FARUK AHMED | Daily Observer

HEADLINE

● PM leaves Türkiye for Dhaka after COP31 summit ● Zubaida attends Turkish First Lady's luncheon ● Short circuit suspected in fire at MP Nusrat's house: Home Minister ● Country has adequate pneumonia vaccine stocks: Minister ● PM seeks Australia's support for investment, Rohingya repatriation ● Man sentenced to death for killing Judge's son ● ADB pledges continued support for pry education reforms

FARUK AHMED

Consulting Editor, The Daily Observer | Chairman, BJFCI

Faruk Ahmed is a veteran financial and development journalist with over 40 years of experience across Bangladesh’s leading English-language newspapers, television channels and national and international news agencies, including BSS. He has worked with The Bangladesh Observer, The Financial Express and The Bangladesh Express, as well as BTV and Channel i, producing innovative business and financial programmes.
A pioneer in financial journalism, he conducted credit ratings and performance assessments of 22 private commercial banks in 2000 for the first time in Bangladesh through THE BANGLADESH EXPRESS as it's Editor & Publisher, setting an early benchmark for independent banking-sector scrutiny. Faruk Ahmed also pioneered CEO dialogues through print and broadcast media, bringing bank leaders, policymakers, business executives and journalists together for the first time in Bangladesh.
A champion of financial innovation, he has actively promoted digital finance, financial inclusion and informed economic debate. He also chairs the Bangladesh Journalists Foundation for Consumers and Investors (BJFCI), a non-profit organisation of senior journalists from mainstream newspapers and television channels.

Is the concentration of corporate wealth destroying the economic future of a generation?

FARUK AHMED

From Dhaka to Delhi and across Europe, Gen Z is demanding more than political change. It wants a fair chance to work, earn, own a home and build a future. Governments and businesses that dismiss this demand as youthful anger

Bangladesh’s Economic Lifeline Under Fire

FARUK AHMED

Bangladesh cannot afford to have its export lifeline paralysed while its domestic economy struggles to regain momentum and external risks multiply. A wage settlement is no longer merely an industrial necessity; it is an economic imperative.Bangladesh’s economic lifeline is coming

November 7: The People’s Revolt That Redefined Bangladesh

FARUK AHMED

When power becomes deaf to the people, the streets become the voice of history. Bangladesh has witnessed this more than once.Bangladesh's political history is punctuated by popular uprisings against repression, exclusion and the abuse of power. From the dramatic upheaval

Can Bangladesh Turn BIG-B into an Industrial Breakthrough?

FARUK AHMED

Japan’s trillion-yen investment ambition could help transform Bangladesh into a regional manufacturing and technology hub. But corruption, bureaucratic paralysis and geopolitical rivalry threaten to turn a historic opportunity into another unfulfilled promise.Foreign investment is no free lunch. Every dollar attracted

Tarique’s Industrial Dream: Ashik’s ¥1 Trillion Japan Pitch

FARUK AHMED

One presentation. One ambitious industrial vision. And a financial prospect that could reshape Bangladesh’s economic future.In Tokyo, Ashik Chowdhury, Executive Chairman of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA), stood at the forefront of Bangladesh’s investment drive, presenting the country’s potential

Japan’s BIG-B Gambit: India’s Transit Stakes and the Bay of Bengal Power Game

FARUK AHMED

The Bay of Bengal is no longer merely a maritime corridor. It is becoming a gateway to industrial growth, resilient supply chains and strategic influence across the Indo-Pacific. At its centre stands Bangladesh, whose location between South and Southeast Asia

Can Engineering Talent Spark the Next Export Revolution?

FARUK AHMED

Bangladesh stitched its way into the global economy. Now, it wants to engineer its way into the future.For decades, garments have powered the country's export machine, employing millions and turning Made in Bangladesh into a globally recognised label. But the

Kiyosaki’s Warning Raises a Global Alarm

FARUK AHMED

A house should be a family's fortress-a source of security, a lifetime investment and a foundation for the next generation. But when mortgage repayments consume household incomes and property prices move beyond financial reach, that fortress can become a trap.This

When the Dream of a Home Becomes a Lifetime of Debt in Dhaka

FARUK AHMED

Imagine spending the best years of your life earning money, raising a family and saving every possible taka only to discover that the home you desperately need moves further beyond your reach with every passing year.Your salary rises, but land