Positive signals on $4.5b IMF loan

In a Dhanmondi kitchen, Sharmin Alam starts her day before most of the city wakes up. By the time Dhaka's traffic builds, she has already prepared and dispatched lunch boxes to two corporate offices under regular contract. Her menu runs fro...

For many Bangladeshi consumers, one simple phrase carries memories that go far beyond advertising: “Tumi Ami Aar Danish, Amader Danish”. For generations, Danish was never just a condensed milk brand. It turned up in childhood ki...

It was a simple goodbye at a medium-sized private bank in Dhaka. They were celebrating one of their brightest. She had just completed an intensive 18-month leadership rotation built for her. It included time in Chattogram and a place at a r...

One has to travel by boat for some hours, then take a Mahindra jeep, then walk thirty minutes to a few hours on the hill tracts, past muddy roads and steep slopes, to reach a para (neighbourhood) like the one Renu Aktar calls home. Three ye...

When I was a child I watched anime because it was fun. I wanted to see Goku get stronger in Dragon Ball Z, Naruto become Hokage, Ash win another badge in Pokémon. I waited for the next episode, argued with friends about who would win...

"First year at university felt like the ground had shifted under me. I was brilliant in school. Suddenly I was average, surrounded by people who seemed to have everything figured out. I stopped sleeping, eating properly. I told no one." Th...

There was a time when university represented a period of intellectual exploration - a space where students could question assumptions, discover new ideas and gradually prepare for professional life. Today, that understanding is quietly chan...