A story of expansion, crisis and missed opportunities
Every time a Western consumer walks into the store and checks the manufacturing source, they don’t question the quality, but the ethical integrity of the product.
1m ago
Transitions, coins, and lenses
Business associations have been subjected to an endless game of masquerade where garlands, pictures and faces changed with the direction of the political wind.
2m ago
My powerless poster walk
Although we have the Graffiti Writing and Poster Sticking Control Act, 2012 to prevent visual pollution, nothing much has been done to implement it. Why, though?
10m ago
Dissolve the people, elect a new one?
Politics 101 today runs the risk of being solely authored by autocrats from all over the world.
10m ago
Resolutions for 2024
Eating less and battling calories have been pains of the highest order. But little do we know that our minds have everything to do with our appetite.
11m ago
What do they want from Bangladesh?
Instead of better governance and practices yielding better returns, most US companies emphasise 'value' over 'values.'
11m ago
Remembering Annisul Huq: The man behind the public persona
Six years ago, a perfectly healthy man in his 60s just left me and my children in a state of shock and emptiness.
12m ago
A tale of the Green versus the Red
The RMG sector needs to be united in being professional, go forward with value addition and, most of all, opt for strong industrial relations with labour.
1y ago
September 5, 2021
Knot so true
It was 2013 that brought about a massive change in the local garment industry. Rana Plaza had collapsed and with around 1,132 lives lost in the incident, the entire nation suffered a sense of collective grief.
June 13, 2021
Lessons, Reversals and Truth
We are living in a time of self-doubt, of suspicion, of negation, and of regret.
December 8, 2020
Covid-19, Industry and Bureaucracy
When the sky isn’t looking clear anymore, to say you are watching the clouds go by with the hope of a better day is being cautiously optimistic.
October 21, 2020
The disconnect between the industry and others
I took a break from writing columns ever since I took over as the President of the Bangladesh Manufacturers and Exporters Association.
February 25, 2020
Indomitable spirit of private sector can help beat the odds
Over 8,000 km away, everything looks different. The skies, the sunrise, the people and of course, trade. In Paris, the three-day Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Forum on Due Diligence in the Garment and Footwear Sector,
November 30, 2019
I called him Moi
I always need a clean sheet to write on. I always prefer the backside of a calendar month to detail projects.
October 3, 2019
Not Giving Up
Back from the UNGA. In the last 5 months and 10 days that I have been serving as president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association, my brain has been on an overdrive.
June 4, 2019
Up in the clouds
Your columnist has just completed a little over a month of being a “female” leader of an exporters’ association.
March 21, 2019
RMG vision: The immediate and the important
It's an era of innovation. It's an era of efficiency. In one part of the world, they are making “smart” jackets, which are creating a microclimate for the wearers, by using carbon fibre heating pads, and are also using Amazon's smart assistant Alexa to even pre-heat the jacket before the consumers are putting them on.
March 7, 2019
A Wo-man
A friend of mine calls me a “wo-man”. The reason why he hyphenates and breaks the word is a surprise. I asked him why he does so and he explained.
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