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
February 13, 2019
Lounge #2: A Narrative of Pride
Close to midnight, it felt surreal. Being in the Samsun Airport in Turkey, only 1.5 flying hours away from Istanbul, made me feel as if I were in a new world. It wasn't a world of magical surprise or rapid development, but one thing was for sure: it was a land that told and sold stories well.
January 23, 2019
Here, Now & Forever
I laugh when the western media goes on a rant about us, the eastern democracy, the eastern economy and the eastern human rights condition.
January 16, 2019
Labour of Love
Ever since 1996, your columnist has been in business. She runs a company that has multiple businesses which once grew from one core business of exporting readymade garments years ago.
December 26, 2018
In honour of education
Half an hour away from home, the air smells the same; the people seem similar, but there's definitely a lack of ostentation. One does not drive through streets of Kolkata in the latest cars; the roads are still swamped with yellow taxis and a touch of Uber and Ola has changed the scene only a bit.
December 12, 2018
From Cambodia, with love
Education indeed. Getting to Phnom Penh took me to yet another learning curve. Not being able to fly out of Dhaka for almost close to 18 hours is a story to share, but getting de-planed and watching passengers reacting to the situation is another narrative altogether.
December 1, 2018
Muri-Makha -Pherey-Asha
Conversations end with half nibbled canapés,
November 28, 2018
Our 'one-in-a-million' man
Every time a tragedy makes an unannounced entry, our lives turn into a pile of grieving memories. Once struck by loss, one moves on to a totally different plane where laughter is almost immediately followed by a fear of an unknown tomorrow.
November 7, 2018
TREXIT: A departure from truth?
The wars that we wage within and beyond our own borders kill us. Yet, we seem to be perpetually living in a state of war where hate speeches flood the internet, trade wars cause the economy to slow down, borders cause tension and perception becomes the truth.
October 24, 2018
Perhaps Platform S?
When Accord and Alliance came to town, the brands and retailers had offered assurance of business continuity and were paying for the audits and assessments.
October 17, 2018
Missing – Privacy, Reality, Truth and Art
Your columnist was in a private conversation with her daughter stressing on the need of a new oven.
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