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Araf Momen Aka

Araf Momen Aka is executive at Radiant Pharmaceuticals Ltd. He can be reached at akaaraf@hotmail.com.

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The real picture of Bangladeshi corporate

Bangladesh ranks among worst for worker rights, with overwork and low pay.
1 March 2025, 07:00 AM
Of mortality and unlearnt lessons: A follow-up

Opinion / Of mortality and unlearnt lessons: A follow-up

The fire gutted nearly every shop in the beloved shopping complex among Dhaka residents for the multitude of thrift clothing shops.
4 April 2023, 09:35 AM
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The forgotten people of our wetlands

There is something surreal about Bangladesh’s wetlands. Miles of beautiful scenery, of sparkling shallow waters surrounding patches of land full of greenery.
28 June 2021, 18:00 PM
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The expendable lives of our blue-collar workers

On May 1 the world celebrated the contributions of workers to societies especially to the economic growth of nations. Yet news reports on May 5 (The Daily Star) described the dire state of workers in Bangladesh’s informal sector as a result of the economic fallout of the pandemic. Sadly they were not in such a great state before the pandemic either.
22 May 2021, 18:00 PM
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Sins against our rivers

Since childhood, we as Bangladeshis are sung many moving tales of how naturally blessed our country is with its multitude of rivers and other waterbodies.
11 April 2021, 18:00 PM
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Cheap marketing tactics only hurt the brand

Bangladesh is an ever-growing hub of business. We see businesses of every kind—from e-commerce businesses such as online shopping
19 March 2021, 18:00 PM
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How far can humanity go into the outer space?

NASA has released a significant amount of footage, video feeds with audio, and reports on the operation of its Perseverance rover since its landing on Mars on February 18, 2021.
26 February 2021, 18:00 PM
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Time to find better alternatives to tobacco farming

Tobacco farming was introduced to Bangladesh in the mid-1960s in the Teesta silt of the Rangpur region, where tobacco was cultivated on soil meant for growing food crops.
22 February 2021, 18:00 PM
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Learning the BCG matrix through your friend circle

Ever wondered what universally accepted “techniques” marketing teams use to figure out the success/failure of particular brands? Well, today’s your lucky day, because today we’re about to learn how the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) matrix works --- a box divided into four boxes that categorizes a brands portfolio according to the characteristics each of the four boxes represent.
4 September 2019, 18:00 PM
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DOOM MODS you have to try

​Blood, demons, danger, and high-octane entertainment.
28 August 2019, 18:00 PM
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The Wait

He looked onwards at the sky. A long, hopeful stare. As if the longer he stared into the beautiful blue sky, the faster she would be here.
21 August 2019, 18:00 PM
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Eat, Do the Right Thing, Sleep, Repeat

I’ve never thought that I would get hooked to an anime where the whole plot revolved around a particular class of students that have been assigned to assassinate a teacher while the teacher simultaneously tries to teach the students of that class while avoiding the
24 July 2019, 18:00 PM
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Blur

He looked on in the distance with an empty stare. There was nothing particular those soulless pair of eyes were looking at. He did not care about what he was looking at. His mind could not fathom whatever was going on around him. Quite honestly, he wasn’t even
24 July 2019, 18:00 PM
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Financial Management for Dummies

Bookkeeping for a business is necessary to keep a record of revenues and expenses for better profitability. It’s also important to record the necessary financial information for filing your tax returns. Bookkeeping can be separated into three simple steps:
17 July 2019, 18:00 PM
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The thin line between freedom of speech and hate speech

We live in the age of liberalism. We get to speak out about things in public that would have been considered as unacceptable centuries ago. We are now able to speak up against inequality, point out flaws in our society, and express our personal opinions on a great deal of matters.
29 June 2019, 18:00 PM
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2D Tanks of Carnage and Fun

Tank Stars is a turn-based 2D platform game by Playgendary where you make two 2D modelled tanks battle out in a satisfyingly destructible environment. Tanks can be moved horizontally only and you aim by setting the position, angle and power of the shot.
29 May 2019, 18:00 PM
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The Art of Jumping to Conclusions

South Asians are a peculiar bunch. We live with our set-in-stone values and refuse to accept that we may be wrong at times. We are experts at instantly coming to our own conclusions about a topic we hardly know or a person we barely met.
29 May 2019, 18:00 PM
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The Spooky, The Scary & The Downright Hilarious

Tired of reading the same old stories of love, crime, why marketing is the ‘best course for students ever’, and generally twisted made-up tales? Do you want to spice your reading experience up with horror and ‘horror’ stories? Here is the perfect free app for you.
8 May 2019, 18:00 PM
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Things That Never Change in Villages

Bangladeshis that hardly go anywhere else. Which isn’t exactly a bad thing either of course.
8 May 2019, 18:00 PM
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The story of a social networking app

Hi, my name is Snapshoot. I was a social networking app that had once been on the top, and now I’m rolling down in the mud, trying to cling on so that I don’t fall into the grave Facecopy dug for me.
10 April 2019, 18:00 PM
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Survival tactics in Nilkhet

Ah Nilkhet. The favourite foraging ground of many Bangladeshi bibliophiles, occasional book readers, and students desperate to find the course books they need for their semester.
3 April 2019, 18:00 PM
The Science of Learning

The Science of Learning (for Dummies)

We are familiar with the fact that whether we like it or not, we are hard wired to learn new things. From learning a new language or a new subject to learning
27 March 2019, 18:00 PM
The Olden Times of 2019

The Olden Times of 2019

Cowsar sat there, looking outside his garden at the Red Planet's artificial-earthen beauty. The red earth looked surprisingly pretty in the blinding light of the sun.
20 March 2019, 18:00 PM
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Be careful, it bites!

Puzzle games and mind benders are fun and all in a methodical manner, but there are moments when we merely want pure fun. That is what Hungry Shark World gives you.
6 March 2019, 18:00 PM
Gravity Falls

Here's my “Thank You” to Gravity Falls

Out of all the generic animated shows we have become accustomed to throughout the course of the past few years, Gravity Falls is something that we viewers would love to call a breath of fresh air.
27 February 2019, 18:00 PM
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Of mortality and unlearned lessons

If you Google “Tragedies in Bangladesh,” you will see a multitude of news articles popping up about disastrous mishaps where factories have collapsed, burned, or had a major industrial machinery explode, and claimed the lives of tens to hundreds to thousands of workers and passers-by who were unfortunate enough to be around the area of disaster. And many of these are just the ones in Dhaka city.
26 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Google for the Yahoos

A guide to Google for the Yahoos

Ah, Google Inc. The multination tech-corporation that is so popular that a large number of people don't even know of its parent company, Alphabet Inc.
23 January 2019, 18:00 PM
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Team Fortress

Released back in 10th October 2007, this game is very much alive and still kicking strongly to this very day.
16 January 2019, 18:00 PM

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