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Sadeka’s magic lamp: How a garment worker became an RMG CEO

Eight years in the making, Sadeka’s life is the story of how an ambitious young girl changed her and her family’s life against all odds. Sadeka Begum had a very busy schedule in Japan in the second week of March. She went there with her alma mater Asian University for...
Eyes on the bigger picture

Eyes on the bigger picture

Around five years back, Chaity gave up on preparing for the BCS exam. Today, she is a prominent member of the Landsat 9 (a satellite launched by NASA) Calibration and Validation team. As a young girl growing up in Narsingdi, Bangladesh, Manisha Das Chaity was always...

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Trillion-dollar economy achievable before 2040

Trillion-dollar economy achievable before 2040

Bangladesh will become a trillion-dollar economy much before 2040 because of infrastructural developments, economic growth momentum and the confidence and indomitable spirit of local entrepreneurs, said FBCCI President Md Jashim Uddin yesterday. "We had a lot of...

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E-commerce buoyant riding on women entrepreneurs

E-commerce buoyant riding on women entrepreneurs

Women entrepreneurs are playing a vital role in keeping Bangladesh's digital commerce segment buoyant using their skills and resilience, giving a much-needed fillip to a sector reeling under crisis because of plummeting sales, scams and unprecedented inflation....

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Bangladesh got $1.56bn in remittance in February

Bangladesh got $1.56bn in remittance in February

Bangladesh received inward remittance of $1.56 billion in February, which was $1.95 billion in January. Though the inward remittance flow decreased in February compared to January, the overall remittance flow rose in the first eight months of the current fiscal year...

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Meet the first Bangladeshi Partner of Goldman Sachs

Meet the first Bangladeshi Partner of Goldman Sachs

Ryad Yousuf reminisces about his childhood in Dhaka in the late 1980s and how those experiences helped build his character. He shares lessons from his career that provide insights into how things can be done better in Bangladesh. It was the late 1980s and HM Ershad...

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