BANGLADESH HAS SET A CREATIVE ECONOMY TARGET. NOW IT NEEDS THE FRAMEWORK
In June the creative economy got something it had never had before: a number, a budget line and a plan to go with them. Presenting the FY2026-27 budget, Finance and…
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,…
How Guardian Life turned Bangladesh’s most avoided conversation into its most effective campaign.
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…
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…
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…
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…
Two Families Become Debt-Free with Support from Guardian Life
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…
aamarPay Secures Historic Foreign Investment from Global FinTech Facilitator Simpaisa
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,…
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.…
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…
BRAC Bank launches Google Pay for Visa Credit Cardholders
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…
Bangladesh’s Remittance Lifeline: How $30 Billion Averted Economic Crisis in 2025
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…
Bangladesh’s Gig Economy: The Promise and Precarity of a Million-Worker Revolution
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…