The government is preparing for a change in how it plans, spends, taxes and measures its economy.

Bangladesh has completed the first 180 days under the new government with a mixed record. The external sector has improved, with stronger remittances and reserves.

In many of our offices, the rulebook is treated like the fire extinguisher: displayed prominently, dusted before an audit, and touched only after smoke appears.

On July 21, a fire during a ship-to-ship transfer damaged the cabling on one boiler aboard a leased floating terminal off Moheshkhali.

We need somewhere between 3,800 and 4,000 million cubic feet of gas a day, but actually get closer to 2,600 MMCFD

Bangladesh’s economic recovery is no longer only an economic problem. It has become a problem of political organisation.

Bangladesh has the potential to build a robust Media & Entertainment industry worth more than Tk 10,000 crore.

Experiences from India, China, Singapore, Malaysia and Vietnam show that regulated outbound investment can strengthen the domestic economy

Bangladesh’s banking sector is facing a severe crisis of confidence, marked by liquidity shortages, delayed deposit repayments, restrictions on encashing matured deposit pension scheme (DPS) and fixed deposit receipt (FDR) accounts, and forced reinvestment

Bangladesh's path to BPO leadership is not to imitate the Philippines or India. It is to occupy the space that neither has fully captured: AI-native, multi-skilled, and positioned at the intersection of quality and value

Bangladesh’s marine territory offers significant economic opportunities

Here, hiring a Big Four firm can resemble buying an expensive wedding sherwani: worn once and remembered through the bill.

Bangladesh's 2025 was strong on paper: $8.20 billion in US exports, up 11.71 percent, lifting its share to 10.53 percent — inside a market that shrank 1.74 percent in value and 3.70 percent in quantity

Bangladesh has reached an important stage in its economic journey.

The coming decade will reward individuals who invest in specialised skills, lifelong learning, and innovation

In Bangladesh, praise is treated like public money: everyone agrees it should circulate, but nobody wants to release it. Tell a colleague he did well, and someone will demand an audit. Compliment a bridge and another citizen will ask which political party issued your membership card. We are generous with criticism, stingy with gratitude and quick to suspicion.

For decades, Bangladeshi businesses have demonstrated extraordinary resilience.

The spillover effects of the energy crisis on the wider economy are evident

Bangladesh’s export competitiveness has long been one of the country’s greatest economic strengths.

In Bangladesh, even for common illnesses such as fever, headaches or high blood pressure, many people bypass nearby primary healthcare facilities and head directly to large hospitals