Banking Sector Consolidation in Bangladesh: Navigating Challenges and Future Prospects
03 Sep, 2024

Bangladesh has around 61 licensed commercial banks. That makes our banking sector one of the most fragmented in the world.

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Reassessing State-Owned Enterprises in Bangladesh: Cash Management and Investment Practices
02 Sep, 2024

As a follow-up to this earlier post on government borrowing I now have some thoughts about State Owned Enterprises. State-owned enterprises can be largely classified into 3 types.

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Addressing Worker Unrest in Bangladesh: Balancing Wage Adjustments and Security Measures
01 Sep, 2024

I spoke to an experienced finance professional working in the Pharmaceuticals industry to understand the worker unrest we are hearing about in multiple sectors (see news link below for an example).

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Strategies for Reducing Government Funding Costs: Insights for the Finance Ministry
25 Aug, 2024

A key role of the Finance Ministry is to fund the budget deficit. Within that role not only do they have to secure the funds, but they also must put equal emphasis on ensuring the funding cost is low.

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Reassessing BSEC's Role: Prioritizing Investor Protection and Market Integrity
25 Aug, 2024

There has been a longstanding fundamental misunderstanding in Bangladesh about the role of BSEC. Frequently the leaders of BSEC had felt that their KPI is the index value. I.e. higher index value is success and lower a failure.

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