Raffat Binte Rashid

Raffat Binte Rashid

Raffat Binte Rashid is editor of My Dhaka at The Daily Star.

When did Dhaka swap tea for coffee? A tea lover’s dilemma

The article celebrates the rich culture, heritage, and health benefits of tea, lamenting Dhaka’s shift toward coffee culture. It envisions a dream tea bar honouring traditional tea rituals, artisan varieties, and community connection amid modern coffee trends.

3w ago

Finding the men in pink

There are men in pink or men who support women’s rights.

1m ago

The rickshaw debate

For some, the battery-run vehicles are a time-efficient and cost-effective blessing; for others, they are a dangerous disruption to the already precarious traffic system.

1m ago

Eid retail rush: A shopper’s guide to Dhaka

Who is crazy enough to go window shopping at this time of the year? I mean during the month of Ramadan, and that too in a cosmopolitan like Dhaka.

2m ago

Breaking the retirement myth Embracing a second innings

Iris Apfel was one of my favourite celebrities. Apfel was an American textile expert and interior designer by profession.

3m ago

A new era in elderly care

Dr Asha Islam Nayeem, a professor in the Department of History at the Dhaka University, has a heart-wrenching story.

4m ago

Shopping in Dhaka: A trip down memory lane

I heard a friend say that no matter where she goes shopping, be it on 5th Avenue in New York, in old Delhi, or even at Chatuchak Weekend Market in Bangkok, nothing beats the pleasure she finds shopping in Dhaka’s shopping districts: Chandni Chawk, Hawker’s, and New Market.

5m ago

Dhaka: In search of the beginning

The history of Dhaka is as fluid and majestic as the rivers that surround it. Over the centuries, the city’s course has shifted, evolving with each new civilisation that passed through, leaving behind traces of their cultures in its soil.

6m ago
February 24, 2018
February 24, 2018

Terracotta returns

You know how most children throw tantrums to tag along with their moms on every mundane shopping errand or even the ladies' lunch outings? This was way back in time, when Sanjana was just 10, the year around 1978.

February 24, 2018
February 24, 2018

Charm Of The Home-cooked

Centenarian Shahida Begum was a few days shy of her hundredth birthday, a reason why most of her children and grandchildren, with their own sets of grandchildren, made the trip to her quaint village homestead in Bheramara, Khustia.

May 19, 2015
May 19, 2015

Age gracefully and healthily

When your new, young co-worker pipes up and says, "I was just in kindergarten when you started working here,” it burns, leaving a

April 26, 2015
April 26, 2015

Gleneagles Hospital's seminar on ageing held

The Gleneagles Hospital's 17th seminar on “Managing ageing: recent advances in medicine” took place at Sheraton towers in Singapore

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