Meet Imran Bhai. His last vacation was during the 2018 hartal. He thinks “OOO” means “Only On Outlook,” not “Out of Office.” His hobbies include forwarding work emails to himself at 2:00 AM and replying to “Happy Birthday” messages with a Gantt chart. Imran Bhai isn’t alone; he is the unofficial president of Bangladesh’s ever-growing workaholic club.

To capitalise on and accommodate automation, Bangladesh may contemplate several strategies.

According to the US National Bureau of Economic Research, Dhaka is the slowest city in the world in terms of traffic.