'India must know its minority rights abuses have impact in Bangladesh'
'India must know its minority rights abuses have impact in Bangladesh'

Eminent economist Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya has told an Indian magazine that New Delhi must remember that the mistreatment of minorities, including Muslims, in India has an adverse impact on the Bangladeshi social fabric. Since the ouster of the pro-Indian Awami League government in Dhaka, the...

Debapriya slams 'inconsiderate' VAT hike by interim govt
Debapriya slams 'inconsiderate' VAT hike by interim govt

Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya, who led the committee that prepared the White Paper on the state of Bangladeshs economy, on Saturday strongly criticised the interim government for increasing value-added tax (VAT) inconsiderately. We are astonished to see how inconsiderately the value-added tax was...