“No-No, don't think I do not understand when you say how would I make Dacca (Dhaka) into a heap of rubble”, explained Khaled Musharraf sitting in front of his Toyota Jeep and at the back seat where Shahadat Chowdhury (the then editor of Bichitra magazine) was sitting.

On the occasion of the 48th Anniversary of Independence, we reprint below a segment of a piece written by an eminent journalist and the founding editor of The Daily Star, the late S M Ali. The article was published in a book titled, “After the Dark Night”, in 1974.

When the Bangladesh Government was busy in mastering resources to organise the sectors and brigades, many irregular forces often emerged in the far-flung areas, and took the names of their leaders or the regions from where they originated.

The next world war will be over water. And Bangladesh appears to be most oblivious of all amidst the grim global forecast.

There are hundreds of rivers in the northern and central part of the country which have been allowed to be silted up. At present, river

Providing fresh drinking water in disaster-prone and remote areas is one of the top priorities of BSRM CSR desk. We work in partnership with various local NGOs such as TMSS, GBS, GUK and NDP. We want to contribute towards Bangladesh's effort to achieve the SDGs.

Last year, we met Subita Rani in a tea garden in Sreemangal. A former tea garden worker, Subita walks over half an hour each day,

Everything has changed with the change of time. The use of information technology has changed our lives radically.

BJIT started its journey on 1 July 2001 in Dhaka, Bangladesh with a team of 10 engineers. Later BJIT Inc was founded in Japan as a group company of BJIT Group.

In expediting the economic development of the country, there is no alternative to increasing Value Added Tax (VAT) revenue collection.

The SheTrades initiative aims to connect three million women to market by 2021. The initiative brings together stakeholders around the world to work on seven actions to address trade barriers and create greater opportunities for women entrepreneurs.

Synesis IT ltd is a CMMI level 03 certified company, with over 350 employees that's' been working for over 12 years with clients such as the Government, private sector and corporates to provide value driven solution to their problems with the help of information technology.

The journey started with the personal philosophy to somehow contribute to the development of Bangladesh.

Define Innovation! From the very beginning of his life, this buzz word resonated in the mind of Hitoishi Chakma.

Every morning Sharmin Shila heads to her office in Gulshan-1 from Bashabo.

BRAC IT Services Limited, biTS in short, is a proud member of the eminent BRAC family and is one of the leading IT solution & service providers in Bangladesh specialising in providing a wide range of software solutions & end to end technology service management.

Throughout the years, information technology has penetrated the lives of millions of people all over the world. Bangladesh is no exception to this phenomenon.

Eighteen participants are taking part in the Industry 4.0 zone to showcase their work in artificial intelligence, Machine learning, Internet of Things and other high tech stuff.

BASIS has constantly supported and pushed for improvements in the tech scene of Bangladesh and helped local developers and engineers break through various barriers.

Technology is changing rapidly in today's world. Our dependency on technology is increasing day by day.