Debapriya Bhattacharya

Debapriya Bhattacharya

A recently taken photo shows construction activity at the Laldia Char in Chattogram, where a container terminal under the Chattogram Port will be built. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin/TBS

Port deals face questions on transparency, haste

They say only national interests protected only through transparent, competitive, accountable process

(L)Rehman Sobhan, Economist, (C)Touhid Hossain, Adviser, Foreign Affairs, (R)Debapriya Bhattacharya, Economist. Sketch: TBS

Bangladesh must assert strategic autonomy as Indo-Pacific power dynamics shift: Experts

Debapriya Bhattacharya, a distinguished fellow at the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), speaking at a Citizen’s Platform regional consultation in Barishal on 19 November 2025. Photo: TBS

Govt, EC must take responsibility to eliminate public concerns over election: Debapriya

Economist Debapriya Bhattacharya Speaking at the “Regional Consultation Meeting 2025” in Rajshahi on 15 November 2025. Screengrab: Youtube

Election now inevitable, everyone hopes it will be timely, fair and participatory: Debapriya

File photo of Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya. Picture: CPD

Robust anti-discrimination law key to safeguard justice, elections, reforms: Debapriya

Economist Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya. File photo: UNB

CA's team, bureaucracy failed to carry forward his reform ambitions: Debapriya

Economist Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya. File photo: UNB

No more 'powerless' Human Rights Commission needed: Debapriya

Economist Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya. File photo: UNB

LDC graduation: If Bangladesh seeks deferment, CDP's EMM offers a window, says Debapriya

Economist Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya. File photo: UNB

Time for interim govt to prepare exit report, define exit policy: Debapriya

Economist Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya. File photo: UNB

Another govt exists within the interim administration: Debapriya

File Photo: Debapriya Bhattacharya, head of the White Paper Committee, speaks at a press conference at the planning ministry in Dhaka on Monday, 2 December, 2024. Photo: Collected

Govt’s NDA signing a first of its kind in Bangladesh’s history: Debapriya on US tariff talks

Economist Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya. File photo: UNB

Autocracy removed, yet hesitation to speak freely remains: Debapriya

A Bangladeshi delegation led by Debapriya Bhattacharya joined Swiss Ambassador Reto Renggli's breakfast meeting on 17 July 2025. Photo: UNB

Swiss envoy's breakfast meet highlights Bangladesh's investment climate