One night I was chatting online in a Yahoo chat room at home in Bangladesh. Suddenly my grandfather came into my room and asked me: "What are you doing now? It's 3 in the morning, go to sleep." I told him, “I can't go to bed now…I'm chatting…please don't get mad at me.” Surprisingly he asked me, “What is that?” I told him, “I'm talking to a teenager in Brazil.” He seemed to think I had gone crazy. He was amazed to hear about online communication. His comment was: "You've become too modern." Yes, I agreed with him, but how modern are we? Bangladesh has a reputation as one of the poorest countries in the world. We fight against poverty and hunger, but globalization gives us more freedom to fight poverty and hunger. However, Bangladesh has become a modern country after opening its borders to free trade and investment. The idea of ​​globalization and modernization arose from the capitalist market mentality in the age of technology. “Globalization occurs when an organization extends its operations to other parts of the world, actively participates in other markets, and competes with organizations located in other countries” (Holton p.36). Bangladesh allows foreign companies to enter our market. Our companies can also enter foreign markets. Globalization makes international borders disappear and increases market competition. In the modern world, globalization also impacts our culture and social life. For example, MacDonalds has introduced American fast food to other parts of the world. Foreign media introduces different cultures to different nations. In my last essay I discussed the disadvantages of globalization in Canada. Other countries, such as Bangladesh, benefit from opening their borders to trade and investment by increasing their modernity. Our history says that we fell behind the modern world during colonial rule, due to our anti-globalization movement. Both Britain and Pakistan ruled Bangladesh for 200 and 23 years respectively. They used their power to exploit the people of Bangladesh and there was no democracy or freedom. This kept us separate from the rest of the world and made it impossible for us to become a modern country. “The birth of Bangladesh in 1971 was the first example of a successful ethno-linguistic nationalist movement in creating a new state in the postcolonial period” (Jahan, p12). Our independence gave us the opportunity to share knowledge with other nations and brought us towards modernity.