A Villager’s Guide to Feeding Foreigners
If you’re a straightforward villager like me, you’ll be curious to entertain the foreigner. Before you do there are things to consider. Foreigners have foreign ways; allowances are required. Yet, despite the inherent challenge it’s good to feed one. Even foreigners need to eat.
5y ago
Corporate training needs a Bangladeshi spin
Importing corporate training modules is fraught with danger. It’s time to recognise the uniqueness and strengths of Bangladeshi corporate culture, and for training providers to tailor sessions accordingly.
5y ago
Life lesson in Sylhet
Away from the news. Away from the enormity of a planet on the brink. Away from inner restlessness there is yet life. It’s what I learnt in Sylhet.
5y ago
At home in the saddle
She's determined and courageous: at the tender age of twelve, Tasmina Aktar from Chak Subolpur village in Naogaon's Dhamoirhat upazila has quite a reputation in horse racing circles. The seventh-grade student is accustomed to placing first or second in any race. As a jockey she's participated in around fifty events. Tasmina is a girl undeterred, happy to compete in a sport usually reserved for men.
6y ago
Natore's princess poet
For seven generations from the early-eighteenth century, the zamindars of Dighapatia near Natore were landlords of a vast estate,
6y ago
When darkness falls
Morzina Begum from Daktarpara in Rangpur town works in a bidi factory, rolling cheap cigarettes. Aged 75, it's not an ideal
6y ago
Bloom and grow, forever
In and around Mathorpara village, in Gaibandha's Shaghata upazila, it's become usual for every newborn child to be welcomed into the world with the planting of a tree. The tradition began three years ago by 28-year-old visual artist Gopal Chandra Barmon, as an extension of a tree-planting hobby carried from boyhood.
6y ago
Cost of floating farms on the rise
In wetland areas of Pirojpur, farming on floating seedbeds called “dhap” is a tradition that spans centuries. Primarily constructed from water hyacinth, the seedbeds that are up to 180 feet long, four feet wide and two feet thick, allow farming in areas otherwise unavailable for regular crops. But this year, the rising cost of floating cultivation has farmers worried.
6y ago
July 20, 2017
9-year-old Mahmuda suffers from debilitating skin condition
For the whole of her life, nine-year-old Mahmuda Akter from Kamdevpur village in Biral upazila of Dinajpur has suffered from an
July 19, 2017
Even a little rain leaves campuses swamped
All it takes in Birganj upazila of Dinajpur is a little rain, a few millimetres of precipitation are sufficient, to submerge education.
July 19, 2017
Ulipur's historic Munshibari in desperate need of maintenance
Founded during the reign of Nawab Sirajuddaula, the attractive administrator's house, the Munshibari in Dharnibari union of Kurigram's Ulipur upazila is a draw card for anyone wishing to explore the area's rich historical heritage.
July 18, 2017
School without regular teacher
The two hundred students of No. 44 Basudeb Saran Government Primary School in Baudharan village in Jagannathpur upazila of
July 16, 2017
The joy of reading
In this era of digital screens and the internet, a visit to Bogra's four-storied Woodburn Government Public Library comes as a pleasant
July 15, 2017
Writing April
We knew each other only through our articles. I liked Tulip Chowdhury's dreamy, messy, stream of consciousness essays. She didn't
July 12, 2017
Change Maker: Stronger together
On the remote shoals in the Jamuna river in Gaibandha district, life is tough. Household dairy farms have long been pursued by village
July 12, 2017
Self-made businesswoman
After covering the daily expenses of her family, Nargis Akter from Uchutia in Manikganj municipality saves around
July 9, 2017
Kuakata tourist police jet ski for rent
In periods of bad weather at Kuakata beach, the speedboats that could normally assist in rescue operations are unavailable. At such
July 9, 2017
Coffee of Kuddus
Bangladesh has a long, established history as a producer of quality tea. As for that other hot beverage, coffee, despite rising
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