The Star Weekend

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Exactly how much distance did the #Rohingya refugees have to cover to reach Bangladesh? @zymaislam and Amiya Halder have a few estimates

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Satyajit Ray as a masterful graphic designer encapsulated the fine blend of functionality and aesthetics of illustrations. His images contain firm purpose and are aware of their widespread... https://t.co/GbIHbnovLZ

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Accord is a legally binding agreement between European buyers, retailers, and labour unions, signed to maintain structural safety and safe working... https://t.co/Tahx4hEHsx

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"“What the hell is wrong with this place?” was my first thought when the news about the explosions reached me on the morning of Easter Sunday." https://t.co/z6XHAPs0lV

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6 years after Rana Plaza, why are factories that refused to improve their workplace's safety still doing business? Read more in this week's #Spotlight: https://t.co/MU1KPIK5Z0

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This week in #Spotlight, we are taking a closer look at girls' football in Bangladesh: https://t.co/GAJoN6Hkp1

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Everybody and their newly Facebooking grandma want to go viral. How do you do it? https://t.co/fCvk0q8p4m

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In a city where fire incidents are not few and far in between, first responders can be a great boon to the city's disaster preparedness. https://t.co/1gX5WvGXRE

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“I had my trips planned down to the last minute. All my buses, flights, and hotels were booked. I knew every step I was going to take, leaving me more prepared for that trip than any law school exam.

What I didn't foresee was Prague blowing my mind.” https://t.co/sYyS5PqC3s

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“Today, I want to say something to those who felt insulted with the “audacity” of women sporting a T-shirt stating “Don't rub against me” (Ga Gheshe Daraben na)'.

After all, dear brothers, I... https://t.co/BK77q0KWoT

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Zaid Islam's work moves with an energy and process that is unsettling—to participants, witnesses, and bystanders. A friction comes from an implicit and explicit challenge to rules and gatekeepers, rarely held back by bhodrolok concerns. https://t.co/alAfIV3LOe

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Think of some of the words we use most often in our daily lives in Bengali - the word for 'pen'—kolom; the word for 'sky'—asmaan; 'river'—doria;... https://t.co/6RkhmGBRGZ

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The story of a man who sailed across the world in search of refuge, only to end up in a prison in Papua New Guinea. https://t.co/gTJRs6StAe

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The jute industry is in such deep debt that it would have to sell an arm and a leg, and perhaps both kidneys too, to be able to pay all that it owes their workers. https://t.co/60OpRyAPkN

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Why is the fiercest predator of the forest, the Bengal Tiger, in danger and can it be saved? https://t.co/tZVK0w2rlj

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Archi Ananya pays a heartbreaking tribute to her father, the late eminent journalist Md. Shah Alamgir. https://t.co/x7XdeyTb4M

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Rio is a city of varying extremes, encapsulated in wild rainforests and beaches; a metropolis of skyscrapers and shantytowns; a cosmopolitan steeped in history.

Samai Haider explore its many aspects through a series of articles on the city. This is... https://t.co/skLbweCNbv

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Most often, Betty and Veronica's only goal in life was to be Archie's girlfriend... It almost gives out the impression that two girls can only be “frenemies,” that there can never be unadulterated friendship between them like Archie and Jughead's... https://t.co/uvzezSftoE

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“During every monsoon, Teesta swallows my residence and most of my belongings.” https://t.co/6bMSwnngAL

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In a solo exhibition “Disappearing Roots”, Samsul Alam Helal explores the impact of gentrification in the Rangamati hill tracts. https://t.co/DcZeEnJ0Ix

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It is a truth nationally known that Dhaka's air quality is terrible. So what can we do to tackle this problem? https://t.co/96z8ZQKQJX