HOW THE IRAN WAR IS HITTING BANGLADESH’S ECONOMY
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY When the United States and Israel launched military strikes on Iran in late February 2026, the shockwaves reached Dhaka within hours. Crude oil surged past $114 per barrel,…
Cash, Care, and the Cost of Living: The Economics Behind Bangladesh’s Family Card
For millions of Bangladeshi families today, the monthly budget is no longer a calculation, it is an anxiety. The price of rice, oil, vegetables, and lentils has risen faster than…
ECONOMIC NATIONALISM IS BACK: What It Means for Global Brands
The Consensus Is Broken For thirty years, the big idea in global business was integration. Build where it's cheapest. Sell where demand is highest. Let the market sort out the…
How the US Trade Deal Reshapes Bangladesh’s Apparel Competitiveness
Introduction: Market Access at a Price For Bangladesh’s ready-made garment (RMG) sector, access to the United States has never been cheap, but it has now become explicitly conditional. The US–Bangladesh…
The Simulation Economy: Marketing in the Age of Digital Twins
Over the last few years, data and predictive systems have become more and more integral to marketing. Digital twin technology, which was previously used in the engineering and manufacturing sectors,…
GLOBAL DEBT AT RECORD LEVELS: Is 2026 a Stability Test Year?
As global debt reaches a staggering $348 trillion — the fastest annual build-up since the pandemic — the world stands at a fiscal crossroads. From Japan's bond market tremors to…
AI Investment Bubble: Economic Boom or Bust?
In November 2022, OpenAI released ChatGPT and quietly ignited the most concentrated burst of corporate capital spending in modern history. What followed was not merely a technology trend but a…
Banking as a Lifestyle: How Apps Are Winning the 21–35 Generation
It is 7:42 in the morning in Dhaka. A 26-year-old graphic designer opens her phone before she opens her eyes. She checks her bKash balance, splits last night's dinner bill…
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…
Leadership, Gender, and the New Economics of Performance
The global economy stands at a point where the inclusion of women in leadership positions is no longer merely a matter of equity but rather represents a fundamental economic imperative.…
Venezuela and the New Cold War Economics: Oil, Debt, and the Maduro Capture
The United States fundamentally reshaped the geopolitics of the Western Hemisphere on January 3, 2026, when Delta Force operators seized Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a predawn raid on Caracas.…
Why 2025 Marked a Turning Point for Bangladesh’s Banks: Record NPLs, landmark mergers, and sweeping reforms reshape a sector long plagued by political capture
The year 2025 will be remembered as the moment Bangladesh's banking sector finally confronted decades of accumulated dysfunction. Non-performing loans surged to Tk 6.44 lakh crore—nearly 36% of total outstanding…
Bangladesh’s Export Volatility and RMG Dependence in a Slowing World Economy “The RMG sector made Bangladesh a global player but over-reliance now risks making it a hostage to global shocks.”
1) Why these matters Bangladesh earns more than four-fifths of its export income from one engine, the ready-made garment (RMG) sector, so any global or local shock shows up quickly…
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…