Birupaksha Paul

The regime-sponsored immorality to protect or pamper the financial gangsters not only eroded the future of the banking sector, but also made the wound too difficult to recover from.

We hope that the BB governor will continue the momentum and spirit to bring order and promote the economy.

Never has this country seen such a scholarly leadership team for economic policymaking in its history

When commitments don’t match with actions, the budget becomes methodologically disturbing too.

Economists are always noted for telling unpleasant truths because they go by numbers, research, theory, and judgement. Rarely do politicians—who can manufacture arguments to suit their purpose—endorse economists who are objective. Former Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Mohammad Farashuddin has unvei

BB has recently restricted the journalists’ access for no reason in sight.

Bangladesh Bank deserves credit for forging the deal of signing the MoU between EXIM Bank and Padma Bank on March 18.

It's because of the inflation-led pressures on Bangladesh’s taka and the central bank's undervaluation of the US dollar.

This is nothing more than a poor trick that will eventually produce no real gain.

A pre-Socratic Greek philosopher named Parmenides first articulated the famous idea: “Nothing comes from nothing.” Later, it appeared in Aristotle’s Physics. The Roman philosopher,

Why this behind-the-curve approach to fighting inflation?

With the facade of the elections at its height, prevailing financial issues seem to have faded into the background.

The unbridled rise of moral hazards that engulf a nation and force it onto the path which leads to all areas becoming massively politicised, resulting in the youth being eager to become politicians for the wrong reasons.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will require a certain amount of foreign currency reserves to ensure the next installments in the future.

The growth of debt exceeding the growth of GDP is a clear sign of vulnerability, the consequences of which are already present.

A single, sensible policy can make a motley of weird prescriptions totally redundant.

Under the Income Tax Act, 2023, the 'gain' tax on plots, flats and commercial establishments has doubled and redoubled.

The actual share of NPLs in total loans would have crossed 20 percent had BB not loosened the definition.

Recent trends seem to care too little about the wise art of deficit financing.

While the government’s latest monetary policy for the first half of fiscal year 2023-24 shows an attempt to be rational for the market, it lacks vigour to solve inflation and the dollar crisis.