Zahid Hussain

Zahid Hussain, former lead economist, World Bank Dhaka office. Sketch: TBS
Analysis

This is not a passing storm

Zahid Hussain, former lead economist, World Bank Dhaka office. Sketch: TBS
Analysis

Ahsan Mansur's removal: 'Future appointees may think twice before stepping into such roles'

Zahid Hussain, former lead economist, World Bank Dhaka office. Sketch: TBS
Analysis

Renegotiation is necessary but timing matters

Dr Zahid Hussain. Sketch: TBS
Analysis

A new dawn interrupted by an old shadow

Dr Zahid Hussain is the former lead economist at the World Bank Dhaka Office. Photo: TBS
Analysis

A landslide and a knife edge

Dr Zahid Hussain. Sketch: TBS
Energy

A child's guide to Bangladesh's power sector wonderland

Dr Zahid Hussain is the former lead economist at the World Bank Dhaka Office. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

The quiet logic of rent-seeking

Dr Zahid Hussain is the former lead economist at the World Bank Dhaka Office. Photo: TBS
Banking

Why Bangladesh Bank should think twice before cutting rates

Dr Zahid Hussain is the former lead economist at the World Bank Dhaka Office. Photo: TBS
Thoughts

How Bangladesh engineered a power crisis it can no longer afford

Zahid Hussain is former chief economist of the World Bank Dhaka Office. Illustration: TBS
Supplement

Extractive institutions won't turn inclusive overnight, start with a few key sectors

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Panorama

July Charter: The interim government’s case for an all-at-once reset

Dr Zahid Hussain. Sketch: TBS
Analysis

Financial-sector reform in 2025: Cleanup, guardrails and the old temptations

Former prime minister and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia with former finance minister Saifur Rahman. Her tenure helped institutionalise market-oriented economic reforms, building on earlier liberalisation and laying foundations for Bangladesh’s later integration into the global economy. Photo: TBS
Economy

Strong foundations of economic reform were laid under Khaleda Zia’s leadership