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.
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.
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.
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.
For seven generations from the early-eighteenth century, the zamindars of Dighapatia near Natore were landlords of a vast estate,
Morzina Begum from Daktarpara in Rangpur town works in a bidi factory, rolling cheap cigarettes. Aged 75, it's not an ideal
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.
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.
North of Teknaf town, afternoon has reached sleepy Hnila's Old Bazar, a few hundred metres west of the Naf River. There's not much
In the hilltop community of Amtoli Para in Himchhari of Cox's Bazar, 20 women from the 70 households are gathered on a mat. With
For some people it's the geography of the capital which appeals. They may wish to climb the corporate ladder or be near the centre of
In the fields at Tajiakata of Moheshkhali's Kutubjom Union they're lifting water, bucket by bucket. The crisscross channels are hand dug to entice a little of the sea inland. Seawater is being lifted, litre by litre, to the first of four shallow tanks carved in the ground.
To venture into Rakhine Para of Moheshkhali Island's Gorakghata is to step into Southeast Asia. It's not only the Buddhist temple
Do you hear the harmonium start to turn its churning phrase? The folk song voice of late Shefali Ghosh isn't far off. On the subject of betel, Moheshkhali's paan, she's got something to say.
Nowadays, 33-year-old Muslim Miah of Cox's Bazar's Moheshkhali earns his living as proprietor of a tailor shop in Ghotibanga Bazar of
Unique among Bangladeshi islands for its hilly terrain, Moheshkhali in Cox's Bazar is assumed to have separated from the mainland
In the dry spring months Moheshkhali Island's Ghortibanga Bazar appears as a desert outpost, a film set from a western genre movie. It
Solitude or loneliness, quiet reflection and public interaction: are experiences of these feelings and moments innate or cultural?
