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Mahtab Uddin Ahmed

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The theatre of compliance

5 June 2026, 00:00 AM
We have a tradition. When we cannot solve a problem, we form a committee. When we do not want to solve it, we form an inquiry committee.
5 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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Gender gap / The tea boy test

22 May 2026, 00:00 AM
We often see discrimination only when it becomes loud, ugly, and reportable. But most discrimination in Bangladesh does not arrive with a microphone
22 May 2026, 00:00 AM
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The price of saying no

8 May 2026, 00:00 AM
There is an old corporate truth in Bangladesh: everyone admires integrity until it begins to disturb someone important.
8 May 2026, 00:00 AM
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When looting turns respectable

1 May 2026, 00:00 AM
The news was so uplifting that one could almost picture an emergency meeting of the “Chor Samity”, “Dakat Association”, “People Looter Forum” and the esteemed “Bank Looters Welfare Council”. Tea was poured. Samosas arrived. A solemn resolution was passed.
1 May 2026, 00:00 AM
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Think later, punish now

24 April 2026, 00:00 AM
One evening in Dhaka, a man shouted “chor, chor” and “dhor, dhor”, and within seconds a crowd appeared with the efficiency of a flash sale.
24 April 2026, 00:00 AM
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Building the A Team

10 April 2026, 00:00 AM
In many offices, teamwork means eight people joining a meeting, three speaking, two pretending their internet is unstable, one sharing the wrong screen, and the rest saying, “Fully aligned.”
10 April 2026, 00:00 AM
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Fuel subsidy without strategy

3 April 2026, 01:26 AM
When a company runs into financial trouble, the first casualty is usually logic. The chief executive announces a budget review.
3 April 2026, 01:26 AM
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Leadership lessons from a reckless war

27 March 2026, 00:00 AM
Trump launched the crisis, blamed Iran, blamed Europe, blamed the media, and then asked allies for urgent support. It felt like a bad boss breaking the office printer, shouting at staff, and ending the day with a lecture on teamwork.
27 March 2026, 00:00 AM
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When is the right time to quit?

Saquib used to work at a pizza joint where the manager happened to be very miserly.
11 May 2023, 18:00 PM
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Is AI destroying the education system?

While studying the prospects of a digital university, I met one of our finest vice-chancellors who have the vision to launch a true digital university. During our discussion,
4 May 2023, 18:00 PM
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Your failures don’t define you

During my university days, I was asked by my father to take charge of a horticulture project on a large piece of hilly land in our village in Cumilla.
27 April 2023, 18:00 PM
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Why do we judge so quickly?

Two friends, Pessimist and Optimist, were on a bus ride when the latter suggested they stop for a meal.
20 April 2023, 18:00 PM
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Is digital addiction as bad as drugs?

A cop caught an addict with drugs in a public toilet.
13 April 2023, 18:00 PM
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Ramadan: it’s party time!

Ramadan is increasingly becoming a month of feasting and festivities instead of charity, where profiteering in business, fun, and frolic are the mantra
6 April 2023, 18:00 PM
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Great resignation to unprecedented tech layoffs

A college friend who was once an outstanding student failed to do well in his IT career. His family of two university students barely managed with his single income until the pandemic.
30 March 2023, 18:00 PM
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Our love for foreign CEOs over locals

In one of my expat job locations, I discovered that the status symbol of that society would be having a western CEO in their company.
23 March 2023, 18:00 PM
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Regain trust in electoral system using blockchain

In recent times, people seem to be smitten with the term, blockchain, popping it into conversations without much knowledge of the concept.
16 March 2023, 18:00 PM
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Ethics in the unethical world

There was once a young and talented woman who got a job at a corporate giant.
9 March 2023, 18:00 PM
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Future of payments: physical to digital currency

Many of you have probably heard the “Bitcoin Pizza Story” where this man buys a pizza with 10,000 Bitcoins as the value of Bitcoin at the time was only a few cents.
2 March 2023, 18:00 PM
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CSR or eyewash!

A common sight during winter months in recent years has been the distribution of blankets by our politicians, corporate leaders and businessmen to communities with little or no real need for them.
23 February 2023, 18:00 PM
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Will AI only displace jobs?

The anchor of a popular US talk show confronted Alexa, an artificial intelligence (AI) bot, regarding complaints from its users concerning Alexa’s creepy laugh.
16 February 2023, 18:00 PM
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Listening is caring: Do you care?

Some common complaints are: my friends don’t listen to me, my colleagues don’t listen to me, my husband doesn’t listen to me, and even my parents don’t listen to me.
9 February 2023, 18:00 PM
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How to build a Smart Bangladesh

Once upon a time, there was a man who always bragged about his smartness. One day he came across an old man from his village and boasted, “I am the smartest man in the world. Nobody can match my intelligence.”
2 February 2023, 18:00 PM
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Why put all degrees and titles on visiting cards

Walking back from the corner shop, Mr Chowdhury met a neighbour who inquired about what his sons are doing nowadays.
26 January 2023, 18:00 PM
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Cyber security threats to Smart Bangladesh

In 2016, a group of hackers calling themselves “The Impact Team” hacked into Ashley Madison dating website and exposed the personal information of 37 million users.
19 January 2023, 18:00 PM
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Why we struggle to share credit

Back in the day when we went to university, it was a common feature in every batch to have a group of friends who would inadvertently have a designated “Khadem” or “assistant” from the same class, an ordinary-looking, kind-hearted male classmate who would take care of their every need at the drop of a hat!
12 January 2023, 18:00 PM
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Can AI be a threat to human existence?

A group of scientists developed the most advanced artificial intelligence (AI) in the world, but they were left speechless when it announced,
5 January 2023, 18:00 PM
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Dealing with corporate politics and politicians

Once a young boy went to a “Boishakhi Mela” with his father and came upon a vendor selling parrots, which he wished to have dearly.
29 December 2022, 18:00 PM

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