Column
The mark-up monotony
"Find the right price for an irresistible offer, which, by the way, isn’t necessarily the lower price.” So stated W. Chan Kim, Professor of Strategy and Management at INSEAD, one of the world’s leading and largest graduate business schools.
22 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Promises, promises and more promises
The Dhaka city mayoral elections may be local but they nevertheless evince keen interest at the national level because of the symbolic value that the office of the mayors carry with them.
22 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Why do we not trust the police?
There is no denying that the present government has taken laudable steps by fulfilling a number of long-felt demands of the mainstream police.
21 January 2020, 18:00 PM
The role of spreadsheets in Brexit
As the UK prepares to leave the European Union on January 31, there are two important issues still unresolved: the monetary cost of Brexit, and the future of UK’s trade relations with the EU.
19 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh caught in the crosscurrents of Middle East posturing
Tensions that saw a renewed escalation in the Middle East after the US unilaterally withdrew from the Iran Nuclear Deal in 2018, on grounds that can be at best termed flimsy and unconvincing, are only intensifying by the day.
19 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Industrial strife affects us all
In recent months, we’ve seen more negative press in international newspapers and journals about the apparel industry of Bangladesh.
19 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Of Camels and Unicorns
In the first few minutes of 2020, nearly 30 animals, mostly apes, were burnt to death in Krefeld Zoo in West Germany.
17 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Heavy New Year
The legendary ball drops at New York City’s Time Square, the Sydney Opera House is all lit up from fireworks as are the Eiffel Tower and many other landmarks around the world, not to mention the countless non-descript ones.
16 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Promoting South-South cooperation to tackle climate change
As Bangla-desh prepares to graduate from the Least Developed Countries (LDC) category in the next few years, we need to plan our relationship with other LDCs in the context of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
14 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Sustainable ‘costing’ can empower factory owners
We hear a lot about the concept of sustainability from an environmental and social standpoint. But what about sustainable business? Is the current customer-supplier model sustainable in the long term with respect to the global apparel industry?
13 January 2020, 18:00 PM
What Soleimani’s assassination means for the IS
The US assassination of General Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC’s) Quds Force
12 January 2020, 18:00 PM
The key to unlocking our potential
It is widely agreed that boosting efficiency is vital to the long-term health and well-being of Bangladesh’s RMG industry.
11 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Brands and suppliers should collaborate on climate
The world is a frightening place right now. In the past few weeks we have seen out of control bushfires ravaging huge parts of Australia, wrecking land and homes and killing many people and animals in the process.
10 January 2020, 18:00 PM
‘The rapist is you’
A Chilean feminist song about rape culture and victim shaming has recently gone viral. The performative piece, based on the work of Rita Segato by a group called Las Tesis, was first presented on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on November 25, 2019.
10 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Fractured and fractious
The last remaining major European colonial powers, Britain and France, were whiffing quite an opportunity at the dawn of World War I, as they found themselves on the right side of history.
8 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Time for a new direction as Bangladesh moves to take the helm
The Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) currently consists of 48 vulnerable developing countries from all the different groups of ...
7 January 2020, 18:00 PM
A DU student’s trauma
Even before we can catch our breath as we enter a new year, a new decade, rape continues to haunt us, reminding us of its presence...
7 January 2020, 18:00 PM
2019: The year sustainability got serious
From a sustainability perspective, the global apparel industry changed quite markedly in 2019.
6 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Trump may start a war with Iran but can he end it?
Did Donald Trump really mean what he said—that it was to prevent war, and not make one, for which a top Iranian military commander was hit in Baghdad on his instructions?
6 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Qassem Soleimani’s Assassination
On January 3, the Middle East was shaken by the news of the assassination of Qassem Soleimani, head of Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) Quds Force, by the United States near Baghdad’s international airport.
4 January 2020, 18:00 PM