Not long ago, paying for anything in Bangladesh meant one thing: cash. Salaries arrived in envelopes, rickshaw fares in coins, and sending money to family in the village meant trusting a bus driver or waiting for a relative to travel. Today, a huge share of those same payments happens through a phone — money sent…
Investing in the share market begins with a broker. A stock brokerage firm is a licensed intermediary that lets investors buy and sell shares on a stock exchange — you cannot trade directly on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) or Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) as an individual, so a broker acts on your behalf. The…
Fintech — short for financial technology — refers to companies that use technology to deliver financial services more efficiently than traditional methods allow. In practice, it covers everything from sending money on a mobile phone and paying a utility bill through an app, to the payment gateway quietly processing an online purchase and the digital…
Filing an income tax return is one of those responsibilities that many people put off, often because it seems complicated. In reality, it is a basic civic and legal duty for those required to file, and it matters for practical reasons too. A filed return produces official proof of your tax compliance — commonly needed…
Manufacturing companies build real things — garments, steel, furniture, food products, machinery. Yet many excellent manufacturers remain nearly invisible in the place where modern buyers actually look for suppliers: online. A procurement manager searching for a packaging supplier, an international buyer researching factories, a distributor comparing brands — all of them start with a search…
An easy bike is a battery-powered, three-wheeled vehicle that has become one of the most common sights on Bangladeshi roads. Built around an electric motor and a rechargeable battery pack, it carries passengers or light cargo over short distances without burning any fuel. Many people also know it by other local names, including electric auto-rickshaw,…
The phrase “BUET Auto Rickshaw” has become increasingly common in Bangladesh’s transport conversations, but it is often misunderstood. In simple terms, it usually refers to a battery-powered three-wheeler built using — or inspired by — a safer, standardised auto-rickshaw design developed by a research team at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). The…
Ask anyone in Bangladesh about batteries — for a motorcycle, a car, an IPS at home, or a solar setup in the village — and Hamko is one of the first names that comes up. The brand has been part of the country’s power story for decades, with batteries sold and serviced through an extensive…
Cash still changes hands everywhere in Bangladesh, but the direction of travel is unmistakable. Customers now expect to scan a QR code at a tea stall, pay a boutique through bKash, settle an invoice by bank transfer, and check out of an online store with a card — all without touching a banknote. For businesses,…
Manufacturing sits at the centre of Bangladesh’s remarkable economic transformation. In the space of a few decades, a country once described primarily in terms of agriculture and aid has become one of the world’s most significant garment producers, a pharmaceutical manufacturer serving markets across continents, and home to factories producing everything from ceramics and cement…