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
March 2, 2017
Perseverance key to duck hatchery success
Hye Mia, 34, of Uttar Ghagoa village in Gaibandha Sadar upazila knows what it's like to be poor and unemployed. Fortunately, it seems the directionless years of struggle which characterised his young adulthood, are finally behind him.
March 1, 2017
Begging is not a job
Paresh Chandra Barmon, 46, from Kacharipara village in Bhadai union of Lalmonirhat's Aditmari upazila doesn't
February 26, 2017
Poet's home on verge of ruin
For a poet, a dilapidated building might well be a source of inspiration, but it does not make for a befitting commemoration. Sadly, the
February 25, 2017
Into the abyss of mental illness
Mental illness is a significant challenge for any family, but for a struggling rural family it can be truly catastrophic. In circumstances
February 23, 2017
Community-made bridge brings relief
Until recently, residents of Vuraghat and Chaulapara areas in Bogra's Shibganj municipality had to either take a boat
February 22, 2017
Vanishing ponds raise fire risk in Pirojpur
Even a decade ago, Pirojpur was a town adorned with ponds. As land prices have soared in recent years however, many of the town's
February 19, 2017
Ancient tamarind tree, a community's pride
Long ago in Chapainawabganj, potentially during the reign of the Mughal emperor Jahangir, whether by gravity's force or human hand
February 18, 2017
Change Maker: The guardian of nature
Insomnia is a curse with many potential causes. But if rickshaw puller Abdul Samad Sheikh, 60, from Vagondanga village in Faridpur sadar upazila's Aliabad union suffers from a restless night, the cause is likely obvious: he didn't plant a tree that day. For the last 48 years the man known as 'Tree Samad' has planted at least one tree per day. It's his passion.
February 17, 2017
Land acquisition tension grips students
In the shoal areas earmarked for land acquisition to facilitate infrastructure development for the new Mymensingh Division, continuing
February 17, 2017
Classrooms risky, primary school students study in fear
For many young students in Chapainawabganj, attending primary school is a risky business.
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