After four decades of doing important work in Bangladesh's academic landscape, Sunrise Coaching Center is making a comeback. Founded in 1983, the institution became a trusted name for generations of students preparing for university and competitive admissions exams. Now, under a new partnership, it's returning with an expanded infrastructure and digital integration. HulkenStein Ltd., a […]
When Comalytics decided to reduce its technical staff in Johannesburg and made a team in Bangladesh its technology department, they needed something the playbook says emerging market firms can't provide: deep expertise, long-term thinking, and partners who would optimize its business instead of their own billable hours. The company found it in nopStation, now a […]
We have been quite productive over the last few weeks—churning out fascinating interviews with people doing important work across sectors at regular intervals after a long time. Below are seven such excellent interviews from the past several weeks in one place for your easy consumption. Each interview comes with unusual depth and rare experiential insights […]
A draft law responding to fraud cases includes necessary reforms—but also an ownership restriction that will stifle the growth of the sector and contradict Bangladesh's economic priorities. Bangladesh's travel agency sector faces some serious challenges. In recent years, several offline and online travel agencies have been involved in fraud cases. Customers lost money on tickets […]
Mir Shahrukh Islam is the Managing Director and CEO of Bondstein Technologies Limited, a Dhaka-based technology company that has been doing fascinating work across telematics and connecting machines, factories, and complex industrial systems using technologies like AI, ML, IoT, AR, VR, custom software solutions, and design. When Shahrukh first appeared in our pages in 2015, […]
Huawei origin story, an interview with Kaz Software founder and CEO, a story on how Brain Station 23 built a national level e-ticketing platform in 8 weeks, an analysis on recent bank deposit protection ordinance, and our eclectic weekly reading suggestions. All links are below. I. The Origin of Huawei: When Desperation Becomes Strategy Most […]
As Bangladesh prepares for the polls in early 2026, a coalition of civic groups is trying something ambitious: building serious conversation and consensus on economic reforms before the election campaign begins in earnest and serious policy discussions take a back seat. The Economic Reform Summit, scheduled for Oct. 27-28 at the Lakeshore Hotel in Dhaka, […]
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