development

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Thoughts

Borders in the cloud: Bangladesh’s fight for digital self-rule

As global powers clash over control of data, smaller nations like Bangladesh ...

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The Big Picture

The Vietnamese economic miracle: What lessons does it offer for others?

Most people in the hill tracts do not have legal documents for the land they have lived on for generations. Photo: TBS
Thoughts

Is economic development in the Hill Tracts a double-edged sword?

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Panorama

Can Bangladesh sustain its subsidy burden?

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Bangladesh

For matters of national priority, best to build consensus through broader consultations: Humayun Kabir

Speaker at a roundtable discussion at the BRAC Centre Inn in Dhaka’s Mohakhali on 8 May. Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

Declining flow of foreign aid to development sector becomes a concern: Experts

A file photo of Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen. Photo: UNB
Foreign Policy

China not involved in humanitarian corridor issue, willing to help Bangladesh on Teesta dev project: Ambassador

Dhaka North City Corporation Administrator Mohammad Azaz during a press briefing on 7 May 2025. Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

Dhaka North allocates Tk 100cr for development of 18 new wards: Administrator

Photo shows Bangladesh delegation and ADB officials during the 58th Annual Meeting of the ADB, held in Milan, Italy on Monday, 5 May 2025. Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Dhaka urges ADB, partners to boost development efforts amid global challenges

Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus during a video address on 21 April 2025. Photo: Screengrab
Bangladesh

CA Yunus urges regional unity, youth innovations to tackle climate-urban challenges

UNB file photo of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT)
Bangladesh

$10m approved to enhance climate resilience in CHT: ICIMOD

Many government-funded infrastructure projects remain underutilised or fall into disrepair due to poor planning, lack of maintenance and insufficient manpower. Photo: TBS
Panorama

We are all about building infrastructure. But what about maintenance?

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Infrastructure

Dhaka-Ashulia Expressway 33% behind target, faces delays