The Real Question Behind Bangladesh’s LDC Graduation Delay
Bangladesh has again returned to a question it thought it had already answered: should it graduate from the UN’s Least Developed Country (LDC) category in 2026, or should it ask…
The Ramadan Economy: Bangladesh’s Biggest Consumer Season
THE MONTH THAT MOVES MARKETS On the evening of February 17, 2026, the crescent moon rose over Dhaka and Ramadan began. Within hours, the city had already transformed. The streets…
Why the “Always-On” Hustle Is Fading and Outcome-Focused Work Is Taking Hold
This morning, after my first coffee, I was scrolling through email and observed how quickly we still prejudge commitment by response time. That habit, which is part of our formative…
As Global Gold Prices Soar, What It Means for Bangladesh: Record-breaking demand, geopolitical hedging, and a global supply chain that bypasses South Asia’s informal markets
Gold has never been more expensive, more sought after, or more consequential for global finance. In January 2026, prices breached $5,500 per ounce for the first time in history—an astonishing…
Global Tech Investment Trends in 2026 Where Capital Is Moving and Why
The global tech investment landscape has reached its third-highest levels on record, with total venture capital deployment ranging from $425-512 billion in 2025—a 30-47% surge from 2024. Artificial intelligence has…
Why Apple is winning: Lessons in Brand Building and Consumer Loyalty
In a world brimming with endless noise and shrinking attention spans, how does a brand create a message that not only gets heard but deeply resonates? In plain English, Apple…
Can AI Be Asia’s Next Growth Engine?
The Asia-Pacific artificial intelligence market is projected to surge from $102.59 billion in 2025 to $815.98 billion by 2032, representing a compound annual growth rate of 34.5% that dwarfs virtually…
Micro-Markets: Why Global Brands Are Designing Products for a One-Kilometre Radius
For most of the modern branding era, scale was a virtue. The larger the audience, the broader the distribution, the more uniform the product portfolio, the more efficient the commercial…
What the 2025 Global Carbon Budget Reveals About Our Climate Future
Global carbon emission reduction has been a matter of concern for decades. Although many countries are already working on it, it still seems like a matter of a far-fetched dream…
Gen Z Wants Trust, Employers Want Accountability: Can Both Win?
There was a time when communication revolved around simple responses like yes, no, and very good. But Gen Z, born between 1997 and 2012, refuses to operate within that old…
Top 25 in Gender Equality: Is Bangladesh Building a New Global Identity?
In June 2024, Bangladesh plummeted 40 places to 99th on the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Index—the steepest fall of any nation that year. Twelve months later, the 2025…
Leading with Purpose: Zaved Akhtar on Building Future-Ready Leaders
The inaugural session of C-Suite Dialogue 2025, jointly organized by Bangladesh Brand Forum (BBF) and Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB), took place on August 18 at the IUB campus. The dialogue…
How Artificial Intelligence Is Rewriting the Rules of Luxury and Personalisation
Luxury has always been about being conspicuous. However, today, that has less to do with finding some rare fabrics or something that is difficult to find. It is all about…
Women’s Unpaid Labor: Understanding the Invisible Driver of the Bangladesh Economy
In households across Bangladesh, millions of women begin their days before sunrise. They light cooking fires, fetch water, prepare meals for their families, care for children and elderly relatives, clean…
The fashion industry’s contribution to climate change through methane emissions
Do we know the actual cost of the comfy clothes we wear on regular basis? We may think that it only takes fabrics, machineries, and labor to fulfill our basic…