On a train with the EU Ambassador through Bangladesh's tea gardens

As a child in Europe in the 1970s, Michael Miller loved playing with a train set that had a Flying Scotsman locomotive. Decades later, he sits in a snug sleeping car of the Jayantika Express as the European Union (EU) Ambassador to Bangladesh and says his fascination for trains remains,...

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The fatal attraction of digital screens

How much time is too much for children below 17 years of age to spend on digital screens? The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends no screen time for children below two years of age, not more than an hour a day for children aged two to five and less than...

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Celebrating resilience and empowerment The story of Lal Banu

In Kurigram's char areas, where hardship is a daily reality with loss of lives, even the family's main and lone earning member leaving the household for unknown, Mosammat Lal Banu Begum has carved out a path of survival by building resilience through empowerment.After losing her father and only brother within...

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