International students locked out of Australia by pandemic switch to UK and US
With Australia’s borders all but closed, many young people who long dreamed of an antipodean education are going elsewhere
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Biswanath Cattle Traders
Cattle Traders have been selling lives stocks for centuries across all regions of Bangladesh but what makes Biswanath so famous for this trade? Why does some people use that trading link to rub one’s nose and why does some people get upset when they are asked if they trade in cattle? I want to explore some of these questions in
Read moreUnderstanding Kazi Nazrul Islam’s Poem Woman (নারী)
Kazi Nazrul Islam wrote the poem Woman (নারী) which is all about gender equality. This is a really beautiful poem and one of he’s best. Translating this poem into English was not easy and there are many words and grammar that does not translate very well into another language. This is my first attempt at translating a Bengali poem and
Read moreBob Dylan is not the first songwriter to win the Nobel prize for literature
The 1913 Nobel prize for literature was awarded to the Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore. His work, like Dylan’s, recreates tradition and crosses genres
Read moreHason Raja Memorial
Dewan Hason Raja was born on 21 December 1854 in Rampasha, Bishwanath Upazila of Sylhet District and was the son of Dewan Ali Raja. His mother was Hurmuth Jahan Bibi, the last and fifth wife of Ali Raja. He spent most of his childhood in Sunamganj with his mother. At the age of seven, his father started living in Rampasha
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