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Six generations of consumer trust meets comfort
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Taking Bangladeshi footwear up the value chain
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The making of Bangladesh’s leather industry
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A beacon for entrepreneurs

When West Pakistan-based businesses dominated trade and investment in the 1950s and 60s of the country, very few Bangladeshis
19 May 2017

City Bank transforms through innovations

Merely four private banks were in operation in Bangladesh in 1983, when 13 visionary entrepreneurs jointly set up a commercial bank
19 May 2017

The wonder woman in IT

To even own a computer was rare in Bangladesh a quarter of a century ago, as most people did not know much about the modern
19 May 2017

Fortune favours the brave

Kutubuddin Ahmed always had the burning desire to become a businessman, even though he studied mechanical engineering at
19 May 2017

Meghna Group keeps roaring

South African golfer Gary Player once said that the harder one works, the luckier one gets -- and that saying best sums up the
19 May 2017

Winning the fight against corrosion

Do you know why the Statue of Liberty looks blue-green in colour? Originally the statue was dull brown, reflecting the natural colour
23 April 2017

What you should know about corrosion

Corrosion is degradation of the properties of materials due to interactions with their environment. It results in loss of function of the
23 April 2017

Communalising culture

In school, we were made to memorise definitions of culture and civilisation, marking a relationship between the two.
13 April 2017

A festivity of syncretic traditions

Pahela Baishakh is not only the country's largest secular festival but also part of a global celebration. It's part of a universal festivity of the New Year across different cultures and religions.
13 April 2017

THE TANGAIL LANDINGS A signal for victory

I travelled to Tura, the capital of Meghalaya, three times during the war as a representative of Tangail Mukti Bahini to bring arms and
25 March 2017

Let's acknowledge Bangalis as leaders

One of the reasons of making Urdu the sole national language, was that the British had forcefully imposed it in Punjab as the
25 March 2017

Those dark days

Qurbani Eid (Eid-ul-Azha) was in February and one of my uncles had arrived from London. Together with other relatives we left for
25 March 2017

BANGLADESH: The goal of culture and civilisation

On the occasion of 46th Independence Day we are publishing a translation of the renowned litterateur and educationist Dr Muhammad Enamul Haq's article titled Bangladesh: Sangskriti o Sovvotar Loksho. It was published in early 1972. In this article Dr Haq elucidates the importance of adopting secularism as the state policy of the newborn nation.
25 March 2017

The Birangana and the birth of Bangladesh

The year 1971 was a landmark in South Asian history for many reasons. It included the birth of Bangladesh but also the war fought by
25 March 2017

Remembering the year of war

We lived in Rajarbagh Road, across the tin-roofed bamboo barracks of the Police Lines. On the night of March 25, 1971, my brother-
25 March 2017

Editor's note

Bangladesh becoming independent was the inevitable conclusion of decades of struggle against the blatant subjugation that deprived
25 March 2017

FROM SHEIKH MUJIBUR RAHMAN TO OUR BANGABANDHU

As Bangladesh steps into its 46th year as an independent and sovereign nation, it is celebrating its vast achievements,while contemplating the intricate mechanisms needed to address its problems.
25 March 2017

7 years of war crimes trial

7 years of war crimes trial
24 March 2017

Asking the right questions

In the face of scathing criticism from local and international activists and human rights groups about what qualifies as a “special case”, here I am pondering if we truly understand the challenge at hand.
26 February 2017

Safe water for everyone?

In 2015, the global community adopted 17 Global Goals, also called the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), aimed at ending extreme poverty, fighting inequality and injustice, and combating climate change.
26 February 2017