Saturday Analysis

Saturday Analysis

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Fiscal policy says spend, monetary policy says stop: Can investment gain pace amid this policy standoff?

The million-dollar question is whether businesses will invest when lending rates sit at 12-14%. Businesses say they need 15-18% operating profit just to service debt but profits remain thin or...

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New exit policy for NPLs: Will it work this time?

Bangladesh economy's future path: What should be done?

Bangladesh economy's future path: What should be done?

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Why Bangladesh can replicate the solar miracles of Pakistan and Vietnam

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Four years of high inflation, and a budget that must answer: When does this end?

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Bangladesh startup: Why we still have only one unicorn

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Why IMF nod matters in external financing

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Cheap oil is over – A hard budget era for Bangladesh

Motorcyclists and car drivers wait in a long queue for fuel in front of the Trust oil pump in Tejgaon, as shortages leave customers standing for hours amid limited daily supply from companies. Photo Mehedi Hasan

Global energy storm: Let’s hope for the best, prepare for the worst

Tankers sail in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from northern Ras al-Khaimah, near the border with Oman’s Musandam governance, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in United Arab Emirates, March 11, 2026. REUTERS

Hormuz shock exposes Bangladesh’s fuel, export risks amid fresh global inflation fears

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Macroeconomic policy priorities for the new government

US President Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters

Trade deals, court ruling, fresh tariffs. What next from Trump?

Dr Zahid Hussain. Sketch: TBS

A new dawn interrupted by an old shadow