Resetting Bangladesh

Resetting Bangladesh

Representational image. Photo: Collected

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

The country’s experience with high-value infrastructure shows a recurring pattern: sophisticated hardware, fragile human systems. The debate over foreign operators is ultimately about governance,...

Sketch: TBS

FMCG Markets: A comparative analysis of Bangladesh and Indonesia

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

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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?

Khaled Bin Kamal, CERM, CFC. Sketch: TBS

Growth of FinTech in Bangladesh and the way forward

Syed Ershad Ahmed, President, American Chamber of Commerce in Bangladesh. Sketch: TBS

Key challenges for the next government of Bangladesh after the election

Infographic detailing Bangladesh's post-election economic priorities, showing charts on export sectors like RMG, declining private sector credit growth, shrinking investment-to-GDP ratio, and challenges for the capital market in 2025.

Restore private sector confidence

TBS Sketch

'We reorganised BIDA around the investor life cycle'

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

Illustration: TBS

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

Abu Ahmed, Chairman of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB). Sketch: TBS

Cut interest rates, bring in good companies to revive the stock market