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, 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…
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,…
Picture this. You're a financial advisor. Your client’s quarterly meeting is happening this week. You begin preparation for the meeting and review the numbers. You realize something. Your client needs…
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…
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…
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…
Guardian Life Insurance Limited, in collaboration with Friends in Village Development Bangladesh (FIVDB), organized a claim settlement ceremony under its life insurance coverage for loan beneficiaries. Under this arrangement, members…
In a groundbreaking milestone for Bangladesh’s fintech industry, aamarPay, a leading Payment System Operator (PSO), has secured a foreign investment from Simpaisa, a global digital payments facilitator for frontier markets,…
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.…
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…
BRAC Bank has introduced Google Pay for its Visa credit cardholders, enabling fast, secure, and contactless payments through Android smartphones in Bangladesh and abroad. With this launch, BRAC Bank Visa…
Record remittance inflows of $30.32 billion in fiscal year 2024-25 transformed Bangladesh's economic trajectory, enabling the country to achieve its first current account surplus in eight years and rebuild foreign…
In a country where only one in three university graduates secures a formal job and unemployment benefits remain absent, more than one million Bangladeshis have turned to a new economic…
PalmPay, one of the fastest-growing fintech platforms across emerging markets, has received official approval from Bangladesh Bank to run a one-year pilot program to finance the purchase of 10,000 smartphones.…