Fahd Mannan

Driven  to near extinction by mechanised screw and hydraulic presses of  factories, the indigenous “ghani” technology still lives on in the hands  of one man at Bhetgari of Rangpur’s Kishoreganj upazila.

The once tell-tale sounds of foundries bringing household utensils into shape out of pewter, brass and copper are increasingly making a comeback in Chapainawabganj.

Like every other South Asian, Gurudas Banerjee, alias Shyamal, was expected to take up the helm of the family once he finished his studies at Barishal’s Uzirpur upazila.

The second quarter of 2020 will possibly go down in Robi’s annals as one of its pluckiest. The global coronavirus pandemic was at its ferocious worst then, so it was a given that businesses in all shapes and sizes would take a battering.