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Dr Shahadat Khan, Founder and CEO of TallyKhata and TallyPay. Photo: Courtesy

A bold move towards digital payments for 180 million people

Zero interchange fees and provider incentives could bring QR payments to every shop in Bangladesh

Illustration: TBS

P2P Bangla QR could reshape Bangladesh’s digital payment ecosystem

Sohail R K Hussain, Managing Director of Bank Asia PLC. Illustration: TBS

Making Bangla QR an everyday habit with Bank Asia

Illustration: TBS

Bangla QR gains ground, but risks remain

Mohammad Mamdudur Rashid, Chief Executive Officer, United Commercial Bank PLC. Sketch: TBS

UCB's vision for Bangladesh's next growth phase 

Infographic: TBS

Bangladesh's banking sector: Driving the economy forward

An illustrated aerial view of a low-lying coastal settlement, with tin-roofed houses, ponds, farmland, boats and narrow embankments surrounded by rivers and tidal waters. Photo: Generated by AI

National Coastal Declaration

Illustration: TBS

SMEs: Untapped power of Bangladesh economy

Experts discuss challenges in disability-inclusive development, including gaps in reliable data, fragmented policy implementation and weak coordination, at a roundtable titled “Data Matters: Numbers and Evidence are Key to Disability Inclusive Society” at The Business Standard office in Dhaka on 20 May. The event was jointly organised by the Bangladesh Business and Disability Network (BBDN) and BRAC Bank PLC in collaboration with The Business Standard. Photo: Mehedi Hasan

Data gaps stall disability inclusion, experts call for unified national database to boost employment

Speakers at the roundtable “Bangladesh’s Readiness for Climate Disaster Risk Finance and Insurance,” organised by CARE Bangladesh and AOSED at Hotel Sheraton in Dhaka on 14 May, stress the need for stronger domestic climate financing, insurance readiness, and private sector engagement to address growing climate risk and loss-and-damage challenges. Photo: TBS

Bangladesh's readiness for climate disaster risk finance and insurance

Tanveer Mostafa, Director, MGI. Sketch: TBS

MGI is turning CSR into long-term social investment

Kamruzzaman Kamal, Director of Marketing, PRAN-RFL Group. Sketch: TBS

Beyond good intentions: Why responsible business is the only business model that matters

Md Nurul Afser, Deputy Managing Director, Electro Mart Group. Sketch: TBS

Stay Cool. Save Energy. Live Better: Smarter, energy-efficient cooling built for Bangladesh