Bought with Remittance, Buried in a Coffin?
Opinion on how remittances shape family spending and the hidden social costs behind the money migrants send home.
By Siam Al Zaki · 5 min read
The quiet revolution at Dhaka’s shop counters
The khata is giving way to a screen, and it has less to do with technology than with trust.
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Your Facebook page is not a website
Renting your audience works until the landlord changes the rules.
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What Japan’s Investors Want From Tarique’s Tokyo Visit
$300 Million Plan to Put Chattogram on the Regional Air Map
490 Arrested in Dhaka Raids, but the Arrest Count Tells Only Part of the Story
Polythene Ban Needs More Than Raids
Remittances Near $10 Billion Amid Migrant Workers’ Security in Talks
Bangladesh Targets an 8.5-Fold Cotton Boost by 2050
Social media hasn’t killed personal style, it’s killed how we communicate it
Tuku Warns of Legal Action as LPG Traders Threaten October 15–16 Strike
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We Need To Let Girls Be Children
Laws alone won't protect girls from early sexualisation, child marriage and victim-blaming; societal change is needed to keep children safe.
Syeda Maisha Zahir
A Blunder brother, a poet of the spoken word
Remembering Rushnaf Wadud, an imaginative Bangladeshi singer-songwriter and spoken-word poet whose fiery spirit and music captured human experience.
Faizul Khan Tanim
Bangladeshi food is ready for its global moment
Bangladeshi food is gaining global attention, from London supper clubs to US top-50 restaurants, as chefs push to build a distinctive restaurant scene.
Iqbal Wahhab
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The July Charter Cannot Become Another Broken Promise
A year after the July Charter and a referendum mandate, parliament must deliver the promised reforms or risk turning popular support into another broken promise.
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Stop boosting posts. Start running campaigns.
The blue button is the most expensive habit in Bangladeshi marketing.
Nafew Sajed Joy
Same Script, Different Streets
How everyday grievances in India and France turned into mass protests — and whether governments are listening or just managing the street.
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The Camera Is Not the Enemy
Editorial urges an independent probe, preservation of video evidence and accountability after an attack on students and journalists at Rajshahi University.
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Can an Age Limit Fix What's Wrong With Bangladesh's Legal Education?
Bangladesh proposes ban on enrolment of advocates over 35, sparking debate over age limits and need to reform legal education and Bar Council exams.
Mahdia Joynul Khan
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Build or subscribe? SaaS for founders
When it makes sense to turn your idea into a subscription product, and when a spreadsheet is still the right answer.
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Reels that sell, on a small budget
A phone, a window and a script beat an expensive camera with nothing to say.
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AI won’t replace your sales team. It will answer their WhatsApp
The useful kind of automation is boring, and that is the point.
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Getting your shop onto the map
Local SEO in two minutes: claim the profile, keep the hours right, ask for reviews.
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Your Eid campaign starts earlier than you think
Plan in the first week of Ramadan, not the last.
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When your business outgrows the spreadsheet
Five signs it is time for custom software.
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