Prof Sobhan News Today

Just a few days ago, we celebrated the 89th birthday of our country’s noted economist and public policy champion Professor Rehman Sobhan. Prof Sobhan is better known as one of the authors of the two-nation theory, which ultimately helped us form the philosophical base of an independent Banglades

Reducing income inequality by taking concrete steps is morally fair and economically justified.

Prof Rehman Sobhan on Bangladesh's Future Economy and Inequality: Eminent economist Prof Rehman Sobhan thinks Bangladesh in the next 10 years will be a very unequal society even though the economy could be diversified and better off in terms of aggregate.

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Politics has been captured by the nexus of an oligopoly of business interests and the willingly colluding political class.

Bangladesh is facing the possibility of a third election in which the basic preconditions for a competitive and inclusive election are not really going to be fulfilled, eminent economist Professor Rehman Sobhan said yesterday.

CPD Chairman Prof Rehman Sobhan says

Bangladesh is yet to materialise Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s idea of a "just society" in the fields of politics, economy, education, health and rule of law, speakers said today during the 21st biennial conference of Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA).

For expression of dissent there should be unqualified freedom to express oneself, and not having this is a significant retreat from the commitments made during the time of the country’s liberation, said Prof Rehman Sobhan, chairman of Centre for Policy Dialogue.

Independent agencies gathering data, analysing them, and getting the results for the guidance for the government is of utmost importance as it helps the authorities take informed decisions, a top economist said yesterday.