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Chittagong, Bangladesh: On the first day of the school year at the Asian University for Women in southern Bangladesh, groups of teenage girls in skinny jeans, sleeveless tops and T-shirts chattered, their laughter carrying through the sticky air. Formin Akter, 19, stood in a corner by a row of suitcases, facing away from the students who seemed so modern and full of confidence. Wearing a tunic and pants that hung loosely on her, she nervously adjusted a brown georgette scarf that kept slipping from her head. When she finally saw someone she recognised, she beamed, holding a card tied to red straps around her neck. "Look at my identity card!" she said, flashing it like a gold medal. Getting a college ID may have been a mildly exciting rite of passage for other new students. For Formin, a stateless Rohingya Muslim from Buddhist-dominated Myanmar, it meant the world. She had spent most of her life dreaming about this moment. But as a Rohingya in Myanmar's apartheid-like Rakhine State, her … [Read more...] about From terror to triumph: a young Rohingya woman’s journey to the impossible

Email By Elise Thomas Updated April 12, 2019 10:37:53 Photo: At high tide, one metre of water floods the island of Bhasan Char. (Reuters: Mohammad Ponir Hossain) Map: Bangladesh A disappearing island, cyclone season and 100,000 Rohingya refugees with nowhere else to go. What could go wrong?In the Bay of Bengal, a tiny silt island has emerged.Formed from sediment washed down from the Himalayas, it is most commonly called Bhasan Char ("floating island").It is three hours by boat from the coast of Bangladesh, but heavy seas in the monsoon season often leave it cut off from the world.The island has existed for barely a decade, but it is already washing away, eroding at half a kilometre per year.Even in land-poor Bangladesh, the cyclone-lashed island has been uninhabited, used only for fishing or occasionally grazing cattle.But within a few weeks, it could be home to over 100,000 Rohingya refugees.'A prison for the Rohingyas'Maung Maung Soe, 23, is one of more than a million … [Read more...] about The ‘floating’ island that has refugees terrified

While we all like indulging in our cravings and eating junk food, we don't realize the damage it does to our bodies until later. 25-year-old Lipsa, an auditor by profession went through the same ordeal. An unhealthy relationship with food made her overweight. Determined to look her age, she fought off the flab and lost 16 kilos! To know how she did it, read the entire story below: Name: Lipsa Priyadarsini Chaudhury Occupation: Auditor Age: 25 years Highest weight recorded: 76 kilos Weight lost: 16 kilos Duration it took me to lose weight: 5 months The turning point: While I was never really bothered about how much I weighed, I was always conscious about my looks and what I ate put me at fault. I used to eat everything without realising the number of calories in them. I just ate what I felt like eating and ended up paying a high price for this habit. I used to munch on something every other hour and it was usually something fried or junk. My midnight cravings, the biggest … [Read more...] about Weight loss story: “At 25, my BMI levels showed my body age as 60!”

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