Cover Story

FREELANCING Jobs Without Borders

The US Congress last week announced that the office of President of the United States of America will be outsourced as of November 1, 2013 to save the President's $500,000 yearly salary. Jewel Chowdhury, a freelancing management consultant from Dhaka will assume the office of President on that day. Chowdhury was born in the United States while his Bangladeshi parents were vacationing in Florida some forty years ago, thus making him eligible for the presidency. He will receive a salary of USD 260 a month, but no health coverage or other benefits.

Amitava Kar

As American companies keep outsourcing almost every other job to Asian countries, such jokes are all over the web. Now read this true story: Unbeknownst to his bosses, Bob, a high profile web developer for Verizon, the US telecommunication giant,…

Chintito

JUST SO THAT YOU KNOW I WAS IN EUROPE

Chintito

My hiatus of the past twenty days was well spent in eleven cities of Europe, but it kept me away from my column a shade longer owing to the brew of anxiety and excitement that precedes any tour to new…

Current Affairs

DIRTY PICTURE

Shakhawat Liton

Ordinary Bangladeshis are remarkably magnanimous. Otherwise the political parties would have faced trouble while breaching their electoral promises. But the culture of breaching promises does not bring good for the people and country. The recent suspension of GSP facilities by…

Musings

When Bhutto Forgot His People . . .

Syed Badrul Ahsan

I have been leafing through Rafi Raza’s work on his late leader yet once again. Rafi Raza speaks of no nightingale in Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Pakistan: 1967-1977 (published by Oxford University Press quite a good number of years ago).…

Interview

Research It!

Upashana Salam

In 1927, Ivan Pavlov conducted an experiment on his dog. He would ring a bell each time before feeding it. Gradually, Pavlov’s dog began to understand that the bell preceded the arrival of food. He then began to salivate at…

One Off

Politics or No Politics?

Aly Zaker

I have always been a born optimist despite the fact that we, as a nation, have recently been increasingly subjected to various transgressions. I have not lost hope in the goodness of people. I am a strong believer in Tagore’s…

Reflections

Oxygen

Andrew Eagle

Three thousand, three thousand two hundred and beyond… In the Humahuaca Valley in northwest Argentina the altitude sets in and the human body’s resilience is tested. Just how much oxygen does a body need, anyway? Normally there’s a mild headache…

PERSPECTIVE

Man and Superman

Adnan R Amin

“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” —  George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman In modern, popular culture –…

Photo Feature

Art on the Wall

Street art, street painting or graffiti is regarded highly in the western world. The heritage, history and culture are reflected in the street art of a nation. Street art was highly popular as a medium of protest in European or…

Lifestyle

Striding past the streets of Uttara

Amrita Talukder

Navid Khan and Salman Khan are two teenage boys who daily go for walking and jogging in the Friends Club field of Sector 3 in Uttara. “We organised a marathon race with the help of our school, Scholastica last April.…

Anniversary

Kaya’s Anniversary Extravaganza

Fayza Haq

For the anniversary exhibit Gallery Kaya had chosen the cream of painters of the country. Hamiduzzaman Khan’s “Jhum-chash’, shows a mother carrying the baby tied at the back with a cloth. Powerful splashes of jade, cobalt, pearly gray and jet…

Perceptions

Legacies and Destroying Them

M Ahsanur Rahim

The past few weeks have seen a plethora of rather amusing statements by many government officials and prominent businessmen about the direction the country is taking and the direction it should take. For example, there was the finance minister reversing…

Economy

Best Days for Gold

How times change: At the start of the year, the bet was whether gold or platinum would hit the unheard level of US$2,000 an ounce first. Now it is a race to the bottom. Both are fast heading to US$1,000…

Star Diary

No Respect for the Elderly I was going to my college from Azimpur in a Gulshan bound bus, which was soon filled to the brim with passengers. Some women got on the bus at one of the stops even though…

Impressions

Friends Forever

Syed Maqsud Jamil

It was perhaps last year that a report in the print media informed us that HM Ershad had invited his school friend from Dinhata of Kuchbihar to visit Bangladesh and be his guest. Ershad is in his eighties, hence the…

letters

How Green was My City

It is a beautifully written article that makes us think about our total disregard for nature.  After reading this article, I hope, we will be more conscious about preserving trees around us.  Trees may provide urban people with the opportunity…

cartoon strip

The Conspiracy

sharier

Voicebox

“You all will find the article on the internet. There can be nothing more shameful and unfortunate than a person writing against her country.” SHEIKH HASINA Prime Minister Criticising the opposition leader Khaleda Zia for her article seeking suspension of…

Postscript

Cruel, Stupid Moments

AASHA MEHREEN AMIN

There are times in one’s life when despite all intentions of being the contrary one finds oneself in what can best be described as a ‘stupid moment’. It is that split of a second when you are forced to ask…

The Virtual Office