Newspaper headlines and photos on January 1 displayed jubilant children with new textbooks distributed to schools around the country as a new year’s gift.

It is inarguable that education is important, as it opens the door to a better life for everyone.

Bangladesh's apparel industry has changed dramatically over the nearly 40 years since its inception, enjoying rapid expansion, employing some four million people (with 65 percent of the workforce being female) and contributing over USD 32 billion to the nation’s economy last year.

A few days ago, I had performed a Turing test on one of my best critics and keen readers so far: my wife.