Business

There had to be shutdowns across the world. We didn’t know what else to do. The only way to escape the virus was to stay inside our homes and not go out as we normally did before the virus onslaught. But, as a result, we experienced enormous losses in businesses,…

The pandemic arising out of the spread of a deadly virus, seemingly, to my mind, has strengthened the helping attitudes of humans towards other humans. We have become more charitable, willing to spend to help others. We are helping others more than we used to in the past. We have…

Recently, on World Television Day, I ran a mini-survey in my workplace on how many people watch TV and what they watch. Among 10 people, four said they watch Gazi TV when the Bangladesh cricket team is playing international games. Three women said they watch Duranta TV; one said she…

When I decided to quit my profession in journalism, I was nervous and scared of a new world that may both usher in uncertainty as well as financial hope. Uncertainty because I was entering into a corporate environment which I had always avoided, even after receiving many offers for jobs,…

Let’s call “chandabaji” extortion. Day in and day out, we Bengalis are surrounded by thousands of extortionists. From a small roadside trader to a big industrialist to a person building his or her own house to a family moving to a new location with a truckload of household goods —…

The terrible fire in Old Dhaka is again a grim reminder to us about how sustainable we are as a city, as businesses, or as individuals living in a locality. The term sustainability has been defined by various think-tanks in a variety of ways. I have seen the development practitioners…

মনে আছে, বছরখানেক আগে আমাদের ঢাকা শহরে সিএনজিচালিত অটোরিকশার মালিক ও চালকরা তাদের গাড়ি আর না চালানোর হুমকি দিয়েছিলেন? ২০১৭ সালের ২৭ নভেম্বর থেকে তাদের অটোরিকশা আর রাস্তায় নামাবেন না বলে পূর্ববার্তা দিয়েছিলেন। তার অর্থ হচ্ছে, সাধারণ যাত্রীরা তাদের অফিস বা কর্মস্থলে যেতে এবং কাজ শেষে বাড়ি ফিরতে আর অটোরিকশা…

For thousands of years, we the teeming billions of residents of this Earth have exploited it for our survival, for our own benefits, and to make money. For many centuries, we have had little time to think about our environmental responsibilities in order to save the Earth, in order to…

When we had landline phones, our calls wouldn’t drop if we could get through, but it used to go to wrong numbers several times. Despite being a wired connection, the landline calls went to many undesired receivers, creating quite a lot of stress and embarrassment. It would take hours to…

বাংলাদেশের টেলিকম খাত অনেক পথ পাড়ি দিয়েছে। অনেক উন্নত দেশের টেলিকম খাতের চেয়েও এগিয়ে আছে বলে আমার মনে হয়। দেশের জাতীয় উন্নয়নে চোখে পড়ার মত অবদান রেখেছে তা নির্দিধায় বলা যায়। প্রথমত, টেলিকম খাত মানুষের সাথে মানুষের যোগাযোগের এক অনন্য বিপ্লব ঘটিয়েছে। সবার হয়তো মনে আছে ল্যান্ড-লাইনে একে-অপরের সাথে যোগাযোগের…