There are stories we encounter in passing, and then there are stories that stay with us. The journey of Shanaz Sultana is one of them. It is also the story of thousands of women across Bangladesh building businesses from imagination, grit and digital communities stitched together through WhatsApp groups and Facebook pages.

The major causes of the multifaceted crises facing the country in the recent past have largely been the shortage of foreign currency and the continuous depletion of foreign exchange reserves.

Every society has its unwelcome truth tellers. In Bangladesh, we treat them with refined politeness.

Today, our economy is steered by powerful bodies

Political clarity has therefore emerged as a decisive factor shaping the outlook

Bangladesh’s export engine, long powered by the ready-made garment (RMG) sector, slowed in 2025 amid overlapping domestic and external shocks.

Bangladesh operates one of the most fragmented education systems in the world

Bangladesh’s economy showed signs of consolidation in 2025. Market liquidity, especially foreign currency liquidity, improved significantly, driven by a rise in wage earners’ remittances, a moderate increase in exports, and higher foreign aid disbursement. Inflation, however, continued to remain stubbornly high.

AI does not fail loudly at first -- it fails silently, at scale

Considering the core economic indicators of Bangladesh, remittance inflow has become the strongest factor at present, driven by a historic surge. Remittances crossed $30 billion in the last fiscal year 2024-25, helping to stabilise the exchange rate and bolster foreign currency reserves.

NPLs in the banking sector surged to around 34 percent by late 2025

Payment Initiation Service (PIS) is a smarter way to make payments directly from a bank account or mobile financial service wallet using a single application.

Textbooks remind us that a bank's core functions include financial intermediation, maturity transformation, efficient credit allocation and payment facilitation

If Bangladesh suddenly bans social media for everyone under sixteen, the first shock will not shake the earth. It will shake the nation’s emotions.

Historically, governments have used construction to fight stagflation and recession

Banking is going through a rapid global transformation unlike anything seen before. Large international banks are shifting from retail banking to wealth management.

Andrew Carnegie, the American industrialist and steel tycoon who later devoted much of his wealth to social welfare, once said, “Put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.”

There is an old joke in corporate circles: a burglar breaks into a house, finds nothing worth stealing, and leaves a thank-you note for wasting his time.

In principle, there is nothing wrong with cash financial transactions. The problem arises when they are used to evade tax, launder money, facilitate illegal deals or pay bribes. In such cases, the transactions become questionable.

There has long been a fear that new technologies weaken human abilities. Socrates worried that writing would erode memory.