Staff Reporter

Chairman of the Regulatory Reforms Commission (RRC) Dr Akbar Ali Khan yesterday observed that two types of emergency situation-economic and political-is prevailing in the country simultaneously creating social unrest.
“We cannot allow political emergency and economic emergency to go together… it can lead us to a dangerous consequence of social instability,” he told a consultation titled ‘State of the Economy and the Way Forward’ at a city hotel.
Eminent jurist Dr Kamal Hossain chaired the consultation under the banner of ‘Bangladesh First- Bangladesh 2025′ where economists, academics, lawyers, businessmen and former bureaucrats were present. [Read more]