Business Plus / Fruits, now always in season
14 February 2026, 00:37 AM
Business
Business Plus / Economics of election
7 February 2026, 00:06 AM
Business
Business Plus / Farming superfood in the sea
31 January 2026, 11:23 AM
Business
Business Plus / API Park: The pharmaceutical lifeline still out of reach
24 January 2026, 00:24 AM
Business
Soft-shell crab farming / The new gold of Sundarbans coast
17 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Business
Business Plus / The Gini is out of the bottle
10 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Jaflong Khasia Punji: Touring more like a local, less like a tourist
12 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Business
Business Plus / EU’s GSP+: The lifeline Bangladesh must win before 2029
5 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Business
Business Plus / The economic rise of river islands
28 November 2025, 18:00 PM
Business
Dholaikhal: The scrapyard that keeps Bangladesh moving
21 November 2025, 18:00 PM
Business Plus
Fruits, now always in season
Year-round harvests have made local fruits cheaper and exotic options commonplace
14 February 2026, 00:37 AM
Economics of election
On the morning of January 29th, before the sun had fully risen over Rajshahi, food vendors began arriving at a local Madrasa field.
7 February 2026, 00:06 AM
Farming superfood in the sea
From collecting washed-up seaweed to cultivating it, a small coastal experiment now supports 1,000 households in Cox’s Bazar
31 January 2026, 11:23 AM
API Park: The pharmaceutical lifeline still out of reach
The project, approved in 2008, was meant to anchor the industry’s next phase of growth. Nearly two decades later, the site remains largely idle
24 January 2026, 00:24 AM
The new gold of Sundarbans coast
For generations, coastal families living near the Sundarbans have depended on shrimp farming, fishing, timber cutting, and honey collection to survive.
17 January 2026, 00:00 AM
The Gini is out of the bottle
Economic growth has created a class of wealthy Bangladeshis, but the poor are waiting for the trickle-down
10 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Jaflong Khasia Punji: Touring more like a local, less like a tourist
Stay briefly with the ethnic people, support community-led tourism, livelihoods
12 December 2025, 18:00 PM
EU’s GSP+: The lifeline Bangladesh must win before 2029
In four years, that duty-free facility will cease to exist
5 December 2025, 18:00 PM
The economic rise of river islands
Northern chars evolved from temporary settlements into thriving agricultural hubs
28 November 2025, 18:00 PM
Dholaikhal: The scrapyard that keeps Bangladesh moving
Go to Dholaikhal and see if you can find it there: this is the cruel joke your friends might have hurled at you once you lost your car
21 November 2025, 18:00 PM
Khatunganj: The fading glory of a trading hub
Once the country’s largest trading hotspot, the wholesale market is now losing its old rhythm amid cash crises, loan scams, crumbling infrastructure
14 November 2025, 18:00 PM
Home sweet home
Carpenters at Louhajang upazila in Munshiganj build full wooden homes ready to travel
7 November 2025, 18:00 PM
Sundarbans faces a new test as eco-tourism surges
More Bangladeshis, foreign visitors are heading into the world's largest mangrove forest
31 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Mimi, nostalgia and new bites
Local, global brands offer treats for all budgets, with young people driving the demand
24 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Gold fever
The relentless surge in gold prices is putting people in a tight corner, yet some are still buying the precious metal for potential gain
17 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Between dreams and debt
Excessive recruitment fees, low salaries, and permit costs trap Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia
10 October 2025, 18:00 PM
73 years on, New Market still a shoppers’ haven. Here’s why
Affordability, trust, and tradition bind generations of customers to New Market
3 October 2025, 18:00 PM
South Asia’s unfulfilled trade promise
South Asia trades more with Europe, the US and China than with itself
26 September 2025, 18:00 PM
Factories slash carbon in rooftop solar push
Industries embrace rooftop solar as Bangladesh balances climate risks, export competitiveness
19 September 2025, 18:00 PM
The peanut power
Groundnuts drive an overlooked ecosystem. From char farmers to street vendors and factories, a small crop feeds many
12 September 2025, 18:00 PM