Md Imdadul Haque Sohag | Daily Observer

HEADLINE

● Torch procession at DU, demands fix power crisis, end privatisation ● CTTC cordons off Savar Building, seizes explosives ● Shama Obaed holds bilateral talks with Singapore Foreign Minister ● BB plans Tk 1,000 crore fund to help 5,000 entrepreneurs ● Inflation drops to 8.32pc in July, lowest in 8 months ● Dinesh Trivedi meets Narendra Modi ● Energy experts demand rational pricing, private participation

Md Imdadul Haque Sohag

Columnist, geopolitical and policy analyst, researcher, and entrepreneur

Md Imdadul Haque Sohag is a columnist, geopolitical and policy analyst, researcher, and entrepreneur. His research and writing focus on the Indo-Pacific, maritime governance, South Asian geopolitics, water and climate security, and regional connectivity. He writes regularly on strategic affairs, public policy, and Bangladesh's emerging role in the Bay of Bengal and the wider Indo-Pacific.

Bangladesh’s Proposed Blue Economy Authority Must Integrate, Not Duplicate

Md Imdadul Haque Sohag

Bangladesh’s blue economy will not emerge from another catalogue of the Bay’s riches. It will depend on harder choices: who may use those resources, where, on what terms and at what ecological cost.Fisheries, shipping, energy, tourism, conservation, research and security

Securing Bangladesh’s Maritime Future

Md Imdadul Haque Sohag

Bangladesh’s maritime future relies not merely on a visionary outlook, but on robust governance architecture capable of executing it. The historic boundary verdicts of 2012 and 2014 were rightly celebrated as diplomatic masterstrokes; yet, translating those legal rights into tangible

Matarbari and The Future of Our Maritime Governance

Md Imdadul Haque Sohag

Bangladesh has entered the Bay of Bengal’s strategic age. The question is no longer whether the Bay matters. It already carries the country’s trade, energy security, climate exposure, digital connectivity and diplomatic choices into one crowded maritime space. The harder

Growing importance of Bay of Bengal

Md Imdadul Haque Sohag

The Bay of Bengal is no longer a passive frontier at Bangladesh’s southern edge. It is the strategic space where the country’s trade, energy security, climate resilience, digital connectivity and diplomatic autonomy increasingly intersect.For Dhaka, the Bay is not a

How advanced tech changing our lives

Md Imdadul Haque Sohag

A banking system is not sustained by buildings, branches, or balance sheets alone. It is sustained by trust. Every deposit, loan document, statement of account, and customer relationship rests on one fundamental expectation: a bank must be able to explain

CMSMEs suffer credit crunch

Md Imdadul Haque Sohag

The Cottage, Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise (CMSME) sector drives Bangladesh’s economic survival. It contributes roughly 25 percent to the national GDP. It generates nearly 80 percent of all non-agricultural employment. This sector anchors localized value creation and industrial growth.

Don't let fuel syndicate emerge

Md Imdadul Haque Sohag

Bangladesh stands at a critical energy crossroads. As fuel crisis emerges, the fragile foundations of our fuel supply are being brutally exposed for United States-Israel war on Iran war. A fuel shortage is never politely contained within the walls of

Women's development should drive our economic growth

Md Imdadul Haque Sohag

Over the past decade, Bangladesh has made visible progress in advancing women's development and economic participation. Public policy has gradually moved beyond a welfare-oriented approach toward a framework that emphasises skills development, entrepreneurship support, and digital inclusion. Initiatives that expanded