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
February 16, 2017
Of plants & healing
Naznin Akhter Nipa's garden in Katianangla, in Khulna's Batiaghata upazila, is full of weird and wonderful plants. Some, like pineapple,
February 12, 2017
From Japan with love
At home in Japan, 88-year-old Hiroko Kobayashi still teaches ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arranging. With more than 40 years
February 10, 2017
Stone dumping degrades Jaflong tourist site
Better known as a tourist site for its beautiful sweeping landscapes, Sylhet's Jaflong is suffering from stone collection, with associated
February 9, 2017
Gerberas bring joy to Magura horticulturists
Offering a bold burst of colour in elementary design, the gerbera flower from the daisy family is a lesson in the genius of simplicity.
February 8, 2017
On track to be tobacco farm free
Jhenidah farmers are quitting the tobacco trade en-masse. Thanks to the efforts of NGOs and social organisations in staging rallies,
February 3, 2017
Training brings better yields
Small-scale Rangpur farmers are increasing their incomes through better yields, greater knowledge and improved access to finance, thanks to the Growing Together Programme organised cooperatively between an agro-chemical company and two development organisations.
February 1, 2017
Begging for son's schooling
Last Sunday afternoon, neatly dressed 12-year-old boy with books in hand was crossing busy Shaheed Dr Zikrul Huq Road in Nilphamari's Saidpur municipality.
February 1, 2017
One of Asia's biggest seed producers
In the perilous years of the Second World War contractor Hemendranath Dutta from Kolkata established an expansive farm at
July 4, 2016
'Extremists not welcome in Hatiya'
At an iftar event held at Sagoria High School in Burir Char Union of Noakhali's Hatiya Island last Saturday, popular ex-MP Mohammed Ali
March 31, 2016
An unorthodox business destination: Laos
Stories of Bangladeshis traversing the world in search of employment or business are common. From South Korea to Abu Dhabi, from
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