You Deserve a Little Treat: The tiny economy of getting through the day
You know the feeling. It is a Tuesday, the morning was heavier than it should have been, and somewhere between the bus and the desk a small voice suggests that…
Funflation: The economics of a good time
A World Cup seat now costs a median of $900. The world's top tours gross 60 percent more than they did in 2019. And in Bangladesh, the official price of…
What the Hormuz crisis continues to cost Bangladesh
In May this magazine argued that the Hormuz crisis had not created Bangladesh’s vulnerability but revealed it, and asked what it would take to be less exposed. The strait has…
The Collab Economy: Why Every Brand Suddenly Wants to Wear Another Brand’s Logo
Coca-Cola is selling Crocs, Nike is co-branding with Kim Kardashian, and Louis Vuitton opened 2025 by reviving a twenty-year-old partnership. Behind the strange pairings sits a trade that has become…
Deep Work in a Notification Economy
As AI makes shallow work cheap and notifications make focus scarce, the ability to concentrate has become a real competitive edge — and the antidote to a workforce burning out…
Designing Bangladesh’s Intelligent Built Environment
How AI, Human-Centered Design and Sustainability Can Shape the Next Generation of Cities Keywords Artificial Intelligence (AI); Human-Centered Design; Intelligent Built Environment; Sustainable Development; Digital Transformation; Smart Cities; Urban Innovation;…
The Weekend Economy How Two Days Drive Dhaka’s Consumer Spending
Dhaka runs a commercial week found in almost no other city: zoned, staggered, and packed into a Friday–Saturday surge. It is also the clearest window onto how the country really…
Ripe and Undersold
Bangladesh Grows a Fortune in Fruit and Lets a Third of It Rot. Closing the Processing Gap May Be Its Largest Overlooked Industry. Mango, jackfruit, pineapple and guava pour out…
The Stockpile Economy
How “just-in-case” inventory replaced “just-in-time,” and what the new caution costs. For most of the past forty years, the smartest thing a company could do with a warehouse was empty…
Brand Purpose Needs a Number Attached to It
Vague purpose statements are losing credibility. Brands that attach specific, measurable commitments to their purpose are commanding loyalty and premium pricing that no mission statement has ever managed. Here is…
The Expanding World of Buy Now, Pay Later
BNPL was sold as a smarter way to afford things you want. What the 2026 data shows is something different: it is increasingly how people afford things they need —…
Why Bangladesh’s Debt Pressure is Rising Now?
Bangladesh’s rising debt pressure is often discussed through headline numbers billions of dollars in repayments, large infrastructure loans, and tightening fiscal space. Yet debt figures alone do not explain why…
BRAC Bank’s Corporate Digital Solution ‘CORPnet’ achieved BDT 227,321 crore transactions in 2025
BRAC Bank’s Corporate Digital Solution - CORPnet, the leading corporate internet banking platform, processed BDT 227,321 crore in 80 lakh digital transactions in 2025. The platform recorded 43% year-on-year growth…
The Strait of Hormuz Effect: How One Chokepoint Is Redrawing Global Trade
On 1 March 2026, for the first time in modern commercial shipping history, zero vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz. Not a reduction. Not a slowdown. Zero. The day before,…
The Return of Friction in a Frictionless World
Trader Joe's has no app. No delivery service. No partnership with Instacart, DoorDash, or any third-party platform. In 2025, despite this stubborn refusal to participate in the convenience economy, its…
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