Jannatul Ferdous

Some of us think vacation starts when you land in a foreign country, connect to the Wi-Fi there, and immediately announce your arrival by sending blurry airport selfies to six different group chats. The truth is far less glamorous. If your journey begins with stiff necks, dried-out cabin air, and the emotional damage of being reclined upon repeatedly, then your holiday has already lost its head start.

Anxiety, fear, grief and guilt haunt survivors for much longer than the virus.

Bangla movies – at a second glance – are inherently Marxist.

In 2017, the World Economic Forum featured an article claiming Bangladesh to be the “New Asian Tiger” which captured the attention of researchers, policymakers, economists, development workers, and the government.

September is rearing its head around the corner again, and for those fresh-faced high school graduates, it means university is finally about to start.