March to the beat: How hip-hop music shaped Bangladesh’s quota reform movement
If we flip the pages of history, we will find that rap and hip-hop music has been a powerful medium for expressing discontent, rallying causes, and standing up to authority. Although other forms of music also contributed in their own way, there is something about hip-hop music when it comes to challenging established power structures that sets it apart from the others.
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How to welcome Gen Z in the workplace
From values, work ethics, and communication styles, to even their appearance, Gen Z see things from a different perspective. Given how workplaces are beginning to be more immersed in the Gen Z experience and how they are the future, it is a good idea to be acquainted with their distinct characteristics so that we can develop a better understanding, collaborate better, and make the most of their immense potential.
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From dance to cultural diplomacy: Sadia Islam’s inspiring journey
The Bangladesh Embassy in Portugal recently celebrated Pahela Baishakh for the first time in many years. Sadia Islam, planned the entire event along with H E Rezina Ahmed andalso choreographed an entire set of performances to show the intricacies and finesse of Bengali culture and traditions.
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Transforming digital friendships into real ones
Amidst the sea of likes, comments and fleeting interaction, there lies the possibility of finding people who have the potential to be crucial parts of your life.
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Dress to impress: How to personalise your panjabi for the perfect Eid flair
The holy month of Ramadan is nearly over, and you know what that means — Eid-ul-Fitr and all the things we do that make it memorable: good food, and plenty of invitations and outings. This is the time to put on our best dresses and showcase our style.
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Bongo Bazar blaze: Tragedy to triumph as businesses rebuild
For decades, Bongo Bazar has been a hub for entrepreneurs of all shapes and sizes to thrive and a shopping paradise for the people, from not only Dhaka, but all parts of the globe. Such is its global popularity that it is one of the only places in Dhaka to have translators readily available for international customers.
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August 18, 2022
The Netflix K- Drama Effect: How women are moving to Korea to find love
What is now being referred to as ‘The Netflix effect’, hundreds of women in their early 20s, mostly originating from North America and Europe are visiting South Korea and flooding local hostels. This movement caught the attention of Min Joo Lee, a postdoctoral fellow at Indiana University Bloomington researching on Korean gender and race politics who decided to take a deeper look into it.
August 17, 2022
Make money quicker by making rich friends
If you look at it from an economic and social perspective, these words have more to them than meets the eye. This is exactly what Raj Chetty, a Harvard economist has done. Making friends who come from money plays a very important role in determining your economic mobility. This basically refers to how quickly your income changes overtime. Chetty and his team wanted to find out if that is indeed the case and examined 72.2 million Facebook users between the age of 25-44 and formulated three determinants of measuring “social capital.”
July 31, 2022
Is napping harmful now?
After studying 60,686 individuals who provided information on their napping habits four times between 2006 and 2019, the researchers have come to the conclusion that individuals who napped frequently have a 12 percent higher chance of developing high blood pressure and a 24 percent higher chance of having a stroke as opposed to people who never nap.
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