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Arifa Ghani Rahman

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No Apologies Necessary

19 November 2021
It saddens and maddens me when I hear speakers making it a point to announce that they will be speaking in Bangla—to a Bangla-speaking audience. Think about it.
19 November 2021
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Transitioning to online teaching

15 June 2020
On March 16, 2020, amidst fears of the coronavirus outbreak, the Bangladesh government issued a directive decreeing all educational institutions under the Ministry of Education to close.
15 June 2020
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The Story of a Moonlit Night (Part 2)

8 February 2019
Foreign calls were cheap these days. So the parents had whined and cried on the phone: how could they bear their only son living
8 February 2019
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Fiction / The Story of a Moonlit Night (Part I)

1 February 2019
It was a moonlit night – I wouldn't have known had I not gone to the rooftop.
1 February 2019
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The Days of War

23 March 2018
On March 1 at 1.00 pm when Yahya Khan declared on the radio that he was suspending the National Assembly session because of the
23 March 2018
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Fiction / Decision Pending

15 September 2017
He was hell-bent on getting out of Purgatory. There was no good reason for him to be in this position but here he was. It really wasn't
15 September 2017
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CAMPUS / MOODLE AT ULAB

14 May 2015
With the advancement of technology, online learning has become a viable and acceptable mode of teaching and learning throughout the world.
14 May 2015
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