business

Adrian Wooldridge. Sketch: TBS
Panorama

Five rules for family businesses to thrive

The dynastic principle injects a collection of problems into the heart of business that are all too familiar from the history of royal dynasties

FILE PHOTO: A customer pushes his shopping trolley in front of a Carrefour Hypermarket store in Saint-Herblain near Nantes, France January 15, 2021. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe/File Photo GLOBAL BUSINESS WEEK AHEAD/File Photo
Bangladesh

French retailer Carrefour looks to expand business in Bangladesh

Illustration: TBS
Panorama

How do you deal with loss-making state-owned enterprises?

Proof that govt can’t run real business
Economy

Proof that govt can’t run real business

FundedNext aims to provide funds to traders with the best possible trading experience and to maximise the opportunity to unleash their true potential. Photo: Noor-A-Alam
Panorama

FundedNext: A global prop-trading firm built by a Bangladeshi youth

The bill proposes to set up a farmers welfare board which will ensure attractive financial benefits and monthly pension to the farmers of Kerala/ HT Photo-AP
Energy

Fuel price a big concern for farmers, businesses

Dr Mohammad Naveed Ahmed. Illustration: TBS
Thoughts

Do family-owned businesses in Bangladesh know their actual worth?

Photo: TBS
Videos

Elephant Road curtain traders seek govt support, loans on easy terms to stay afloat

Like many houses in the vicinity, this huge building was built by Sukanta's ancestors with the money from the bronze and brass business. According to him it was built at the beginning of the 20th Century (Bangla year 1307). Photo: Noor-A-Alam
Habitat

A 200-year-old bronze and brass business in a century-old house

Amanat Shah Lungi is the first brand to introduce stitched lungi in Bangladesh. Photo: Courtesy
Panorama

From Amanat Shah to Miah: Bangladesh’s lungi giant goes online

Mannequins wrapped in plastic are seen inside a closed Victoria's Secret store at a shopping mall in Saint Petersburg, Russia on 14 June 2022. Photo: Reuters
Europe

Moscow mall opens for Russian business after big brand exodus

Infographic: TBS
RMG

Doubled source tax to put RMG exporters into trouble: Businesses

Zilingo started out seven years ago as a web portal for consumers in Southeast Asia to buy street fashion and then morphed into a company focused on serving firms in the fashion supply chain. Photo: Bloomberg
Panorama

How to torch your unicorn