Subail Bin Alam, Columnist on Sustainable Development.
The development of Chittagong Port is more than just a project; it is the key to Bangladesh's next wave of economic growth. If we cannot raise the FDI-GDP ratio from 0.3% to 2.5%, the ambition of becoming a trillion-dollar economy will stay just a dream.
November 20, 2025 was Tarique Rahman's 60th birthday. With elections around the corner, and the country on the cusp of transformative change, here is a well-wisher's wish-list of what he would like to see from the BNP and its leader after the February polls.
We can have free and fair elections if the political will is there. If the political parties commit to it, then it can happen.
The DP World deal could be a game-changer for Bangladesh. We need to not let vested interests or shallow nativism trip us up.