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Event Watch: FactFest 2026 Confronts a Funding Crisis in Bangladesh’s Fact-Checking Ecosystem
What happened: FactFest 2026, organized by Digitally Right and the Fojo Media Institute, brought together roughly 100 fact-checkers, journalists, researchers, and students in Dhaka on September 27-28 for more than…
Bangladesh’s $500 Million Plug and Play Opportunity: What the Numbers Actually Promise
The announcement: Bangladesh's government signed a cooperation agreement with Silicon Valley accelerator Plug and Play on September 28, 2026, identifying over $500 million in prospective foreign direct investment opportunities across…
Explainer: What Happens When Bangladesh Graduates From LDC Status on November 24
What is LDC graduation? The UN classifies some countries as Least Developed Countries based on income, human assets and economic…
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The Idea Behind Sonali Bank’s 193% Profit Jump: Treasury Gains, Not Core Strength
The claim: Sonali Bank reported a 193% year-on-year jump in consolidated net profit to Tk1,878 crore for the first half…
Explainer: Why Bangladesh’s Telecom Towers Keep Losing Cables and Batteries to Theft
The problem: Over roughly 20 months, thieves have stripped about 16 kilometres of power cable, more than 2,000 batteries, over…
Opinion: Bangladesh Keeps Talking About AI Readiness. The Google Meeting Is a Test of Whether It Means It
Within the space of two weeks, Bangladesh announced AI and…
Opinion: Losing Old Dhaka’s Neighbourhoods Is a Policy Failure, Not Just Nostalgia
Wari was Dhaka's first planned neighbourhood, laid out by the…
Explainer: The Century-Long History Behind Greenland’s Strategic Value
Denmark and Greenland this month rejected US President Donald Trump's…
Policy Perspectives: Preparing Bangladeshi Migrant Workers for Skilled Jobs in the Gulf
Remittances from Bangladeshi workers abroad — the large majority in…
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Debate: Was Holding the Policy Rate at 9.5% the Right Call?
The trigger: Bangladesh Bank's first-ever quarterly monetary policy, announced September 30, held the policy rate unchanged at 9.5% even as…
Bangladesh Monitor: Inside the Prime Minister’s UNGA Agenda This Week
What we're tracking: Bangladesh's Prime Minister has arrived in New York for the 81st UN General Assembly session, with a…
Bangladesh Is Rewriting Its School Curriculum Around AI. Can Implementation Keep Up?
What's happening: Starting next academic year, Bangladesh will add artificial intelligence, robotics, machine learning, and cybersecurity to textbooks for grades…
Opinion: Trade Deals Won’t Protect Bangladesh’s Exports Without Reform at Home
Bangladesh is in a hurry to sign trade agreements before it leaves the LDC category, scheduled for November 24. The…
Explainer: Why Tk90,800 Crore in Tax Disputes Is Stuck in Bangladesh’s Courts
More than Tk90,800 crore in tax revenue — roughly Tk25,000 crore in income tax, Tk22,000 crore in customs duties and…
The Idea Behind Regulatory Capture: How a Fund Manager Used the Courts to Delay Accountability
RACE Asset Management once managed 10 mutual funds worth roughly Tk3,500 crore, making it Bangladesh's largest fund manager. Regulators later…
Explainer: What a Sovereign Dollar Bond Actually Is, and Why Bangladesh Wants One Now
The basics: A sovereign dollar bond is simply a loan — investors buy the bond, the government receives dollars upfront,…
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