Category: Bangladesh

Overview. The reporting period featured fractious mayoral elections in three key city corporations, student protests in Dhaka over road safety, and mooted tax rises to improve the country’s tax revenue to GDP ratio. With Bangladesh’s 11th national elections due to occur in Q4, campaigning by the various parties has been underway for some time. … Read…

Overview. The reporting period was dominated by the release of the 2018/2019 budget yet concerns remain over terrorism and political stability. Bangladesh is prone to regular periods of political instability involving frequent campaigns of street violence led by various political parties. The historic rivalry between the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), the Islamist opposition…