Two amusing headlines in today’s New Age:
Farmers feel pinch of a draught-like situation
Manpower shortage hampers family planning in Barisal
And here is the rest of the news on a normal day in Bangladesh (on the New Age’s National Page):
Cattle trader found dead
Woman held, heroin seezed
Brahmaputra erosion turns severe – engulfs 150 house in Kurigram
Students block road [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘village life’
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The Giant Frog of Mymensingh
A colleague of mine recently travelled to north east India to hunt for “the Indian Yeti.” The trail took him to the state of Meghalaya, and the remote West Garo Hills, which are just over the border from Bangladesh.
Alastair found that the Garo people living there believe that a 300kg vegetarian “forest man” roams the impenetrable jungle. He [...]
