Leather industry targets $1.77bn exports
2 September 2026 Footwear Craft
How the shoe factory found its feet
S. M. Tahmid
2 September 2026 Footwear Craft
Bangladesh’s Footwear Market Steps Up
2 September 2026 Footwear Craft
Six generations of consumer trust meets comfort
2 September 2026 Footwear Craft
Taking Bangladeshi footwear up the value chain
2 September 2026 Footwear Craft
The making of Bangladesh’s leather industry
S. M. Tahmid
2 September 2026 Footwear Craft
Weathering the Seasons
Sadiya Afrin Hira
2 September 2026 Footwear Craft
Beyond the Basic Pair
Laura Z.
2 September 2026 Footwear Craft

Be wiser, be a winner

Not all owners of plastic cards are winners. But everyone can be a winner.
28 November 2020

Card offers in the time of Covid-19

Due to economic hardships brought on by the pandemic, many people flocked to cards to make ends meet, purchasing supplies from groceries to home appliances.
28 November 2020

Is Bangladesh ready to move towards a cashless society?

The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the expansion of digital payments all over the world. Bangladesh too has witnessed robust growth in digital payments during the pandemic. The countrywide lockdown for more than three months has proved beneficial to such growth as people have become familiar with various digital payment systems.
28 November 2020

Cards after Covid-19

It was April when the government was compelled to enforce a lockdown across the country to keep the coronavirus pandemic at bay.
28 November 2020

IUB’s project discusses significance of Bay of Bengal in post Covid-19 world

The webinar discussed important qualitative and quantitative factors of the Bay of Bengal and unravelled some valuable insights on the issues and approaches required.
21 September 2020

Prioritise hygiene in light of coronavirus pandemic

Md Sagor, 27, a bus conductor, has to go to work every day amid the COVID-19 pandemic to sustain his family of four people.
31 August 2020

Bloodbath on Road 32

August 15, 1975. A false dawn spread its pale light across the sky. At the residence of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, everybody was still in deep sleep. It was a bizarre moment for the country, medieval in its dark dimensions.
14 August 2020

How Swiss Companies in Bangladesh Contribute to the COVID-19-Response

SWISS companies operating in Bangladesh are playing a key role in maintaining livelihoods, food security, health services and critical infrastructure and logistics during the ongoing crisis.
29 July 2020

Switzerland stands by Bangladesh during COVID-19

As nations and people around the globe struggle with COVID-19, Switzerland partners in solidarity with Bangladesh to overcome this unprecedented crisis.
29 July 2020

Message from the Embassy of Switzerland

SWITZERLAND celebrates its National Day on 1 August. On this special occasion, I wish to extend my warm greetings to our Bangladeshi friends and to my fellow Swiss citizens living in this beautiful country.
29 July 2020

B-SkillFUL: Shaping the Labour Market and Promoting Skills Development

In 2017, the World Economic Forum featured an article claiming Bangladesh to be the “New Asian Tiger” which captured the attention of researchers, policymakers, economists, development workers, and the government.
20 July 2020

Bangabandhu’s Vision of Independence

One of the most striking characteristics evident in The Unfinished Memoirs is how the young Sheikh Mujibur Rahman showed
25 March 2020

“It was an existential choice to join the Resistance”

Soon after the crackdown I was supposed to go with a couple of friends to Chittagong, where Bengali soldiers and Rifles
25 March 2020

Editor’s Note

This March 26 is probably one of the most sombre ones yet, with all celebrations cancelled as the country comes to grips with a global pandemic unlike any we have seen before.
25 March 2020

Counting the days to independence

“The struggle this time is for emancipation. The struggle this time is for independence.” These historic words rang through the air
25 March 2020

Tribute to a towering figure of history

We bring out a special issue today dedicated to the man who led us to freedom and made possible the birth of our country – Bangladesh – and whose birth centenary we start observing from today.
16 March 2020

Bangabandhu’s first imprisonment

The Hindus and Muslims were somewhat wary of each other. There were a few Hindu villages surrounding Gopalganj town.
16 March 2020

Encounter with Suhrawardy and Fazlul Huq

In 1938 a significant event of my life occurred. Mr [Fazlul] Huq was then the prime minister of Bengal and Mr Suhrawardy the
16 March 2020

My loving mother

When I went out in the morning, I noticed that those who had been interned in old cell number 20 were looking at me through an opening in the door. Little by little, I went towards them. I asked them how they were feeling. They had sad stories to tell…
16 March 2020

Father and son football face off

In school I was crazy about sports. However, my father tried to discourage me from playing since my heart wasn’t strong.
16 March 2020