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Women entrepreneurs could power Bangladesh’s renewable energy transition

A mix of financial innovation, targeted outreach, community engagement, and risk-sharing will be essential if more women are to participate in renewable energy enterprises.
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19 April 2026, 15:01 PM

Breaking into tech in the US

For mid-career professionals from non-STEM backgrounds, breaking into that ecosystem is often less about learning to code and more about understanding how to position existing experience, build the right skills, and navigate a highly competitive hiring market.
14 April 2026, 10:45 AM

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12 April 2026, 12:59 PM

How we learn from work and what we often miss

The idea of “learning from execution” challenges the tendency to treat results as self-explanatory and argues that without deliberate analysis, both success and failure can mislead.
8 April 2026, 13:22 PM

The rise of D2C in Bangladesh

Walk through any university campus, scroll through Instagram shops, or browse local marketplaces, and one pattern becomes clear: Bangladesh is not just seeing more startups, it is seeing the birth of its first generation of direct-to-consumer brands.
8 April 2026, 10:36 AM

Jobs of the week

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29 March 2026, 13:18 PM

Jobs of the week

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8 March 2026, 13:27 PM

A guide to navigating the workplace in Ramadan

In Bangladesh, Ramadan reshapes not only personal routines but also institutional rhythms. Office hours adjust, traffic patterns shift, and workplace energy follows a different arc across the day.
3 March 2026, 13:58 PM

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1 March 2026, 15:01 PM

The ‘Asian tiger’ dream is stalling. It is time Bangladeshi founders look to the Gulf

There is a familiar refrain doing the rounds in Dhaka’s startup circles. “The ecosystem is dead.” “The ship is sinking.” The mood is understandable, but it misdiagnoses the problem. Bangladesh’s startup ecosystem is not dying. It is just working from the wrong map.
24 February 2026, 13:01 PM

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22 February 2026, 14:04 PM

Why entrepreneurship must be Bangladesh’s next national mission

Traditional employment is under pressure everywhere, squeezed by automation, artificial intelligence, slower growth and the aftershocks of the pandemic. Young people are hit first and hardest, pushed into unemployment, underemployment, or insecure work.
17 February 2026, 09:35 AM

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15 February 2026, 16:58 PM

Work-work balance: how to juggle multiple jobs

Take a step back, catch your breath, and you will realise that breaking down into a few manageable steps can help you tackle this seemingly unachievable act of balancing multiple jobs.
15 February 2026, 15:52 PM

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8 February 2026, 16:11 PM

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1 February 2026, 15:31 PM

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25 January 2026, 15:24 PM

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18 January 2026, 14:17 PM

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11 January 2026, 16:20 PM