Bangladesh

Bangladesh's Chief Election Commissioner A.T.M. Shamsul Huda stated on April 5 that it could take up to 18 months to complete a definitive electoral register, which is regarded as... 2007-04-11

BMI View: Although the new caretaker government, backed by the military, appears to have restored a degree of confidence, we believe that the government's and central bank's growth... 2007-03-13

Tarique Rahman, the son of former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia, was arrested by security forces last night as part of the caretaker government's crackdown on corruption. Rahman... 2007-03-08

BMI View: Although the new caretaker government, backed by the military, appears to have restored a degree of confidence, we believe that the government's and central bank's growth... 2007-02-13

Bangladesh's financial markets have proved impressively resilient in the face of high political drama, with turnover at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) hitting a record high of BDT1.592bn... 2007-02-09

Bangladesh's 14-party opposition alliance, led by the Awami League (AL), has announced that it will indeed contest the next general election, after the interim administration agreed... 2007-01-15

Although we recently raised our FY06/07 growth forecast to 6.0% from 5.5% in view of the economy's resilience, we believe that the government's and central bank's forecast of 7.0%... 2007-01-15

Bangladesh's opposition alliance, led by the Awami League (AL), has shown little sign of reversing its planned boycott of the January 22 general election. If the poll is indeed boycotted,... 2007-01-10

Although Bangladesh's Election Commission (EC) recently named January 21 as the date of the forthcoming general election, a sense of uncertainty lingers. The opposition is still threatening... 2006-12-04

More than two dozen dissenting politicians, led by ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) founding member and former president, Badruddoza Chowdury, resigned from the BNP to launch... 2006-11-06