Bangladesh & Development

3 essays in this category.

May 3, 2026Bangladesh & Development

Rooppur Produces Electricity. That Does Not Make It a Good Deal.

Fuel loading has begun. The plant will produce power. But the gap between expert cost estimates and the signed price has never been publicly explained.

May 2, 2026Bangladesh & Development

Dhaka Cannot Breathe Because Bangladesh Cannot Govern

The capital's air crisis is not meteorological misfortune. It is the visible exhaust of a governance system built to absorb everything except accountability.

May 1, 2026Bangladesh & Development

The city that forgot how to plan itself

Dhaka is not failing because Bangladesh is poor. It is failing because the institutions meant to plan it have been hollowed out.