustment mechanism for petroleum products will reduce the need for subsidies, however, this may in turn create more hardship for the poor. Photo: Reuters

Panorama

Understanding the IMF 'conditionalities'

On seeking a loan from the IMF

Thoughts

On seeking a loan from the IMF

Infographic: TBS

Supplement

Protection vs Productivity – the future of the private sector in Bangladesh

Syed Akhtar Mahmood. Illustration: TBS

Panorama

What explains Bangladesh’s economic transformation? Synergies and tipping points

An export processing zone was subsequently developed on the land of the former Adamjee Jute Mills and by mid-2019, more than 55,000 people have been employed in the zone. Photo: Collected

Panorama

A deal with the devil or a blessing?

English economist John Maynard Keynes, who played a key role in the establishment of the International Monetary Fund, speaking with representatives from USSR and Yugoslavian at the Bretton Woods Conference. Photo: Bloomberg.

Panorama

The establishment of modern-day ‘foreign aid’

Infographic: Poor implementation of several World Bank projects

Panorama

'The enthusiasm to start a project is not matched by an enthusiasm to implement it well'