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A journalist's journalist

2019-08-01 12:00:00

Remembering Moazzem Hossain

I first met Moazzem Bhai in 2010 through a common friend Dr. Zaidi Sattar. Zaidi Bhai and I were colleagues at the World Bank and...

A committed, patriotic editor

2019-08-01 00:00:00

Remembering Moazzem Hossain

We recall with great sorrow that today is the 1st death anniversary of one of our iconic business journalist and the founder Editor of The...

A journalist par excellence

2019-08-01 00:00:00

Remembering Moazzem Hossain

On 01 August 2018, exactly one year ago, Bangladesh lost one of its finest journalists. At heart and in mind, he was the epitome of...

‘Moazzem lived his life wonderfully’

2019-08-01 00:00:00

Remembering Moazzem Hossain

"There is no death daughter, People die only when we forget them'', my mother explained shortly before she left me. ''If you can remember me,...

A man who abhorred greed and pretension

2019-08-01 00:00:00

Remembering Moazzem Hossain

I first met Moazzem in 1964 when we both got admitted in the Economics Department of Dhaka University as undergraduate students. I met him last...

The guiding light that we lost

2019-08-01 00:00:00

Remembering Moazzem Hossain

A long distance call helped change my work plan in the USA. It was Moazzem Hossain from Dhaka. 'What are you doing Shahid over there...

In the eye of his successor

2019-08-01 00:00:00

Remembering Moazzem Hossain

The one outstanding feature of Moazzem's professional persona was that he wore many hats. Most people identify him as the founding editor of The Financial...

Innovation, technology with a gender perspective crucial

2019-03-08 00:00:00

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY 2019

At a time when innovation is dominant, shaping and changing the way people live in every part of the world, we have to be intentional...

Maternity benefit for working women: Does one size fit all?

2019-03-08 00:00:00

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY 2019

Maternity is a cherished event of life for women. However, for a working woman, the happiness of becoming a mother is accompanied by various contradictions...

The nightmare for women in city

2019-03-08 00:00:00

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY 2019

Prapti, Priya and Prokity were standing beside a busy road in the city to catch a bus. After classes, they were going back home like...

Counting the cost of gender gap in pay

2019-03-08 00:00:00

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY 2019

Is the gender gap in pay on the downward trajectory in Bangladesh? The answer could be 'yes' or 'no.' But this gap is not worse...

International Women’s Day 2019

2019-03-08 00:00:00

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY 2019

On the eve of International Women's Day 2019, I on behalf of Dhaka Women Chamber of Commerce & Industry express our solidarity and heartfelt felicitation...

Registration cost needs to be reduced

2019-02-25 12:00:00

State of Construction Industry in Bangladesh

The following are the excerpts from the interview of Engr. Iftekhar Hosen, Managaing Director of CPDL, in an interview with The Financial Express.FE: Would you...

Gypsum board, an eco-friendly construction material

2019-02-25 00:00:00

State of Construction Industry in Bangladesh

The government's infrastructure projects, increased construction activities in rural and suburban areas and growth of the real estate sector are the factors which are fuelling...

Berger to produce high-end construction chemicals

2019-02-25 00:00:00

State of Construction Industry in Bangladesh

Berger Paints Bangladesh Limited (BPBL) is ablolaely the market leader in the paint industry, having notched up more than 55 per cent market share. It...

Customers regaining confidence in housing sector

2019-02-25 00:00:00

State of Construction Industry in Bangladesh

The following are the excerpts from the interview of Mufakkharul Islam Khasru, Managing Director of Finlay Properties Limited, an affiliate of JF (Bangladesh) Ltd, in...