COVID-19 in Bangladesh: A Visual Guide to the Economic Impact

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COVID-19 in Bangladesh: A Visual Guide to the Economic Impact

...needed to forestall the upcoming social and economic crisis in the rural sector. FIGURE: COVID-19 impact on rural economy / Source: The Business Standard Decelerating Private Sector Credit Growth While...

LightCastle Analytics Wing | April 29, 2020

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Bangladesh Fisheries Sector: Growth Prospects and Opportunities

Bangladesh’s agricultural sector contributes 14.2% of GDP,[1] employing 47% of the working population[2], with 17 million people (1.4 million women) depending on fisheries sector for their livelihoods through fishing, farming,...

LightCastle Analytics Wing | January 7, 2019

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Tertiary Education in Bangladesh: A Sector in Need of Reform

...modern economy, the tertiary education sector will have to play a critical role. Higher Education: The Asian Story As the gravitas of Asia grows in magnitude on the global stage,...

LightCastle Analytics Wing | August 3, 2019

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Is outdated technology holding back the shrimp sector of Bangladesh?

This article is the second in a series of articles on the Bangladeshi shrimp sector. To access the first article in the series, click here . The shrimp sector contributes...

LightCastle Analytics Wing | August 24, 2020

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Implications of COVID-19 on the Software Industry

Current Scenario of the Industry The IT sector has been one of the most booming sectors for the rapidly growing economy of Bangladesh. The government has declared this as a...

LightCastle Analytics Wing | May 17, 2020

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Analyzing Healthcare Budget Allocation: Effective Utilization and Shortcomings

The COVID-19 Pandemic has developed into an unprecedented test for the Bangladesh Healthcare sector, which has been bludgeoned by the rate of infection across the country.As it stands on 1st...

LightCastle Analytics Wing | September 29, 2020

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Aquaculture Sector Study Bangladesh

...is the most consumed source of animal protein in Bangladesh (58% of total) and continues to rise due to increasing consumer purchasing power. However, in recent years, the aquaculture sector...

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Tackling the Problems of Bangladesh’s Tertiary Education Sector

...has a plethora of obstacles it needs to overcome in the tertiary education sector.[5] With the modern economy advancing at its current pace and automation ominously looming over the horizon,...

LightCastle Analytics Wing | August 7, 2019

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An Overview of Agriculture in Bangladesh

...Economy Market Fundamentals The agriculture sector can be broken down into four main components: crops, livestock, fisheries, and forests. Of these, crops make up 55% of the sector with aus/amon/boro...

LightCastle Analytics Wing | June 23, 2019

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Thick Hides..But For How Long? : Struggles of the Bangladesh Leather Industry

...to the Leather Sector / SOURCE:The Financial Express Allowing for less stringent loans to a sector already so submerged in defaulting debt may be risky and may cause further problems...

LightCastle Analytics Wing | July 16, 2020

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Fading Abroad While Shining At Home: Bangladesh’s Shrimp Sector Looks to the Domestic Market as Exports Decline

...multitude of intermediaries involved in each stage of the highly informal shrimp sector supply chain of Bangladesh. The malpractices highlighted have cast a negative image of Bangladesh’s shrimp industry among...

LightCastle Analytics Wing | August 27, 2020

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S&P and Moody’s Rating for Bangladesh: Forging a Stable Path Forward

...pointing out that the banking sector remains small with total assets less than 100% of GDP. In addition, state-owned commercial banks (SOCB) account for 26% of the sector’s total assets....

LightCastle Analytics Wing | October 13, 2019

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Stimulus packages- Can Bangladesh pay the costs in the future?

...3 years.[2] Pre-pandemic, the country was already facing economic downturns- decreased government earnings, falling export revenue, liquidity crisis of the banking sector, rising government loans, and a bearish capital market....

LightCastle Analytics Wing | April 30, 2020

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How Might the Bangladesh Economy React to the Second Lockdown?

...keep surging in April, what would be the likely impact on the different sectors? How will the primary and secondary sector respond to possible supply chain and production disruptions? How...

LightCastle Analytics Wing | April 13, 2021

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The Bangladesh RMG Sector: The Path to Revitalization

...for Policy Dialogue (CPD) reported that the sector employs approximately 3.5 million people, of which, approximately 60.8% are women.[2] In terms of factories, there are approximately 4,621 active Garments Factories...

LightCastle Analytics Wing | February 27, 2020

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