In the third quarter of 2024 (July-September), the rate of unemployment in Bangladesh rose to 4.49 percent from 4.07 percent during the same period of 2023 (The Daily Star, January 6, 2025).
Risk assessments of the kind done by the IMF are not usually done by the government, although it would have been desirable.
If one technological innovation is to be cited for capturing much of the talk time in discussions ranging from drawing rooms to corporate offices and academic institutions, it is ChatGPT. Released by Open AI in November 2022, this is a language model based on artificial intelligence (AI).
Any effort at halting inequality and reversing the trend has to start from a political commitment, an understanding of the factors at work, and adoption of necessary measures to attain the goals.
As is well-known, credit from the IMF comes with strings attached, and the latest one is no exception.
In countries like Bangladesh, where there is no provision for unemployment allowance, poor people cannot afford to remain without work.
The sharp rise in the rate of inflation witnessed in recent months is worrisome for at least two reasons: it is bad for investment decisions and economic growth, as well as for low-income people, especially those with fixed incomes.
The owner of Hashem Foods factory remarked that they were not the ones who set the fire that took 52 lives, including children and adolescents.
In the third quarter of 2024 (July-September), the rate of unemployment in Bangladesh rose to 4.49 percent from 4.07 percent during the same period of 2023 (The Daily Star, January 6, 2025).
Risk assessments of the kind done by the IMF are not usually done by the government, although it would have been desirable.
If one technological innovation is to be cited for capturing much of the talk time in discussions ranging from drawing rooms to corporate offices and academic institutions, it is ChatGPT. Released by Open AI in November 2022, this is a language model based on artificial intelligence (AI).
Any effort at halting inequality and reversing the trend has to start from a political commitment, an understanding of the factors at work, and adoption of necessary measures to attain the goals.
As is well-known, credit from the IMF comes with strings attached, and the latest one is no exception.
In countries like Bangladesh, where there is no provision for unemployment allowance, poor people cannot afford to remain without work.
The sharp rise in the rate of inflation witnessed in recent months is worrisome for at least two reasons: it is bad for investment decisions and economic growth, as well as for low-income people, especially those with fixed incomes.
The owner of Hashem Foods factory remarked that they were not the ones who set the fire that took 52 lives, including children and adolescents.
I haven’t visited my children or grandchildren for nearly a year and a half, neither have they visited me. They live in the USA, and I in Europe.
Although the budget for fiscal year 2020-21 projected a GDP growth of 8.2 per cent for the year, the Planning Commission has recently revised the projection down to 7.4 per cent.
