KNOT SO TRUE

KNOT SO TRUE

BANGLADESH RMG SECTOR / 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.

3m 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.

4m 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?

11m ago

Opinion / Dissolve the people, elect a new one?

Politics 101 today runs the risk of being solely authored by autocrats from all over the world.

12m 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.

1y ago

What do they want from Bangladesh?

Instead of better governance and practices yielding better returns, most US companies emphasise 'value' over 'values.'

1y ago

RMG Protests / 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

Politics of Fire

Let the truth be known: no one has any idea what’s going to happen to Bangladeshi politics.

1y ago

The alternative road to dissent

Luckily we don't live in the United States of America. Luckily we don't have to take to the streets to protest the executive orders of the president.

7y ago

Bureaucracy cannot yield to business

Three hundred and sixty nine billion people, who constitute the poorest 50 percent own USD 426 billion.

7y ago

The upside down era

This year, many of us read about 'listening hairbrushes' taking control of our split ends, toothbrushes filming the inside of our mouths, beds reacting to a person's sleeping position, cars learning from the brains of drivers, like the Concept-i car by Toyota, which, with an advanced artificial intelligence system, can act as a faithful dog or a pining boyfriend.

7y ago

The year that was for us

1 and 9 have always been the most significant numbers in my life. Most of what has happened to me (save one) has always taken place on dates that add to either 1 or 9.

8y ago

Half-truths and agendas

I get apprehensive every time I discover a questionnaire on my table. Each questionnaire seems to be arriving with a specific agenda.

8y ago

Wake up, Mrs. Bangladesh

I saw a butterfly following me around. Usually, butterflies mean either death or marriage in the family. Every time, I see one, I shudder in fear and uncertainty.

8y ago

Don't throw the baby out with the bath water

The BGMEA building has been termed a "cancer". Today, it is almost symbolic to bring the BGMEA building down.

8y ago

The extra pair of eyes

Strangely, we are not where we used to be anymore. Students who used to steer movements against tyranny have themselves become tyrants.

8y ago

The Next Hope

A car hit one of the workers working in our house this morning. He was cleaning the wall and the car smashed his bones.

8y ago

Blood versus Boom

What has actually gone wrong in the South Asian landscape? If one singles Pakistan out in this South Asian equation, one then naturally wonders, why the leaders of a single country that is projected to take off as the next investment friendly area, be unwise to jeopardise regional integration that could turn South Asia to record the highest GDP growth by 2030?

8y ago