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…
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…
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…
The Rise of Treatonomics In an era defined by economic uncertainty, a counterintuitive consumer behavior has emerged as one of the most powerful forces reshaping global retail. While high-end luxury…
The race to dominate AI-generated video has become the most consequential technology battle since the smartphone wars. OpenAI's Sora 2, Google's Veo 3, and a fleet of Chinese competitors are…
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…
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…
The marketing world has split into two camps, each armed with compelling data. On one side stand the advocates of vodcasts—video podcasts that combine the intimacy of audio storytelling with…
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…
Once, the Media industry was in a loop of Traditional methods. But now times have changed: people are moving to online platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, and OTT services. In…
I first understood Singapore's startup magic standing in the lobby of BLOCK71, a converted industrial building at Ayer Rajah Crescent. The building hummed with unmistakable energy: founders pitching over lukewarm…
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 turns a business into a ‘brand’? Think about Singer. The company introduced its sewing machine in 1851. Sewing machines were revolutionary but very expensive at the time, costing more…
Abstract This study investigates how married men in Ghana engage with mobile fitness applications and the relational meanings that emerge from their use. Drawing on qualitative data from focus group…
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…