Clips from the Press


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Prothom Alo 17.04.06
Nagorik committee won’t take part in next polls The News Today 17.04.06
Nagorik Committee 2006 ‘won't form’ any political party The Financial Express 17.04.06
Citizens’ Body ‘06 has no political ambition
The Independent
17.04.06
Nagarik Committee not to get involved in politics New Age 17.04.06
Clean candidate now a national demand: Citizens' Committee says

The Daily Star

17.04.06
Parliament with honest, efficient must for development The new nation 21.03.06
Prothom Alo 21.03.06
Citizensd group for movement to make polls corruption-free The Independent 21.03.06
Civil society can put politics on right track: Citizens' dialogue told News Today 21.03.06
Citizens' group floated to campaign for clean candidates The Daily Star 21.03.06
Citizens’ group formed New Age 21.03.06
Politicians, civil society leaders blame each other New Age 21.03.06
Importance of labour laws stressed to solve crisis in garment industry The Bangladesh Observer 14.03.06
Economic growth did not benefit grassroots The Daily Star 21.02.06
Foreign aid is the Achilles’ heel of our economy: CPD The Daily Star 08.01.06
Pak-SL role at WTO comes under fire The Daily Star 06.01.06
Lack of political, negotiation skills let Bangladesh down The Daily Star 22.12.05
Change of govt won't alter PRSP: Saifur The Daily Star 28.11.05
Leaders urged to have positive mindset to strengthen Saarc The Daily Star 10.11.05
SAARC has so far been a disappointment The Bangladesh Today 10.11.05
Political will must to bolster SAARC The News Today 10.11.05
Power sector in mess for weak political leadership The Daily Star 01.11.05
Call for free access of LDC products The Daily Star 06.10.05
Allow free movement of LDC workers The Daily Star 06.10.05
Civil Society Forum seeks market access for LDCs The Daily Star 04.10.05
Tk 6,850cr lost to power crunch The Daily Star 05.06.05
Dhaka risks losing out in WTO talks The Daily Star 30.05.05
Diesel price hike to harm agriculture The Daily Star 06.05.05
Concerted efforts needed to make best use of external aid The Daily Star 13.04.05
No trade negotiation before Safta implementation The Daily Star 04.01.05
Exploration of Chinese market underscored New Age 04.01.05
Mobilise internal resources to reduce dependency on donors The Daily Star 08.12.04
Lenders’ advice fails to increase aid inflow New Age 08.12.04
Set up mechanism to send workers abroad for temporary jobs
Commonwealth official suggests
The Daily Star 29.10.04
Free flow of labour to benefit both rich and poor nations New Age 29.10.04
Capacity building 'a must' to benefit from Mode-4 The Financial Express 29.10.04
Corporate resilient despite slip in business edge The Daily Star 23.09.04
Poor education a major hurdle for industrial growth: CPD New Age 23.09.04
CPD sees flood damage lower than claims The Daily Star 13.08.04
Flood damage assessment by UN, govt. ‘exaggerated’: CPD New Age 13.08.04
EC ready to relax rules of origin The Daily Star 09.08.04

Trade experts see more export potentials in Japan, EU

New Age 09.08.04
High revenue target to tax SMEs The Daily Star 16.06.04
Budget has no clear roadmap for private sector development New Age 16.06.04
Budget's high-reaching target to test govt's execution capacity The Daily Star 12.06.04
Effective and quality delivery of resources to the poor matters most : CPD  The Financial Express 12.06.04
Outlay not a concern, utilisation is: CPD New Age 12.06.04
City-centric growth deprived rural poor The Daily Star 04.06.04

Current fiscal to end with certain achievements

The Financial Express 04.06.04

Four factors for poor execution of ADP identified

The Financial Express 04.06.04

Economic growth urban-biased: CPD

New Age 04.06.04
Improved trade performance vital to escape poverty trap The Daily Star 28.05.04

Removing int'l trade barriers vital for poverty reduction

The Financial Express 28.05.04

Progress in fighting hunger stagnant in Bangladesh

New Age 28.05.04
Special attention needed for ultra-poor pockets The Daily Star 27.05.04
Decentralised admn, transparent dev work key to poverty reduction The Financial Express 27.05.04
Agriculture to get special attention in budget: BNP lawmaker New Age 27.05.04
Trust on better preparation to drive SAFTA benefits The Daily Star 19.05.04
Potential for cross-border energy co-op still untapped The Daily Star 19.05.04
Bangladesh hooked on higher growth New Age 19.05.04
Politics of conflict eats up economic potentials The Daily Star 06.05.04
Donor prescription not at country's cost: Saifur The Financial Express 06.05.04

Donors concerned over poor governance

The Bangladesh Observer 06.05.04
Govt has failed to mobilise domestic resources New Age 06.05.04

Book review - Employment and Labour Market Dynamics

Holiday 19.03.04

Experts allay fear of post-MFA doomsday

The Independent 19.03.04
Citbank-CPD-BGMEA Dialogue New Age 19.03.04

Call for joint efforts to face post-MFA crisis in RMG sector

The Bangladesh Today 19.03.04
Develop infrastructure or face tough post-MFA era The Daily Star 19.03.04

Infrastructure seen important to fend off post-MFA challenges

The Financial Express 19.03.04

 Policy supports vital for facing post-MFA regime

The News Today 19.03.04

Political consensus needed to implement SAARC charter: Moudud

The Bangladesh Today 01.03.04
2 percentage points of GDP lost in graft The Daily Star 01.03.04
Political parties failed to uphold citizens' interest: Dr Yunus The Daily Star 01.03.04

Corruption eating up 2 pc GDP growth: minister

The Financial Express 01.03.04

Political consensus needed to implement SAARC charter

The New Nation 01.03.04
Political consensus needed to implement SAARC charter stressed The News Today 01.03.04

'S Asia remains a captive of donor-driven agenda'

The Independent 28.02.04

Growth ignoring the poor can't reduce poverty, seminar told

New Age 28.02.04

'Policy driven' approach to fight poverty suggested

The Bangladesh Observer 28.02.04
Human resource can alleviate poverty The Bangladesh Today 28.02.04
Poverty-Free South Asia by 2010 The Daily Star 28.02.04
'Best pro-poor growth practices provide a garden of hope' The Financial Express 28.02.04
Plan to halve poverty in S Asia by 2010 The News Today 28.02.04

CPD's workshop concludes in city

New Age 30.01.04

CPD Workshop on Trade Policy Appreciation Concludes

The Daily Star 30.01.04
Despite failures, ‘multilateral trade talks will continue’ The Financial Express 30.01.04

Bangladesh to push for proper S&D treatment

New Age 27.01.04

Existing provisions of WTO accord not friendly for LDCs

The Bangladesh Observer 27.01.04

Canadian expert's suggestion on Indian anti-dumping measures

The Daily Star 27.01.04

Call to include LDC representatives in WTO panel for dispute settlement

The Independent 27.01.04

Dispute settlement WTO provisions won't serve LDCs interests

The News Today 27.01.04

Meeting of CPD Board of Trustees held

New Age 21.01.04

CPD Board of Trustees' meeting held

The New Nation