Stories

Data can become a powerful tool to tell powerful stories. Data based stories shed important light on issues that matter, render greater strength to the narratives, and eventually, carry the potential to drive larger impact in the economy. Wrapping reliable facts and figures in easy-to-read proses and/or crisp visual formats, our stories section is meant to translate mere data into relevant knowledge and information for your convenience.

Business Confidence & Bangladesh: What will drive the Economy in 2018?

Bangladesh is a fast growing economy, poised to be the next Asian Tiger. Bangladesh has multiple factors that favor continued strong economic growth –a steady inflation rate of 5-6% in the last five years, and a record high FX reserve of USD 33.5 billion. With a GDP growth rate of 7.3% in the fiscal year […]

LightCastle Analytics Wing | March 15, 2018

Emerging Trends Impacting Bangladesh’s Remittance Flow

Global remittance flow has declined for two consecutive years- for the first time since the turn of the millennium. The last time there was a decline- it was during the global financial crisis. The World Bank expects world remittance to rise to a record high of 600 billion dollars in 2018, suggesting that the current […]

LightCastle Analytics Wing | August 22, 2017

One Belt, One Road Initiative: How Bangladesh can benefit through the new horizon of regional co-operation

The recent SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization) summit, taking place on 8th and 9th of June, 2017, saw heads of states from Russia, India, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and China but it also solidified the paradigm shift of world power in terms of trade, infrastructure, fuel, energy, transportation, development, and finance. As Bangladesh is becoming a part […]

LightCastle Analytics Wing | June 19, 2017

Labor Force Survey Bangladesh 2015-16: Economic Realignment Imperative for Addressing Unemployment

Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) has published the latest labor survey, “Quarterly Labor Force Survey Bangladesh 2015-16”. The objective of this report was to accumulate data on the labor force of Bangladesh (Aged 15 and above) and the employment trends. BBS has segregated their labor force data in 13 components. These are general population, labor […]

LightCastle Analytics Wing | June 8, 2017

Stories

Business Confidence & Bangladesh: What will drive the Economy in 2018?

Emerging Trends Impacting Bangladesh’s Remittance Flow

One Belt, One Road Initiative: How Bangladesh can benefit through the new horizon of regional co-operation

Labor Force Survey Bangladesh 2015-16: Economic Realignment Imperative for Addressing Unemployment

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