The vast majority of young students at Oxford Spires Academy in England are refugees and economic migrants. According to teacher Kate Clanchy, this mixture of cultures and languages creates something magical, including some remarkable poetry in...
Are we a nosy species? A listener married to a woman from Bangladesh explains how a Bengali term that translates as “nose-going” reflects the naturally inquisitive style of Bangladeshi culture. In many languages, the nose figures...
If you’re in Bangladesh, the expression that translates as “oiling your mustache in anticipation of the jackfruit tree bearing fruit” makes perfect sense. In English, it means “don’t count your chickens.” A...
agreemo n.— «The government has approved the “agreemo” of newly appointed US Ambassador to Bangladesh Patrica A Butenis.» —“Government approves agreemo of nominated new US Ambassador” in Dhaka United News...
peoplization n.— «Either from external pressure or from internal inefficiency of the management privatization (“peoplization” as it is called in Sri Lanka) has become the order of the day, no matter whether thousands of...