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Mahtab Uddin Ahmed

gender discrimination in Bangladesh workplaces

The cost of neutrality

17 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Two neighbours went to a village elder with a dispute. After hearing the first man, the elder said, “You are right”.
17 July 2026, 00:00 AM
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The floor economy

10 July 2026, 00:00 AM
We Bangladeshis love being unique, usually in the wrong direction. We speak of governance “of the people, by the people, for the people”, then regulate as if service providers prepared the draft, proofread it, and blessed it for their spiritual welfare.
10 July 2026, 00:00 AM
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Work from home: Worshipping the office chair

3 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Office attendance is not merely a management practice; it is almost a cultural festival.
3 July 2026, 00:00 AM
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The orphan CEO

26 June 2026, 00:00 AM
My office is slowly becoming a corporate emergency ward. CEOs walk in not with ECG reports, but with bruised egos, unsigned exit letters and bonuses that have developed a terminal illness.
26 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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The nodding trap

19 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Alignment is often achieved the way we achieve traffic discipline: everyone honks, nobody moves, and yet each driver is fully confident that the jam is caused by someone else.
19 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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Who benefits from digital relief?

14 June 2026, 00:00 AM
In Bangladesh, we have a special talent for feeding the stable owner, polishing the saddle, praising the horse and then wondering why the rider is still walking barefoot.
14 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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The theatre of compliance

5 June 2026, 00:00 AM
We have a tradition. When we cannot solve a problem, we form a committee. When we do not want to solve it, we form an inquiry committee.
5 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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Gender gap / The tea boy test

22 May 2026, 00:00 AM
We often see discrimination only when it becomes loud, ugly, and reportable. But most discrimination in Bangladesh does not arrive with a microphone
22 May 2026, 00:00 AM
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Startups: the new rock stars

I had a very interesting experience recently being a part of a podcast on “The Generation Gap"
7 December 2023, 18:00 PM
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Knowing what you don’t know

Such behaviour is called the “I know it all” syndrome
30 November 2023, 18:00 PM
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Talent export: A lousy deal!

Brain drains occur only when a country fails to offer living conditions that are not at par with others
23 November 2023, 18:00 PM
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Rat race: The treadmill to nowhere

Often, we end up choosing a partner who does not quite match what dreams are made of. It leaves little to the imagination how catastrophic it can be if this realisation dawns after tying the knot! Well, choosing a partner is all about trial and error that does not come with a user manual. But mercifully, most of us are resigned to accepting our fate just as we do when a natural disaster strikes!
16 November 2023, 18:00 PM
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What went wrong with data play?

Fed up being obese, Shrek decides to lose weight. He switches to a healthy diet and works out every day, feeling amazed at how well he adapted to his new lifestyle.
10 November 2023, 01:00 AM
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Do as I say, not as I do

The cherry on top is not always as delicious as it beckons you to believe. Those who look up to their leaders as infallible are often too soon disillusioned by their fallacies, double standard and hypocrisy being the most common of them.
2 November 2023, 17:59 PM
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Self-fulfilling prophecies -- a guide for leaders

Who doesn’t like talking about the boss, especially if he or she happens to be a nasty one. By now, most of us have come across a boss who can predict the future better than an astrologer. And this skill seems to get honed to perfection during the annual appraisal process each year.
26 October 2023, 18:00 PM
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Self-fulfilling prophecies -- a guide for leaders

Who doesn’t like talking about the boss, especially if he or she happens to be a nasty one. By now, most of us have come across a boss who can predict the future better than an astrologer. And this skill seems to get honed to perfection during the annual appraisal process each year.
26 October 2023, 17:44 PM
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Greeting the new data guideline

In today's modern era, most parents have concerns about their children’s screen time. While we delude ourselves saying the problem is mainly with the new generation and is still reversible, the real test would be to spend a day or a week without a smartphone with all its goodies like Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook, etc! Forget about the kids; try it on yourself first. Your misery is likely to melt the heart of even your Creator!
19 October 2023, 15:38 PM
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Why CEOs can’t stand together in crisis

Ever imagined a bank CEO getting slapped in a board meeting? Or a CEO changing his name through an affidavit to save his job just because it annoys the owner of his bank? These are real-life events that took place in our banking sector in recent years.    
22 September 2023, 01:00 AM
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Overhyped 5G fails to deliver on promises

A teacher was once pranked by two students. They tricked him into thinking that he was experiencing a 5G-enabled VR application that turned out to be a nightmare. They hacked into his smartphone and VR headset to create a customised frightful VR environment and recorded his reactions as he suffered in the VR world.
14 September 2023, 18:00 PM
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Family business: echoes of a cracking tower!

Property disputes are nasty, but it is particularly distasteful when it follows the death of a parent. And this phenomenon of fighting over inheritance continues to be a part of human history, no matter which part of the world you are in.
7 September 2023, 18:00 PM
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Gear up for 3D printed food

You’re hungry? Not up to preparing a meal? No worries! Just enter your menu choices into a computer and your dinner appears before you.  
31 August 2023, 18:00 PM
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Foreign trip or company-paid holiday?

While having lunch with his colleagues, Jamal announced he was going to Singapore to attend a training workshop. Cheers followed, but some were struggling to conceal their resentment with “But you came back from Bangalore last month” and the like.
24 August 2023, 18:00 PM
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The hard-to-read bosses

A top executive was once giving a speech at a conference. He said, “Ladies and gentlemen, let me share some of the secrets behind my success.
17 August 2023, 18:00 PM
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Cyber terror alert on August 15

In 2020, a cyber-criminal managed to take over the Twitter accounts of several high-profile individuals and companies, including Elon Musk, Joe Biden and Apple. The accounts were used to post a Bitcoin scam, promising followers they would receive double their money back if they sent Bitcoin to a specific address.
10 August 2023, 18:00 PM
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Who is the next superpower?

One day, the United States, China and Russia met at a racecourse and started arguing about who the next global superpower will be. The United States said, “With the most powerful military in the world, we can defeat any country in a war.”
3 August 2023, 18:00 PM
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Dealing with performance pressure

Once, a poultry farmer was advised by his industrialist friend to corporatise his farm and how it would multiply his profits.
27 July 2023, 18:00 PM
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Coaching: the most impactful but mostly neglected

A coach was giving a pep talk to his team before a big game.
20 July 2023, 18:00 PM
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Ethical data management in an unethical world

In the world that we live in, data is gold, as the saying goes.
13 July 2023, 18:00 PM

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