Interviews

Interviews

Dr Muhammad Risalat Siddique, deputy executive director at Padakhep. Sketch: TBS

‘Real development happens when capacity, finance, market work together’

Dr Muhammad Risalat Siddique, deputy executive director at Padakhep and a visionary entrepreneur and digital transformation strategist, recently spoke to The Business Standard’s Staff Correspondent...

Md Kamrul Hasan, Executive Director of TEL Plastics. Illustration: TBS

TEL Plastics: A story of largest plastic recycler in Bangladesh

Abu Shadik Kayem. Photo: Collected

Ducsu polls: Shadik pledges to build dream campus with excellence, dignity, fairness

Meghmallar Basu, the general secretary (GS) candidate from the Resistance Council panel contesting the Ducsu election, campaigns with other panel members on the Dhaka University campus on 7 September 2025. UNB

Main goal will be to hold another Ducsu election in 1 year and 3 months: Meghmallar

Shaikh Tanvir Baree Hamim. File Photo: Collected

Ducsu polls: Hamim aims to transform dorms into centres of knowledge, science, culture, and research

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. Sketch: TBS

Lack of democratic culture, govt institution failures to blame for rise of extremist rhetoric, mob violence: Fakhrul to TBS

Mob violence a major problem, right-wing groups gaining strength: Fakhrul to TBS

Mob violence a major problem, right-wing groups gaining strength: Fakhrul to TBS

Abdul Kader. Sketch: TBS

Ducsu polls: Kader wants to work towards students' financial independence 

MA Salam, managing director of Asian & Daf Group and the first vice president of BGMEA. Photo: Collected

Navigating the 20% US tariff: Ex-BGMEA leader Salam weighs in on Bangladesh's RMG strategy

Barrister Tareque Akbar Khondakar. Photo: Collected

I want to establish a leadership institute like Harvard: Barrister Tareque

City Bank DMD and Head of Trade Services Division, Faruk Ahmed. Photo: Collected

City Impex will be a game changer in trade finance: City Bank DMD Faruk Ahmed

Humayun Kabir, BNP's Joint Secretary General of International Affairs. Sketch: TBS

BNP’s foreign policy won’t be based on a country: Tarique’s adviser Humayun Kabir

Joseph Eapen, CEO of Asian Paints International Ltd. Sketch: TBS

‘We don’t just make paint, we create painting experiences that matter’