Interviews

Interviews

Bangladesh has developed a total of 20 varieties of upland cotton. Photo: K Islam, Cotton Development Board

‘Bangladesh can never be self-sufficient in cotton, but plans have been devised to increase production’

The Business Standard spoke to Fakhre Alam Ibne Tabib, executive director of the Cotton Development Board, to delve into the current situation of cotton production, setbacks and plans to reduce...

Photo: Courtesy

Nazmus D Shams: Meet the man transforming the country’s wedding industry

About 80% of Asif’s body is paralysed, leaving him bound to a wheelchair. But that did not hold him back. Photo: Courtesy

Turning tragedy to strength

Education Minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel. Sketch: TBS

'First priority will be completing unfinished projects'

TBS Sketch

‘Furniture export climate not the best it can be’

Michael Kugelman, the Director of the South Asia Institute at the Wilson Center, Washington, US. Sketch: TBS

'Washington increasingly views its relationship with Dhaka through the lens of great power rivalry'

China is an Asian superpower but is ageing fast. By 2040, one-third of China’s population will be over age 60. Photo: Reuters

'Africa can be the new China this century'

Ichiguchi Tomohide, chief representative of Jica in Dhaka. Sketch: TBS

Japanese volunteers to contribute in disaster management, food safety: Jica chief in Dhaka

Sketch of Touhid Hossain. Illustration; TBS

Can any party claim they never accepted such 'interference' before?

Photo: Noor E Alam

Punching above one’s weight: Adnan Haroon’s mission to make boxing popular in Bangladesh

MAX Group Chairman Engr Ghulam Mohammed Alomgir. Sketch: TBS

Cox's Bazar rail station project enriched 'our local engineering skills'

Tariq Omar Ali. Sketch: TBS

Some of the nostalgia for jute, at least implicitly, is a critique of the garments industry: Tariq Omar Ali

Sketch: TBS

'What I am, my conscience, my wealth, everything is given to me by the society'