Sazzadul Hassan

Rice is the cornerstone of Bangladesh’s food security, feeding the nation and sustaining rural livelihoods.

The chemical industry, built on a foundation of oil, gas and petrochemical feedstocks, underpins modern manufacturing.

Globalisation once promised an economy in which efficiency, cost and comparative advantage determined where goods were produced.

The country’s pharmaceutical industry has achieved remarkable growth over the past four decades. Meeting 98 percent of the domestic demand for medicines worth more than $3 billion and exporting to over 150 countries, including highly regulated markets such as the UK, the US and the EU, it has become a sector of immense strategic importance.

In 2012, the UN General Assembly declared 20 March as the International Day of Happiness to recognise the relevance of happiness and well-being as universal goals and aspirations in human lives.

It’s crazy out there -- probably the simplest way of manifesting the existing business environment. Rapid technological advancement, increasing geopolitical tensions, mounting competition and shifting market dynamics are some of the critical factors contributing to this extremely challenging situation often summarised as VUCA -- an acronym for volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity.

Generation Z, popularly known as Gen Z, is a term used to represent people born between the late 1990s and early 2000s. This demographic cohort presently accounts for approximately 30 percent of the global population. It is estimated that Gen Z will account for 27 percent of the global workforce by 2025.

Article 18:1 of the constitution of Bangladesh articulates that the state will consider the development of nutritional levels and improvement of public health in the country as a primary duty.