Thoughts

Thoughts

Lifting the IPO debt-repayment cap is the second step, not the first

Lifting the IPO debt-repayment cap is the second step, not the first

Sponsors want to repay loans with more than 70% of IPO proceeds. The markets that permit this all share one feature Bangladesh's primary market still lacks: a mechanism that prices the risk.

A customer at a tea stall pays by scanning a Bangla QR code in Dhaka’s Motijheel. Photo: Rajib Dhar

Making Bangla QR work for Bangladesh’s small businesses

Illustration: TBS

Non-Performing Loans: A crisis too long ignored

Financial scams in Bangladesh: Why fraudsters continue to outsmart the system

Financial scams in Bangladesh: Why fraudsters continue to outsmart the system

Photo: Collected

Between happiness and governance: What Bangladesh can learn from Bhutan about democracy

The AI-driven economic flywheel

The AI-driven economic flywheel

Transforming and restructuring the health sector to implement the BNP election manifesto

Transforming and restructuring the health sector to implement the BNP election manifesto

Outsourcing the mind: When convenience replaces cognitive effort 

Outsourcing the mind: When convenience replaces cognitive effort 

Data centres should be viewed as strategic digital infrastructure that supports the country's next phase of industrial development. Photo: REUTERS

Why Bangladesh should power the AI economy 

Photo: TBS

A guide to Dhaka’s best rainy day food spots

Illustration: TBS

Budget FY27's deregulation push needs legal muscle

Is it time to rethink sustainability?

Is it time to rethink sustainability?

Illustration: TBS

Investment follows confidence, not incentives