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What is the picture that flashes through your mind when someone talks of social classes? A reader of
The Guardian newspaper once made an interesting albeit highly generalised observation. Upper class: your name on the building. Middle class: your name on your desk. Working class: your name on your uniform. The reality is not so simple, of course, nor is it my intention to delve into a lengthy study of class divisions. Suffice it to say that we all have some idea of what constitutes the social hierarchies. Rich or poor, we all seem to know our place.
Yet it is possible that we don t know or care enough to recognise that there exists a class of people that still remains outside the bounds of established class narratives. For lack of a better word, let s call them a hybrid group they have the appearance of the middle class but face all the realities of the lower/working class. This ambiguous social identity makes them a class of their own, and extremely vulnerable at the same t
Police have arrested a man for raping a schoolgirl in Narayanganj's Sadar upazila. The arrestee is Shamim Tarek, 36, a resident of Towarpar area of the upazila, reports our Narayanganj correspondent quoting Ashiq Imran, sub-inspector of Fatullah Model Police Station. The police official said Shamim and the victim's family live at the same building. On May 17, Shamim held a
‘Benefit Fraud’: Govt officials reimburse man after punishment
The Narayanganj district administration reimbursed some of the money a man spent for distributing relief among 100 people as punishment for seeking government food assistance.
The executive magistrate, who handed down the punishment, had claimed that seventy-five-year-old Farid Ahmmed Khan resorted to benefit fraud.
Locals, however, said the man, along with his family members, lives from hand to mouth and that the punishment became a huge burden on the person struggling to survive.
Farid s wife Hiron Begum said they had to borrow and spend around Tk 75,000 to arrange the food distribution.
Talking to The Daily Star last night, Farid said he got Tk 60,000. The district administration said the remaining Tk 15,000 would be given later, he added.
Mad rush home as curbs eased
With vehicles plying inside districts, thousands flock to villages ahead of Eid despite govt order not to leave their places
Heading home ignoring safety rules: Crammed with homebound passengers, a ferry leaves Shimulia ferry terminal in Munshiganj yesterday morning. Only a few vehicles could board the ferry due to a rush of Eid holidaymakers who did not bother about maintaining health safety rules. Photo: Star Star Report Star Report Where will you go? Up to the [Paturia ferry] ghat or further? Do you need a car or a microbus? You can go alone or share it with other passengers.