KNOT SO TRUE
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?
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.
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.
What do they want from Bangladesh?
Instead of better governance and practices yielding better returns, most US companies emphasise 'value' over 'values.'
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.
Politics of Fire
Let the truth be known: no one has any idea what’s going to happen to Bangladeshi politics.
Free pages, free lenses
There’s a reason why, in the land that we live on, 217 journalists have reportedly been harassed, tortured and repressed in the last nine months and why one even died.
Life after #GotaGoHome
Among four South Asian nations, Sri Lanka performed the best in containing high inflation.
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.
Up in the clouds
Your columnist has just completed a little over a month of being a “female” leader of an exporters’ association.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
