Will Bangladesh increase power generation beyond expected demand?

The Government of Bangladesh has plans to increase power generation beyond expected demand to help propel growth in the export-oriented economy and meet the needs of a growing middle class by raising $127 billion in total investments in the power generation sector.

Is Bangladesh now made by Gen Z?

This Bangladesh is now made by Gen Z. I don’t want any martial lawI want a constitution which ensures human values”. Yet the former prime minister’s years-long campaign to snuff out all opposition opens a gaping political void. Independent institutions from the courts to election administrators have been undermined.

Does Bangladesh need new parties?

Bangladesh needs new parties, yet the last notable effort to create a new movement, in 2007 by Muhammad Yunus, a Nobel-prizewinning entrepreneur and philanthropist, failed to break the political oligarchy. The final question is the extent to which outside powers seek to influence Bangladesh’s direction.

Is Bangladesh's snuffing out all opposition a political void?

Yet the former prime minister’s years-long campaign to snuff out all opposition opens a gaping political void. Independent institutions from the courts to election administrators have been undermined. The main opposition party, the Bangladesh National Party (BNP), has many of its leaders in prison.

Why does Bangladesh have a job crisis?

The economy’s strong headline growth has masked a jobs crisis among the young, two-fifths of whom lack reliable employment, and a balance of payments problem partly as a result of capital transfers out of Bangladesh by the country’s crony class. Its foreign reserves have fallen by more than half to $19bn since 2021.