Supplement

Bangladesh at 54

Supplement

Bangladesh at 54
Caption: Experts attend a roundtable titled “Priorities of All People in Politics and Government”, jointly organised by Democracy International and The Business Standard at TBS conference room in Dhaka on 18 January. Photo: Mehedi Hasan

Representation is not optional: Voices of women and marginalised communities

The discussion was jointly organised by Democracy International and The Business Standard in Dhaka on 18 January, and moderated by TBS Associate Editor Saleem Ahmed

Sketch: TBS

Why Bangladesh’s healthcare system must earn back public trust

Illustration: TBS

A crawling private sector poses the first big test for the next government

Mustafizur Rahman(R), Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) and Tanbin Alam Chowdhury(L), Programme Associate (Research), Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD). Sketch: TBS

Export sector performance: Some cautionary early signals

Dr Fahmida Khatun, Economist and Executive Director, Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD)

Why investors are still waiting on Bangladesh

TBS Sketch

'We reorganised BIDA around the investor life cycle'

Photo: TBS

Bangladesh's export slowdown: Challenges, realities, and the road ahead

Sketch: TBS

FMCG Markets: A comparative analysis of Bangladesh and Indonesia

Tamim Ahmed. Sketch: TBS

Investing in investment: Expectations for the newly elected government

Representational image. Photo: Collected

Foreign expertise, local ownership: The balance Bangladesh must get right

A stall at the SME Fair 2025 in Dhaka. Photo: Jahir Rayhan/TBS

How 2026 will be for SMEs: Opportunities, challenges, and the road ahead

Sketch: TBS

Why Bangladesh must treat medical devices as an industry

Dr M Masrur Reaz. Sketch: TBS

From turmoil to stability: Will 2026 bring economic confidence back for Bangladesh?