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 8, 2017
Dinajpur temple sheds new light on distant past
Long-renowned for its archaeological wealth, the importance of the Dinajpur region to the study of ancient Bengali civilisation has
July 7, 2017
Mentally ill girl chained for three years
Muhibbur Rahman Sarder, a small-scale farmer from Char Katihari village in Jinari union of Kishoreganj's Hossainpur
July 7, 2017
Mixed orchard shows promise
Six years ago, when Amir Hossain Mia from Mohonganj village in Barisal's Babuganj upazila returned from working in
July 6, 2017
Bamboo baskets a thriving tradition of Bogra's Jamuna river basin
In two villages in Bogra's Jamuna river basin,” weaving bamboo baskets is a tradition with a long history. Up to 600 families in
July 6, 2017
Bananas bring solvency to Lalmonirhat char areas
The remote char (landmass emerging from riverbed) lands in Dharla River basin areas of Lalmonirhat have never been synonymous
July 2, 2017
Former enclave people cry for a bridge
The former enclave of Banshpochai in Lalmonirhat sadar upazila's Kulaghat union is in dire need of a concrete bridge to bring smooth
June 30, 2017
Organic vegetables prove a winner for Jessore farmers
Farmer Ali Hossain from Bodhkhana village in Jessore's Jhikorgachha upazila has dedicated the summer months to producing organically-grown herbs,
June 30, 2017
Giver of blessings
Abdul Jalil, 52, from Nayanpur in Dinajpur municipality is well-known throughout the district town, but not always by name.
June 25, 2017
Where there's a will
When he's in the field labouring as a farmhand, Abdul Mazid from Songolshi Kachari village in Nilphamari sadar upazila hardly stands
June 24, 2017
Change Maker: Library on wheels
Travel the Khulna to Bagerhat Road and in the vicinity of Noihati in Khulna's Rupsha upazila you might see the curious sight of a man
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