Dhaka, Aug. 4 -- It's COVID time. The world is almost upside down with everything in tatters. All heads, be they holding the rein of families or organisations, are finding it difficult to keep their boats steady. They are a bunch of worried individuals who are eagerly awaiting the end of the pandemic.

I do often wonder had Moazzem Bhai been alive, how he would have handled the on-going pressure as editor and managing director of The Financial Express (FE), country's first English financial daily he led from the beginning. Three issues---quality, circulation and revenue of the paper---kept his mind preoccupied, always. The pandemic has put all these on the line. Newspapers are going through a tough time---a few have ceased publication and...