language

Mohammed Foysal Chowdhury, assistant professor, AIUB. Sketch: TBS
Thoughts

Legacy of language as a political weapon

Language has been used as a political weapon to subjugate others in this region during Vedic, Medieval, British, and Pakistani era

Knowing Mandarin can make you an attractive candidate when you apply for a job. Photo: Collected
Pursuit

Why should you learn Chinese?

Coronavirus. Photo: BSS/Xinhua
Coronavirus chronicle

Coronavirus can infect brain tissue, affect memory, language: Brazilian study

We know of someone who might be a mojar manush. What if we refer to him in English as a tasty man? Or think of that rosher manush, our juicy man.
Panorama

Light humour in serious times

Students regardless of their classes attend life skill science class at the Quantum Cosmo School and College. They also meditate once a week/ TBS Photo
Bangladesh

Despite alphabets, no schooling in mother tongue for indigenous children

The Institute of Modern Languages at Dhaka University offers 14 foreign language courses. File Photo: Rehman Asad/TBS
Bangladesh

Chinese language: Beckoning of good life

"A Grammar of the Bengal Language", written by English Orientalist and Philologist Nathaniel Brassey Halhed in 1778. Photo: Collected
Features

The book that shaped Bengali language