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I think the very first thing while writing about this year’s Dhaka Lit Fest (DLF) should be to thank the founders, directors and producers of DLF for making it happen after a long three years gap due to COVID triggered circumstances. The 10th edition of DLF which is also deemed
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Only 10 years old. In the midst of this, life became very difficult for Seema Kumari, a schoolgirl from Bihar, India. One of her legs was amputated in the accident. But she is not willing to stop with the 'disabled' tag. So Seema goes to school every day with one
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We are all familiar with the legendary story of the hare (rabbit) and the tortoise (turtle).1.Let me tell you the familiar story again. Once a race was organized between a hare and a tortoise in the forest. The hare and the tortoise started running. The hare ran fast and looked
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Does "I want you to join our team" mean the same as "I need you to join our team"?The difference between 'I want you to' and 'I need you to'English learners often use these two sentences alternatively. Are they the same?They don't mean the same at all. "To want" and
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The new word Ze has been introduced in Oxford to eliminate gender inequality in words. This decision has been made keeping in mind the fact that there are people of the third gender besides men and women. The good news is that soon the word will be printed in the
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A school in Kolkata, India sent this letter to the parents a few weeks before the exams..Dear Parents,The exams of your children are to start soon. I know you are all really anxious for your child to do well.But, please do remember, amongst the students, who will be sitting for
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No more excuses, now say with courage and confidence - 'I can too'.Excuse 1: ‘I didn’t get a chance to study’.:: Henry Ford, the owner of Ford Motor, did not get a proper education, but he still managed to own one of the best car companies in the world.:: Sachin
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“Dear Mujizah” is a three minutes long short video made by Sharmin Chowdury on the UNESCO World Heritage site “Shait Gambuj Mosque” in Bagherhat, Bangladesh. This documentary has won second place in the Heritage Minutes short video contest -2021, organized by Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum (ICYF),an umbrella youth organization from
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The International Children Peace Prize launched in 2005 by Kidsrights, a Netherland based Child Rights organization, is awarded annually. This year’s award has been given to Sadat Rahman, a 17 year old child from the district of Narail in Bangladesh. The award has been given to him for his innovative
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Many of you might have been familiar with this term for a long time. But in my case, it might be one or two years I first came across this term. When I first came across the term the meaning and implication was not that clear to me. I didn’t
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